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Best Cloud Cost Management Tools: A Buyer's Guide for 2026
By Josh PalmerSep 15, 202626 min read

Best Cloud Cost Management Tools: A Buyer's Guide for 2026

Eight cloud cost management platforms evaluated in depth against Gartner's four CFM capabilities, plus a categorized ranking of 20+ tools so you know which category fits your gap before any demo.

What is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
By Josh PalmerSep 14, 202613 min read

What is a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?

An MSP remotely manages your IT and cloud environments on a subscription basis. This guide covers core services, pricing models, MSP vs MSSP vs CSP, and how AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud validate MSPs.

AWS MSP Program VCL 8.0: The Complete AI-First Gap Analysis
By Josh PalmerSep 11, 202614 min read

AWS MSP Program VCL 8.0: The Complete AI-First Gap Analysis

A control-by-control breakdown of AWS MSP Validation Checklist 8.0: 24 new AI-first controls, 27 updates, key deadlines, and how to protect your MSP incentive before the 2027 cutover.

Your Agent-as-a-Service Bill Arrived. Now Explain the Unit Economics
By Muhammad SiddiqueSep 11, 202610 min read

Your Agent-as-a-Service Bill Arrived. Now Explain the Unit Economics

Two AgentCore line items on your AWS bill can't tell you margin per tenant. We deploy a GPU rendering agent and use an eBPF sensor to attribute Bedrock and GPU costs per customer.

DoiT Equips Existing and Aspiring MSPs to Meet AWS MSP Program's New Proof-of-AI-Delivery Requirements
By Kurt HeinnemanSep 10, 20264 min read

DoiT Equips Existing and Aspiring MSPs to Meet AWS MSP Program's New Proof-of-AI-Delivery Requirements

DoiT's Channel Management module now supports AWS MSP Validation Checklist 8.0, helping MSPs prepare for the AI-first audit requirements taking effect January 1, 2027.

Cloud Cost Anomaly Detection: Lessons From Real Incidents
By Kendall WondergemSep 10, 202615 min read

Cloud Cost Anomaly Detection: Lessons From Real Incidents

Six months of DoiT incident data shows leaked or unrestricted credentials cause most cloud security incidents on AWS and GCP. Here's what it cost and how to prevent and catch attacks in minutes.

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Cloud Financial Management Explained
By Josh PalmerSep 9, 202613 min read

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Cloud Financial Management Explained

What are AWS Managed Services? Definition, Benefits & How to Choose a Provider
By Josh PalmerSep 8, 20266 min read

What are AWS Managed Services? Definition, Benefits & How to Choose a Provider

A practical guide to AWS Managed Services: what MSPs actually do, how they differ from AWS's own AMS product, typical pricing models, and what to look for when choosing a provider.

GCP Compute Advisor: Design Your Compute Infrastructure Before You Deploy It
By Chimbu ChinnaduraiSep 2, 202610 min read

GCP Compute Advisor: Design Your Compute Infrastructure Before You Deploy It

Google Cloud's Compute Advisor uses Gemini to recommend machine types, estimate costs, and generate configs grounded in your real project state — before you deploy. Includes practical prompt examples.

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What is a Forward Deployed Engineer?
By Josh PalmerSep 2, 202610 min read

What is a Forward Deployed Engineer?

Forward Deployed Engineers embed inside customer environments to own deployments end to end. Here's what the role involves, where the title came from, and how it compares to consultants and architects

More tokens, less money: why token counts rank AI agent cost backwards
By Richard KangAug 31, 20269 min read

More tokens, less money: why token counts rank AI agent cost backwards

In a real AWS sandbox, the three highest-token agents were the three cheapest. Fargate compute, not model tokens, decided the per-agent cost ranking.