Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q4 ‘23 Two quotes from the Amazon and Microsoft earnings call really stood out to me this week. Similar to what we shared last quarter, we continue to see the diminishing impact of cost optimizations. Sometimes new workloads are AI related. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q3 ‘23 Not a great signal for software this week from the Cloud Giants (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud)…After Q2 (3 months ago), the tone from the Cloud Giants around optimizations was largely: optimizations have started to ease, and net new workloads have picked up.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Couple takeaways for me: 2024 is shaping up to be the “prototype to production” year for AI. There were also quite a few questions around cost and compliance. A strong data foundation is critical for an effective AI strategy! This was repeated quite a few times AI tends to be additive budget for large enterprises.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

The 62 companies that I’ll discuss here (which is not an exhaustive list, but is still comprehensive) all reported quarterly earnings sometime between April 24th – June 10th. These charts clearly show the ZIRP pull forward, the ensuing cloud cost optimizations, and then the recovery.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Last month, IT Brews webinar focused on an all too common issue – rising software costs colliding with sprawling tech stacks. Key strategies for taming SaaS sprawl With AI becoming more and more prominent, its even more important for IT to keep up with the ever evolving tech stack.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 21, 2025

Slide 1 Clearing: While data world consolidates, capabilities have exploded with AI. Content: AI is rewriting every rule about what’s possible with data Those two forces in tension will make for an exciting 2025 Slide 2 Clearing: My name is Tomasz Tunguz, founder and general partner at Theory.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 5, 2025

Lets dive into how to navigate the complexities of SaaS vendor management, focusing on cost optimization and risk mitigation to benefit both your IT systems and your financial health. Vendor management tools Consider investing in software that offers centralized vendor information, automation capabilities, analytics and reporting.

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