Rick Ochs

If you weren't able to watch our reinvent session where we announced several new AWS Optimization features, it's now uploaded to Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=EOUTf2…

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@AWSCostNewsBot Really proud of this launch. you can now measure cost efficiency at scale.

AWS Cost Optimization Hub introduces Cost Efficiency metric to measure and track cloud cost efficiency AWS Cost Optimization Hub, a feature within the Billing and Cost Management Console, now supports a Cost Efficiency metric that helps you measure... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

Announcing AWS Compute Optimizer automation rules Today, we are introducing automation rules, a new feature in AWS Compute Optimizer that enables you to optimize Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes at scale. With automation rules, you can stre... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

Announcing the AWS Billing and Cost Management MCP server Today, AWS announced the release of a model context protocol (MCP) server for Billing and Cost Management, now available in the AWS Labs GitHub repository. The Billing and Cost Management MC... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

@ColdPlungeCap are you staying at lawai beach resort? I own a condo across the street by the water at Kuhio Shores. Impossible to get any info on if there’s damage/impact

Sirens are so eerie! About 30 mins until landfall.

Currently under evacuation in Kauai for a Tsunami. View from our place as beaches and tourists been evacuated. We are leaving now and will continue to update on this thread.

the @SAS baggage check people told us to check in and proceed to the gate for help. Apparently this is what doomed our ability to use our more expensive “rebookable” option. at no point did any SAS person admit their misstep and help to make it right. Now I’m out $4k

@SAS was lied to by customer support and told we could rebook our “rebookable” ticket up to 1 hour before our flight. We tried to call and rebook one of our family members due to illness, and then support claimed they could not do that, and hung up on us. Then support closed.

We arrived in Copenhagen and talked to customer support here, they did nothing. We called support again, and they refused to help, despite us following all of SAS’s instructions previously. fucking awful experience with this airline and their support @SAS

@Hertz your desk employees at Fresno airport wont let my wife rent a car because her flight came in 2 hours early and her reservation isn’t til 9pm. That really doesn’t make sense, do your cars magically appear at reservation time?

We launched a new tool today- the Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer. Now you can calculate your savings, coverage, and utilization for new savings plans at any commitment size, custom lookback periods, or with expiring savings plans factored out. aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-clou…

Today we launched two new free optimization features in AWS Compute Optimizer. New idle detection for EBS, EC2, ASGs, RDS, Aurora, and ECS on Fargate. We also launched Aurora recommendations. Go see how much more savings you have now! aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-clou…

I had such an amazing time at #FinopsX Europe this week. It’s so great to spend time truly listening to people, their stories, their successes and their challenges. Now I get to head home to see how to make changes to the industry for everyone.

@danielwithmusic Oh definitely economy. Amazon travel policy never allows for business.

@Rickyo1138 Business class or economy?

Getting on a plane for FinopsX Europe. Looking forward to seeing my international cloud optimization peeps. Also thankful that British Airways has decent legroom, and AWS’s frugal travel policies allowed for booking on BA.

I spent 127 minutes commuting today.

the leadup to reinvent wasn’t stressful enough as is.

@QuinnyPig PMs? or sales orgs

For the next two weeks, expect a lot of sites to exhibit increasingly annoying behaviors—popups, upsells, etc. It’s nearly quarter end, and lots of mediocre PMs are looking to boost their numbers.

@GirlwDaMostCake yep.

I’m hiring. Looking for deeply passionate cloud optimizatiom experts with product experience. amazon.jobs/en/jobs/274724…

I explained to my wife what's happening today in the tech world by showing her this GIF. She immediately got it.