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Become a 10X Cloud Engineer: These Skills Will Set You Apart

Becoming a 10X cloud engineer isn’t about talent—it’s about building rare skills, taking ownership, and committing to growth. Here’s how to stand out in cloud engineering.

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The COGS-Driven Approach to Fixing Cloud Cost Tagging

Why cloud cost tagging breaks down—and how a COGS-driven approach can bring clarity, accuracy, and consistency across teams and tools.

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GenAI and Cloud Cost Management: A Productivity Revolution for Engineers

How AI-powered tools like Yota Copilot and GPT-4 are streamlining cloud cost management, automating optimizations, and helping engineers focus on high-impact work.

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COGS: The Missing Link in Cloud Cost Management

Discover how reclassifying cloud spend as COGS enhances cost visibility, improves gross margins, and drives smarter financial decisions.

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The Four Pillars of Cloud Cost Management

Struggling with cloud costs? Learn how the Four Pillars of Cloud Cost Management: Visibility, Allocation, Optimization, and Budgeting & Forecasting can help!

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What FinOps Leaders Need to Know About AI, ML, and Deep Learning

AI, ML, and Deep Learning are reshaping how FinOps leaders tackle cloud cost management—but do you know the difference between these terms and their real-world applications?

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Understanding AWS Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances in 2025

AWS EC2 Savings Plans vs. Reserved Instances (RIs) - which one is better in 2025? Learn the answer here.

CloudHealth vs Yotascale (Our AWS Alternative)

Why do customers choose Yotascale over CloudHealth? We've summarized what our customers tell us are their top reasons.

Optimize AWS Cloud Costs with Yotascale - Tips and Strategies

Understanding and allocating your cloud costs is the first step to AWS cost optimization. These tips will help you manage and reduce your spend on AWS.

Yotascale Cloud Cost Anomaly Detection Saved Zoom $600K in One Month

Cloud FinOps team acted on mid-month alert to remediate $40k per day cost spike‍.

Saving the Day and Month with Cloud Cost Anomaly Detection at Zoom

After receiving an alert from Yotascale, the cloud cost analyst immediately worked with the engineer responsible to remediate the issue and saved Zoom from a runaway cloud cost catastrophe.

Introducing “Always an Engineer,” a New, Short-Form Podcast from Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq

Asim Razzaq, founder, CEO of Yotascale and former head of platform engineering at PayPal and eBay, helps answer software engineers’ burning questions in each 10-15 minute episode.

We’re live with the “Always an Engineer” podcast

Our fearless leader shares his experiences and offers perspectives to help software engineers make smarter decisions, work more efficiently as an individual or on a team, and, ultimately, become a better version of themselves—no matter where they are on their career path.