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2026 31

  1. Turn Complex Data into Trusted Insights with IBM Apptio’s AI Data Assistant
  2. FinOps Was Built for Cloud. Here’s How It Adapts for AI
  3. IBM Kubecost 3.3: MCP Server, AWS NAT Gateway Costs, and Automated Namespace Cleanup
  4. The Hidden Costs of AI: 7 Cost Drivers Your Enterprise AI Spend May be Missing
  5. The Real Cost of an AI Use Case Is Hiding Across Multiple Bills
  6. What do we do now? FinOps and AI Unit Economics
  7. New 2026 FinOps Rankings Are In: IBM Cloudability Named a Leader by Omdia
  8. AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Cloud Spend. Are You Still Using the Old Playbook?
  9. AI Unit Economics: The Metric Every FinOps Team Needs to Know
  10. AI Costs Are the New Scaling Challenge: IBM Apptio Recognized at the 2026 Pinnacle Artificial Intelligence Awards for Advancing AI Cost Optimization
  11. Time for Business to Make AI Pay Its Way
  12. Is AI Really Worth It? Here’s How Businesses Can Find Out
  13. Managing Generative AI’s Cloud Cost to Deliver Innovation at Scale
  14. Capture the Full Value of Your Technology with Financial Intelligence
  15. AI’s Financial Blind Spot: Why Long-Term Success Depends on Cost Transparency
  16. Eliminating Infrastructure Cost Blind Spots: Embedding FinOps into IBM Terraform Workflows with IBM Cloudability
  17. DIY AI: Fast delivery, difficult scaling
  18. How IBM Apptio Delivers Data Center Value in the Age of AI
  19. Managing K8s Agent Updates at Scale with Helm and Terraform
  20. GitOps with IBM Kubecost: Preventing Argo CD Rollbacks
  21. GitOps with IBM Kubecost: API-Driven Rightsizing
  22. It’s Here: Meet the New IBM Apptio Report Studio – A Faster, More Intuitive Approach to Reporting
  23. New Tech, Same Rules: Cloud Lessons for an AI Advantage
  24. IBM Cloudability Advanced Containers for Kubernetes FinOps
  25. The Next Era of IT Financial Management Reporting with the New IBM Apptio Report Studio
  26. From Guesswork to Confidence: Introducing Intelligent Forecasting for Tech Spend Planning
  27. Smarter Technology Spend with AI-Driven Financial Intelligence
  28. Budgets Are Up, Confidence Isn’t: 2026 Global Tech Investment Insights
  29. IBM Kubecost 3.1: Kubernetes Resource Quota Rightsizing
  30. Driving FinOps Forward in 2025 and Beyond
  31. ITFM Maturity: The Next CIO Imperative in the Age of Innovation

2025 26

  1. How Banks Can Optimize IT Spend Without Sacrificing Impact
  2. Introducing IBM Apptio Product TCO: Turn Product Spend into Strategic Investments with Clear, End-to-End Visibility
  3. Total Cost of Ownership and Unit Costs: Creating a Strategic Lens for IT Investment Decisions
  4. Workforce Management: The Engine of Strategic Portfolio Management
  5. FinOps for AI: Enabling the Next Wave of Cloud Innovation
  6. IBM Kubecost 3.0: Faster, Smarter, and Built for Scale
  7. Introducing IBM Apptio Mainframe TCO: Complete Visibility into Mainframe Costs and Usage
  8. Essential K8s Cost Metrics for Reducing Spend
  9. The New Standard for Strategic Portfolio Management: Financial Visibility at Every Level
  10. K8s Cost Ownership: Who’s Responsible and How to Make It Work
  11. Kubecost 2.8: Centralized Custom Pricing and a Big Performance Leap with ClickHouse
  12. Unlock the Power of IT Financial Management with IBM Apptio Essentials
  13. Full Transparency for Smart AI Investments with IBM Apptio’s AI Total Cost of Ownership & Usage
  14. What’s New in IBM Apptio Planning
  15. Labeling in Kubernetes: From Metadata to Money-Saving Insights
  16. Innovative Approaches to Drive Tech Spend Management with AI, Analytics, and Automation
  17. Discover Kubecost on Apptio’s Website: Enhancing FinOps with Kubernetes Insights
  18. How Kubecost Collections Works: From the Engineers Who Built It
  19. Kubecost 2.7 Release Highlights
  20. Introducing Hybrid IT TCO Impact: IBM Apptio’s Newest Solution to Manage Your Evolving Hybrid Environment
  21. FinOps Essentials: Best Practices for Finance Teams
  22. Upgrading Your Kubecost Experience
  23. Kubecost 2.6 Release Highlights
  24. Kubernetes Efficiency: Cut Waste, Not Performance
  25. FinOps Essentials: Best Practices for Product Teams
  26. Optimizing GPU Monitoring for AI Efficiency

2024 47

  1. Kubecost 2.5 Release Highlights
  2. FinOps Essentials: Strategies for Smarter Cloud Spending
  3. Achieving Cost-Effective Scaling in Kubernetes
  4. Celebrating OpenCost’s Journey to CNCF Incubation
  5. Unlocking Technology Value: The Essential Role of TBM in Modern IT Management
  6. The Complex Costs of AI: Investments, Funding, and ROI Tracking
  7. Addressing Carbon Emissions in IT: The New Business Imperative
  8. Kubecost Brings NVIDIA GPU cost monitoring for AI workloads in 2.4
  9. Kubecost Launches Support for Oracle Cloud
  10. Kubecost 2.4 Release Highlights
  11. Evolving Container Cost Visibility with IBM Cloudability
  12. Transforming the Way You Manage Your Digital Portfolios: IBM Apptio and ServiceNow
  13. Maximizing Kubernetes Cost Efficiency with Kubecost and Amazon EKS
  14. FinOps Foundations: Strategies for Cross-Team Alignment
  15. Managing Kubernetes Costs in a Multi-Cloud Environment
  16. Unlock Kubernetes Savings with Kubecost’s Automated Actions
  17. Celebrating a Milestone: Kubecost Surpasses 10 Million Installs
  18. Kubernetes Pricing: On-Premises Versus Cloud Environments
  19. Maximizing Multi-Cloud Efficiency with Kubecost APIs
  20. Aligning Tech Financials and Labor Resources
  21. Kubecost 2.3 Release Highlights
  22. IBM Cloudability Introduces New Innovations for FinOps Practitioners
  23. Kubecost Launches the First Kubecost Certification
  24. Enhancing Cloud Reporting: Attributing Costs to Kubernetes Applications
  25. Building a FinOps Solution for All
  26. Navigating the Growing Complexities of Technology Spend Management
  27. Apptio Introduces New Products to Elevate Technology Value
  28. Developing a Strategy for Kubernetes Cost Monitoring
  29. Visualize your Kubernetes Network Costs
  30. Getting Highly Accurate and Granular Cost Metrics with Kubecost
  31. 8 Steps to Achieve Enterprise Agile Planning Success
  32. FinOps and TBM at Public Sector Summit
  33. Introducing Kubecost Collections
  34. Apptio & ServiceNow launch new Application Portfolio Management capabilities
  35. Beyond the Hype: A Balanced View of AI Adoption
  36. 2.1 Release Highlights
  37. Starting your Technology Business Management Journey: A Guide for Smart Technology Investments with Apptio Cost Management
  38. IBM Cloudability: 2023 Innovation in Review
  39. Kubecost 2.0 Packaging
  40. Kubernetes Readiness Probe: Tutorial & Examples
  41. Kubernetes Health Check – How-To and Best Practices
  42. Introducing Kubecost 2.0
  43. Kubernetes Liveness Probe: Tutorial & Examples
  44. Kubernetes Cluster Size: Your Guide to Optimization
  45. EKS Cost Monitoring: The Kubecost and AWS Solution
  46. Kubernetes Deployment Strategies: Tutorial & Examples
  47. Guide to Kubernetes Management Tools

2023 24

  1. Automate Your Rightsizing Workflows with IBM Cloudability and ServiceNow
  2. Kyverno and Kubecost: Real-time Kubernetes Cost Management
  3. Making Data Driven Decisions around Technology Investments with Apptio & ServiceNow
  4. Breaking Down Silos Between Finance and Agile Teams With Lean Budgeting
  5. Maximize Cloud Savings Without Running Afoul of AWS RI Marketplace Enforcements
  6. Cost-Effective Deployment Policies With Kyverno
  7. Tracking Waste on Kubernetes Clusters
  8. Blending FinOps With Observability
  9. Kubecost Adds Multi-Cloud Cost Monitoring via OpenCost
  10. 3 Key Opportunities for Finance Teams in SAFe 6.0
  11. 4 Key Takeaways from SAFe Summit 2023 to Lead Your Agile Adoption
  12. Kubecost Predict Part 2: Introducing the Admission Controller
  13. The CEO as the Chief Transformation Officer
  14. 3 Experiences You Can’t Afford to Miss at CloudyCon 2023
  15. How to Balance Flexibility & Savings in Your AWS Reservation Management Strategy
  16. New Targetprocess Features to Deploy SAFe 6.0 and Advance Your Budgeting Process
  17. Core Kubernetes components
  18. Announcing Multi-Cluster Cost Monitoring for Amazon EKS with AMP
  19. Direct Savings with Kubecost Actions
  20. Containing the Costs of Kubernetes: A Closer Look at the Metrics Agent Project
  21. Predict Kubernetes Manifest Costs Using Github Actions and Kubecost
  22. Integrate Kubecost with Datadog
  23. Predicting Resource Cost Before Deployment
  24. Why Fast-Scaling AdTech Company Ogury Turned to Kubecost for Granular Visibility into Kubernetes Costs

2022 32

  1. Kubecost Now Supports Cost Allocation for Alibaba Cloud
  2. Agile Fundamentals for Annual Planning Cycles
  3. Digitizing the PI Planning Experience
  4. SAFe and TBM: Accelerating Business Value
  5. Kubecost now available on Red Hat OpenShift OperatorHub
  6. Unlocking more capabilities with Kubecost Enterprise for Amazon EKS
  7. How Federal Agencies Overcome Kubernetes Cost, Management, and Governance Challenges
  8. Follow a (Cloud Cost Management and Optimization Market) Leader
  9. Deploy Kubecost on a Redhat OpenShift cluster
  10. 3 Metrics Your FinOps Team Needs to Measure Cloud Spend
  11. TBM and FinOps: How They Work Together
  12. Scale Out TBM Capabilities with Seamlessly Connected Data
  13. Hello OpenCost—an industry-supported, open source cost monitoring standard for Kubernetes
  14. Agile and TBM: Transforming the Business of IT for the Better
  15. Technology Business Management (TBM) for the Modern Enterprise
  16. Set optimal Kubernetes container requests in seconds using Kubecost
  17. EC2 Recommendations to Benefit Your Cloud-Native Strategy
  18. Showback: How to Drive IT Spend Accountability
  19. 6 Steps for Implementing IT Chargeback
  20. Measuring Argo Workflow Costs with Kubecost
  21. Your Expert Guide to Lean Budgeting
  22. The Essential Guide to Azure Blob Storage Pricing
  23. Guide to AWS EC2 Pricing and How to Control Costs
  24. 10 Lean Agile Principles That Transform Your Business
  25. AWS Data Transfer Costs: What You Should Know
  26. Measure the Value of Cloud with TBM and FinOps
  27. The Essential Guide to AWS S3 Pricing
  28. Kubecost: bringing open source to cloud cost management
  29. Kubernetes kOps: Step-By-Step Example & Alternatives
  30. The 4 Hallmarks of TBM Maturity are Achievable
  31. Rancher vs Kubernetes: It’s not either or
  32. 20 TCO Questions to Ask Before Migrating to the Cloud

2021 11

  1. Recommendations to Boost Your AWS Savings Plans Discounts
  2. Project Manager vs Product Owner: Which One Is Right For Your Personality?
  3. Monitoring NVIDIA GPU Usage in Kubernetes with Prometheus
  4. GreenSteam Reduces Its Maritime Customers’ Carbon Footprints—and Optimizes Its Infrastructure Budget with Kubecost
  5. Eliminate Currency Complexity in a Multi-Cloud World With Apptio Cloudability
  6. Real-time Kubernetes cost management alerts
  7. Hello kubectl cost: monitoring Kubernetes spend from the command line!
  8. Better TBM Modeling and Reporting with Workday Integration
  9. Tackling Three Leading FinOps Challenges with Apptio Cloudability
  10. Policy Driven Rightsizing – Enabling Engineers to Take Action with Apptio and Atlassian
  11. Control Your Kubernetes Costs & Optimize Usage with Rightsizing Recommendations

2020 7

  1. Drive Down Cloud Costs with the Cloudability Commitment Manager
  2. 7 Pitfalls of IT Budgeting and Forecasting
  3. Introducing Business Metrics: A Smarter Way to Communicate the Business Value of Cloud
  4. The Ultimate Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) Framework
  5. Achieving Business Value Through ITFM: It’s Easier Than You Think
  6. 9 Agile Statistics That Actually Empower Teams
  7. A Cloud Cost Optimization Look at Azure Compute

2019 30

  1. Where FinOps and TBM Intersect
  2. B-series vs. Dv3-series: How to Choose the Right Azure VM Instance
  3. What AWS Savings Plans Mean for You
  4. AWS Cost Management: The Basics
  5. Transforming a Company and the IT Operating Model
  6. Cloud Cost Optimization #2: Automation
  7. Cloud Cost Optimization #1: Visibility
  8. Understanding AWS Cost Metrics: Do You Have a True Cost Metric?
  9. Is Your IT Innovation Budget Growing?
  10. IT Budget Management: Setting Direction and Strategy
  11. Better M&A with Technology Business Management
  12. Running a Successful RI Program With Metrics-Driven Optimization
  13. EC2 Memory-Optimized Instances: R5 vs. X1
  14. The Essential Guide to Hybrid IT
  15. 8 Ways to Crank Up Speed in Software Development
  16. 5 Practical Software Development Metrics Every Agile Leader Needs
  17. IT Project Resource Planning: When PPM Solutions Are Overkill
  18. Use an IT Chargeback Model to Build Business Relationships
  19. The 4 Most Common Ways to View Cloud Costs
  20. New E-book: “Mastering the Fundamentals of GCP Cost Efficiency”
  21. Infographic: The Effects of Poor Cloud Cost Management
  22. Zero-based Budgeting Fuels Innovation
  23. A Step-By-Step Process for an IT Rolling Forecast
  24. Six Questions for Your Showback and Chargeback Rollout
  25. IT Planning Needs its Own Solution
  26. Amazon EC2 Comparisons: C5 Instances
  27. Amazon EC2 A1: Is It Worth It?
  28. Amazon EC2 Comparisons: C4 vs. C5
  29. The Basics of AWS Billing Data
  30. How to Use AWS Reserved Instances for Cost Optimization

2018 25

  1. Amazon EC2 Comparisons: M5 vs. C5
  2. 5 Tips to Control EBS Costs: Tracking EBS Volumes
  3. M5 vs. T3: How to Choose the Right Amazon EC2 Instance
  4. Red Hat IT Using TBM and Apptio to Power Company’s Rapid Growth
  5. Major Savings, Innovation Cement IT’s Relationship With the Business
  6. 5 Best Practices for Building a Cloud Tagging Strategy
  7. Catch a Cloud and Call It Your Own: Get More From Your Cloud Computing Arrangement
  8. Forecasting Your Cloud Migration Costs
  9. 5 Questions That Will Make Your Capacity Planning Process Better
  10. How to Create a Closed-Loop Planning Process to Show the Value of IT
  11. 16 Creative Timeline Examples to Inspire Great Project Timelines
  12. You can’t build the perfect IT budgeting template in a spreadsheet
  13. 6 Tips to Start Your Agile Transformation with SAFe
  14. How to Improve Cross-Office Collaboration and Remote Work [Updated]
  15. The Epic Guide to Artificial Intelligence for DevOps Automation
  16. Google Cloud Platform Support Delivers Visibility for Cost Efficiency
  17. CIOs Drive Transformation with Nuclear-Powered TBM
  18. AWS EBS Performance – Confused?
  19. Tech Spend Is Up, but Are IT Departments Managing These Investments Well?
  20. IT Isn’t Looking for an All or Nothing Approach to Cloud
  21. True Cost Explorer – Visualize and Correlate Cloud Cost
  22. For IT Cost Recovery, When Is Good Better Than Perfect?
  23. 7 Steps for Implementing IT Chargeback
  24. How to Reduce the Size of EBS Windows Boot Volume in AWS?
  25. Upgrading to AWS EC2 C5/M5 Instances to Reduce Cost and the Caveats

2017 17

  1. Five Financial Metrics You Can Use to Measure IT Efficiency
  2. 3 Steps to Align IT Budgeting With Enterprise Strategic Planning
  3. Four Early Indicators of Budget Variance
  4. Introducing Rightsizing Recommendations Purpose-Built for the Cloud
  5. 3 Political Pitfalls to Avoid When Moving to an IT Services Model
  6. Using Azure Tags to Manage Your Cloud Spend
  7. Insights Tracking: Define Your Scope and Measure Your Success
  8. Discover What Is REALLY Driving Your CloudWatch Bill
  9. Improve Allocation Accuracy With New EBS Snapshot Visibility
  10. What Exactly Is an ITFM Tool?
  11. Metric Monday: Fixed to Variable Cost Ratio
  12. How to introduce Agile to non-IT teams
  13. r4.16xlarge vs. x1.16xlarge: Comparing these AWS EC2 memory giants
  14. Rethinking the CIO Dashboard: Tracking and Communicating the Health of Existing IT Investments
  15. Identifying Expensive AWS Resources With Custom Reports and Dimensions
  16. Choosing the Right RDS Instance for the Job
  17. 3 Ways to Optimize & Align Your Vendor Portfolio to Your IT Strategy

2016 7

  1. Introducing Resource-Level AWS Cost & Usage Analytics
  2. Saving with AWS RDS: Identifying the Top Three Cost Drivers
  3. 7 Steps of Agile System Analysis Process
  4. m4.large vs. c4.large: Examining the Two AWS EC2 Instances
  5. t2.Large vs. m4.Large: An AWS EC2 Comparison
  6. Understanding Scheduled Reserved Instances from AWS
  7. How to Run an IT Monthly Business Review

2015 2

  1. Red Line vs. Green Line: Reporting on Reserved Instance Coverage and Waste
  2. Metric Monday: CapEx Ratios

2014 6

  1. Stage IV of AWS Cost Efficiency: Developing a Reserved Instance Purchasing Strategy
  2. Stage III of AWS Cost Efficiency: Optimizing EC2 Usage
  3. Stage II of AWS Cost Efficiency: Cost Allocation and Chargeback
  4. How To Make Decisions With 4 Quadrants
  5. Best Practices: Activity-Based Costing IT Cost Allocation Strategy
  6. Best Practice Guide to Allocating IT Costs

2013 2

  1. The Seven Unexpected Nuances of Using AWS Tags
  2. AWS Tags: 3 Simple Rules for Cost Management

2012 1

  1. Visual Encoding

2009 1

  1. BDD and User Story Specification: Examples

2007 1

  1. Should You Measure Individual Velocity?