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The premise of this second edition remains the same: to create a practitioner-driven resource capturing real strategies, policies, and best practices for cloud usage optimization and governance.

The contributors to this book bring diverse perspectives from industries ranging from financial services to pure technology companies. Some are Stacklet employees and customers, while others actively participate in the FinOps and Cloud Custodian open source project communities.

Contributors : Adam Richter, Andrey Zhmaylik, Austin Cheng, Bindu Sharma, Carsten Bloching, Dann Berg, David Gross, Frank Contrepois, George Parker, Jamison Roberts, Kapil Thangavelu, Lindbergh Matillano, Mandy Pearce, Marty Samadder, Melanie Jean-Louis, Nicki Sonpar, Parag Bhardwaj, Pratyush Mishra, Raymond Colanero, Ricardo Triana, Rob Martin, Simar Arora, Sonny Shi, Umair Khan, Van Wolfe, Varsha Sundar, Victoria Levy, Vitaly Belyasov.

Book Layout and Illustrations by: Lilyana Videnova

What’s New?

• 15 new contributors across CloudOps, FinOps, Security, and Data Engineering
• 100+ new quotes from real cloud, security, and FinOps practitioners
• New AI governance chapter for AI-driven cloud services
• 50+ new usage & governance policies across cloud, AI, and data platforms
• New Snowflake & Databricks optimization guidance
• Expanded MTTS and guardrail design frameworks
• Improved cross-team collaboration models for CloudOps, Security, and FinOps

We have a limited number of hard copies available before the release of the digital version. To request a copy, please fill out the form. Due to limited quantities, preference will be given to Cloud and FinOps professionals. (Us Only)