FinOps Book – Continuous Cloud Usage Optimization – 2nd Edition

The premise of this book is to create a comprehensive resource that includes strategies, policies, and best practices contributed by practitioners. It goes beyond tools, diving into real-world insights and the often-overlooked aspects of cloud usage optimization and cost governance.

The contributors to this book bring diverse perspectives from industries ranging from financial services to pure technology companies. Some are Stacklet employees and customers, while others actively participate in the FinOps and Cloud Custodian open source project communities.

Contributors : Adam Richter, Andrey Zhmaylik, Austin Cheng, Bindu Sharma, Carsten Bloching, Dann Berg, David Gross, Frank Contrepois, George Parker, Jamison Roberts, Kapil Thangavelu, Lindbergh Matillano, Mandy Pearce, Marty Samadder, Melanie Jean-Louis, Nicki Sonpar, Parag Bhardwaj, Pratyush Mishra, Raymond Colanero, Ricardo Triana, Rob Martin, Simar Arora, Sonny Shi, Umair Khan, Van Wolfe, Varsha Sundar, Victoria Levy, Vitaly Belyasov.

Book Layout and Illustrations by: Lilyana Videnova

What’s New?

• 15 new contributors across CloudOps, FinOps, Security, and Data Engineering
• 100+ new quotes from real cloud, security, and FinOps practitioners
• New AI governance chapter for AI-driven cloud services
  50+ new usage & governance policies across cloud, AI, and data platforms
• New Snowflake & Databricks optimization guidance
• Expanded MTTS and guardrail design frameworks
• Improved cross-team collaboration models for CloudOps, Security, and FinOps

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