Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!
FinOps & Cost Efficiency
Azure-cost-cli and similar open-source tools raised the bar for real-time spend transparency and actionable reporting
Practitioners promoted Effective Savings Rate and other outcome-based metrics to replace blunt usage caps with continuous optimisation
Playbooks stressed right-sizing, storage tiering and cross-team accountability, framing FinOps as operating model rather than finance exercise
Migration & Modernisation
Flexera case studies linked governance, cost control and hybrid visibility to faster payback on migration programmes
Architects cautioned that sizing, platform capabilities and change management, not lift-and-shift speed, decide TCO outcomes
Leaders reframed cloud moves as business model modernisation, anchoring success in customer agility rather than infrastructure refresh
Multi & Hybrid-Cloud Strategy
Cross-cloud data transfers (AWS S3 → GCP) showcased practical patterns for multi-provider workload distribution
Posts warned that fragmented European cloud ecosystems slow innovation; a unified play is critical to compete with hyperscalers
Hybrid horror stories – budget overruns and low ROI, reinforced the need for disciplined architecture and portfolio governance
Security & Resilience
Dynatrace’s Cloud Autonomic Defence and Response platform illustrated the pivot from passive monitoring to autonomous threat containment
A major multi-provider outage sparked renewed focus on resilience engineering and shared-fate risk models across the stack
AI & Automation in Cloud Operations
AI-enabled FinOps assistants emerged, automating tagging, anomaly detection and rightsizing recommendations
Commentators positioned generative AI as a multiplier for SRE productivity through automated knowledge-base and remediation scripts
Sustainability & Green Cloud
“Sustainable Cloud Development” received attention for codifying design patterns that align cost, carbon and performance targets
Thought leaders tied environmental KPIs directly to board-level value propositions, elevating sustainability from side-project to core metric
Developer Tools & APIs
Deep-dive on Apache APISIX confirmed growing preference for high-performance, open-source API gateways in microservice estates
Engineers shared CLI-first workflows that compress feedback loops and embed cost awareness into day-to-day development
Executive Governance & Organisation
Frameworks for Cloud Centres of Excellence outlined cross-functional charters, talent models and decision rights needed to scale cloud ROI
Executive-level FinOps playbooks linked CFO, CIO and product leadership goals, underscoring cloud economics as enterprise sport
Market Moves & Ecosystem Watch
Oracle’s record FY25 results and bullish FY26 guidance underscored demand for vertically integrated cloud-plus-AI stacks
Broadcom’s VMware integration signalled continued consolidation and operating-model shifts among legacy-to-cloud providers
Sovereign-cloud discussion intensified, with new German alliances positioning for sensitive-data workloads
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