# @awseventschannel on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=59MOS1sAmZM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/58915897-awseventschannel-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-13T04:06:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AWS Events (@awseventschannel) — https://gondola.cc/awseventschannel

## Caption

Are you spending money on AWS without knowing why? In this episode of The Keys to AWS Optimization, we explore how observability is the missing link between your cloud infrastructure and your FinOps practice. Understanding how your services are actually being used — not just what they cost — is what separates reactive cloud teams from optimized ones.

We cover:

What observability is and why every cloud team should care about it
How observability connects to FinOps — using data to see how services are being used and where spend is hiding
Amazon CloudWatch — your starting point for AWS observability
EC2 monitoring — metrics, the CloudWatch Agent, and infrastructure traces
Database and Container Insights — specialized tools for deeper visibility into your data and container workloads
Synthetic monitoring (Canaries) and APM — understanding your users and application performance
AI-powered investigations — how CloudWatch Investigations and the DevOps Agent use AI to detect patterns when alarms fire, so you can resolve issues faster
Whether you're a FinOps practitioner, cloud engineer, or architect looking to reduce waste and improve reliability, this episode gives you practical starting points to get more from your AWS environment.

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#AWS #FinOps #CloudOptimization #Observability #CloudWatch #AWSLivestream #CloudCost #DevOps #AIOps

## Stats

- **Views:** 534
- **Likes:** 17
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## Tags

cloudwatch, awslivestream, aiops, devops, cloudoptimization, cloudcost, aws, observability, finops

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