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First look at Google Cloud N4A VMs: benchmarked against N4, C4A and AWS M8g.
By Alex GkiourosJan 29, 20265 min read

First look at Google Cloud N4A VMs: benchmarked against N4, C4A and AWS M8g.

I’ve tested the newest N4A instance family offering from Google Cloud so you don’t have to.

Understanding Google Cloud's New Spend-Based CUD Model
By Alex GkiourosJan 23, 20266 min read

Understanding Google Cloud's New Spend-Based CUD Model

January 2026 brings simplified billing, expanded discounts, same savings

MCP Toolbox for Databases with AlloyDB: A Hands-on Exploration
By Joseph Bharath Reddy AllamJan 23, 20269 min read

MCP Toolbox for Databases with AlloyDB: A Hands-on Exploration

Generative AI is increasingly becoming an integral part of how teams operate, reason about systems, and query data. What started with code…

Streamline Cloud Management via DoiT CLI
By Luca SerpietriJan 16, 20264 min read

Streamline Cloud Management via DoiT CLI

How the Cloud Intelligence™ CLI unlocks superior cloud management

AWS European Sovereign Cloud: What It Is and Why It Matters
By Kate GawronJan 16, 20268 min read

AWS European Sovereign Cloud: What It Is and Why It Matters

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially launched the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC). It’s big!

GKE Upgrades: How Rollout Sequencing Makes Upgrades Predictable and Safe
By Chimbu ChinnaduraiJan 8, 20265 min read

GKE Upgrades: How Rollout Sequencing Makes Upgrades Predictable and Safe

Back in the early days of Kubernetes, managing just one cluster felt like a full-time job. Now, platform engineers in large organizations…

Catching BigQuery Cost Spikes Before They Become a Billing Nightmare
By Craig LowellJan 8, 20264 min read

Catching BigQuery Cost Spikes Before They Become a Billing Nightmare

DoiT's real-time cost anomaly detection for Google BigQuery allows teams to identify and stop issues before they spiral out of control.

DoiT Acquires SELECT to Eliminate Snowflake Waste
Jan 7, 20261 min read

DoiT Acquires SELECT to Eliminate Snowflake Waste

DoiT has acquired SELECT and is launching PerfectScale for Snowflake, extending FinOps automation from infrastructure into the data layer with real-time, policy-driven optimization.

Mastering Data Lakes Costs: Why we acquired SELECT
By Vadim SoloveyJan 6, 20262 min read

Mastering Data Lakes Costs: Why we acquired SELECT

Introducing PerfectScale for Snowflake - automated cost control for the modern data stack.

GCP Cost Savings: Automating the Cleanup of Unused External IPs with CloudFlow
By JA MIGNONJan 5, 20263 min read

GCP Cost Savings: Automating the Cleanup of Unused External IPs with CloudFlow

Unused External IP addresses can inflate costs, making their proactive management essential for cloud cost optimization. In this post, we…

Your cloud bill shouldn't be a mystery

Optimization, automation, expertise. In one platform.

Your SaaS Billing API is Lying to You
By Vadim SoloveyDec 30, 20257 min read

Your SaaS Billing API is Lying to You

If you are building FinOps integrations, I have bad news: the data you just fetched from that SaaS API is probably wrong.

Accessing S3 Buckets Across AWS Regions With(out! Nov 2025!) VPC Peering
By Tomer RadianDec 28, 20259 min read

Accessing S3 Buckets Across AWS Regions With(out! Nov 2025!) VPC Peering

A practical guide to understanding why cross-region S3 access requires more than VPC Interface Endpoints with private DNS