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Ben Schaechter from Vantage - Cloud Cost Optimization Explained
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Our Guest: Ben Schaechter is the Co-founder & CEO of Vantage, a cloud cost optimization platform for AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Datadog, Snowflake, Databricks, Fastly, and more.
Episode Topics:
- The current maturity level of the Cloud Cost Optimization cycle.
- The dollar threshold of cloud spending at which organizations should consider pursuing cloud optimization services
- Understanding how Vantage facilitates the process of cloud optimization.
- Ben's view on the hyperscaler cloud service providers' included cost management tools + looking at all elements contributing to cloud usage-based cost.
- Ben's take on the Morgan Stanley thesis that cloud cost optimization leads to greater spending / more workloads long-term.
- Do all optimization efforts lead to greater lock-in with the cloud provider?
- Commitment mechanisms + taking advantage of Enterprise Discount Program (EDP).
- The timeframe for yielding positive results after implementing cloud optimizations.?
- Ben’s commentary on trends outside the hyperscalers, including Snowflake, Databricks, and Datadog.
Resources:
https://www.vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report/2023-q2
https://www.vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report/2023-q1
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