Tag: cloud costs

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WISdom + Claude: Use AI to Analyze SQL Server Telemetry

Every Monday, somebody asks the DBA team a version of the same question: what got more expensive last week, and...

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The Tech Debt Tax: Why Your “Quick Fixes” Cost More Than Your Cloud Bill

Technical debt isn’t a bug—it’s a FinOps feature in 2026. Time to treat it as strategic sabotage. Nobody wakes up...

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Hyperscalers Are Costing You Millions (And They Know It)

In the race to the cloud, we’ve built an ecosystem of abundance—vast data centers, endless scalability, and a buffet of virtual...

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Fortified WISdom Now Available in the Microsoft Marketplace 

For Release 9 am EST.Monday, November 4, 2025 Charlotte, NC – MONTH DAY, 2025 – Fortified today announced the availability...

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Application Teams: Speak Money and Everyone Listens

Every technical decision is a business decision in disguise. Developers and application teams make choices every day that shape the...

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Navigating the Cloud in 2025: Why FinOps for Data Matters

The Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report is out, and the cloud landscape isn’t getting any simpler. For data...

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FinOps Needs a Database Mindset

For years, FinOps teams have brought much-needed financial accountability to the cloud. They’ve set up tagging strategies, tracked cloud spend,...

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Why DBAs Should Own FinOps for Data

For years, database teams have quietly kept the business running behind the scenes. You’ve optimized queries, fixed indexes, survived audits,...