Topics of Discussion:
[3:49] What has been Greg’s secret sauce to success? Helping others.
[4:53] Optimizing Azure budgets.
[7:12] The cloud shines in replatforming or rehosting.
[9:12] To Greg, a lot of the cost optimization really focuses on architectural optimization.
[13:58] The importance of looking at evolution and realizing that technology doesn’t stop at the cloud.
[18:35] Don’t blame technology for your shortcomings.
[23:31] Azure services surprise people with their cost, and the need to go into things with eyes wide open.
[29:21] The problem with the pricing calculator.
[35:47] The two-fold problem with present-day containers.
[37:02] Privatized workloads.
[40:08] How the cloud can make our lives easier and enhance what we are already doing.