As chief cloud economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn spends his days helping businesses understand and lasso public-cloud costs. In this episode, we sit down to talk about how telcos can control public cloud spending.
Listen in to learn how to analyze and predict spending and ensure you’re not leaving money on the table [2:49]. We also take a look at how balancing the needs of technology and finance teams can help with cloud optimization [5:07] and explore why it’s critical to architect for cost visibility and optimization from the beginning [7:45]. We wrap up with an opinionated conversation about why a multi-cloud approach is a losing proposition [9:15].
This is the third episode in the three-part series, Liftoff. Check out the first and second installments.
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About Corey Quinn
Corey Quinn is the chief cloud economist at The Duckbill Group. He specializes in helping companies address horrifying AWS bills; hosts the Screaming in the Cloud podcast; and curates Last Week in AWS, a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark.
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- And in case you missed it, tune into the first and second episodes in this three-part series called Liftoff to hear me talk with cloud evangelist Troy O’Brien about planning your public cloud move and cloud architect Forrest Brazeal about managing a lift and shift strategy.
Links Referenced
- Recommended Reading: Multi-cloud is The Worst Practice, by Corey Quinn
- Get a regular dose of Corey Quinn’s snark and insights by signing up for his newsletter on the Last Week in AWS website.
- Can’t get enough? Subscribe to his podcast and follow him on Twitter @QuinnyPig
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