Think your cloud budget is “bullet proof?” Spoiler alert: It’s not! If your so-called “optimized” spend still leads to a mild panic every month (what nobody tells you about your cloud budget!), you’re part of the 94% club. Relax—you’re in good (and smart) company. 

On this lively episode of The STEMINISTS, Phoebe Goh and Mekka Williams bring a special guest to the mic for a candid conversation about your cloud budget realities. Enter Tanissa Feit, CDW’s Specialized Engineer—and the person you want in your corner when you’re fighting off runaway cloud costs and waste that multiplies faster than you can say “unused test environment.” 

Tanissa gets real about those sneaky costs hiding in your budget: forgotten instances, licenses you forgot you’re still paying for, surprise bills for workloads no one’s touched in months. Turns out, roughly 30% of your cloud spend is just flat-out wasted—and it’s not all your fault! Buckle up for sharp insights into true optimization, smarter data visibility, and the genius (yes, genius) of getting engineers and finance folks to actually talk to each other. 

Faulty reserved instances? Overzealous backups? About to get walloped by another “budget surprise”? We’ve got you. This episode is your crash course in saving money without blowing up your stack. 

Hit play and never let your cloud budget embarrass you again! 

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