Our Guest: Ben Schaechter is the Co-founder & CEO of Vantage, a cloud cost optimization platform for AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Datadog, Snowflake, Databricks, Fastly, and more. 

Episode Topics:

• The current maturity level of the Cloud Cost Optimization cycle.
• The dollar threshold of cloud spending at which organizations should consider pursuing cloud optimization services
• Understanding how Vantage facilitates the process of cloud optimization.
• Ben's view on the hyperscaler cloud service providers' included cost management tools + looking at all elements contributing to cloud usage-based cost.
• Ben's take on the Morgan Stanley thesis that cloud cost optimization leads to greater spending / more workloads long-term.
• Do all optimization efforts lead to greater lock-in with the cloud provider?
• Commitment mechanisms + taking advantage of Enterprise Discount Program (EDP).
• The timeframe for yielding positive results after implementing cloud optimizations.?
• Ben’s commentary on trends outside the hyperscalers, including Snowflake, Databricks, and Datadog.

Resources:

https://www.vantage.sh/

https://www.vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report/2023-q2

https://www.vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report/2023-q1

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