FinOps Foundation

APRIL 23, 2024

Key Insight: The FinOps Maturity Model – often referred to by its stages “Crawl, Walk, and Run” – is a key component of the FinOps Framework. Why is the Maturity Model part of the FinOps Framework? FinOps teams can use these descriptions as general indicators of where your needs are today.

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FinOps Foundation

JUNE 3, 2024

Key Insight: Carbon optimization is a growing concern for organizations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) teams can leverage the culture of collaboration and waste reduction that FinOps teams have cultivated. Data suggest that sustainability and FinOps practitioners are up to the task.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps Computation Billing 130

FinOps Foundation

JULY 3, 2024

Key Insight: At FinOps X in San Diego last week, the three largest cloud service providers took the stage to announce feature launches and improvements to their FinOps offerings. Mike Fuller , CTO of the FinOps Foundation, and J.R. Oracle Cloud also launched FOCUS support just before the conference.

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FinOps FinOps Billing Computation 100

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

On February 26, 2019, the FinOps Foundation was publicly launched on a webinar hosted by a committed group of enthusiasts managing cloud cost and usage, and viewed by dozens of people around the world. The first edition of Cloud FinOps was published later that year. And like the cloud, FinOps does not stand still.

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FinOps FinOps Cloud FinOps Computation 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

On February 26, 2019, the FinOps Foundation was publicly launched on a webinar hosted by a committed group of enthusiasts managing cloud cost and usage, and viewed by dozens of people around the world. The first edition of Cloud FinOps was published later that year. And like the cloud, FinOps does not stand still.

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FinOps FinOps Cloud FinOps Computation 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Cloud FinOps community has grown exponentially since the launch of the FinOps Foundation in 2019. The Cloud FinOps community has grown exponentially since the launch of the FinOps Foundation in 2019. The FinOps Framework has created consistency in terminology, practices, and approaches that benefit this interaction.

Cloud FinOps 130

Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps Billing 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

Key Insight: The FinOps Foundation’s Technical Advisory Council has approved an updated definition of FinOps. Over the next few months, other changes to the FinOps Framework will follow. The first edition of Cloud FinOps was published later that year. And like the cloud, FinOps does not stand still.

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Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps Computation 130

FinOps Foundation

APRIL 12, 2024

Key Insight: FinOps success results from getting FinOps practitioners, product teams, and engineers to think cost-first with architectural decisions, and that starts with clean, reliable data. Developing SQL queries to run on their data is how FinOps Practitioners can creatively solve business problems.

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FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Education: Microsoft wants to help organizations learn how to adopt FinOps. While tools help with implementing FinOps, the cultural shift can be more difficult, so Microsoft is focusing on teaching people about the collaboration that is required to be successful with FinOps.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps Computation Billing 130

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary PRACTITIONER FOCUS : Early tooling was designed for engineers, but Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to address the needs of FinOps practitioners.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JUNE 3, 2024

Key Insight: Carbon optimization is a growing concern for organizations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) teams can leverage the culture of collaboration and waste reduction that FinOps teams have cultivated. Data suggest that sustainability and FinOps practitioners are up to the task.

FinOps 100

FinOps FinOps Computation Billing 100

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary PRACTITIONER FOCUS : Early tooling was designed for engineers, but Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to address the needs of FinOps practitioners.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key Insight Microsoft is expanding the cost and usage data available in the portal so that FinOps practitioners can gain insights that improve their practice. Summary Education : Microsoft wants to help organizations learn how to adopt FinOps.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps Computation Billing 130

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary PRACTITIONER FOCUS : Early tooling was designed for engineers, but Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to address the needs of FinOps practitioners.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary Practitioner Focus : Early tooling was designed for engineers, but Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to address the needs of FinOps practitioners.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to better address the needs of FinOps practitioners. Future features will aim to get all stakeholders invested in FinOps outcomes.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key Insight Since clean, usable data underpins all of FinOps, Microsoft is expanding the cost and usage data available to you in the portal, and making more datasets available to you through cost management exports. Summary Education: Microsoft is investing in helping organizations learn how to adopt FinOps.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps Computation Billing 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

After realizing that an initial lift-and-shift cloud strategy was costly, Andrew (Andy) Boerjan, Vice President of IT at Athene, saw how FinOps-focused cloud operations facilitates rapid cloud adoption and growth. Andrew believes that FinOps will bring much more than cost savings to their business.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

After realizing that an initial lift-and-shift cloud strategy was costly, Andrew (Andy) Boerjan, Vice President of IT at Athene, saw how FinOps-focused cloud operations facilitates rapid cloud adoption and growth. Andrew believes that FinOps will bring much more than cost savings to their business.

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FinOps FinOps 130

ProsperOps

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“Faces in FinOps” is hosted by Jon Myer and powered by ProsperOps. Welcome to Episode 14 of the Faces In FinOps Podcast, powered by ProsperOps, with your host, Jon Myer! Her journey from a DevOps engineer to a pivotal role in the FinOps domain is both inspiring and informative.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

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FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

ProsperOps

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“Faces in FinOps” is hosted by Jon Myer and powered by ProsperOps. Greetings and welcome to another stellar episode of the Faces In FinOps Podcast, powered by ProsperOps, with your host, Jon Myer. Whether you are new to #FinOps or a seasoned pro, this episode has something for everyone so tune in to the Faces in FinOps Podcast today.

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ProsperOps

MARCH 20, 2023

FinOps Automation Webinar March 23, 2023 AWS Floor 28, Tel Aviv Rate Optimization: How ProsperOps Automates and Supercharges AWS Savings Instruments Come and spend some time with CloudTeam and ProsperOps at the AWS offices to learn how automation is changing the approach of cloud optimization or savings-as-a-service.

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FinOps Automation FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

JANUARY 24, 2024

In order to know if FinOps is “working,” SAP reviews spending and optimization progress on a weekly basis– a process sponsored and supported by leadership. FinOps best practices empower SAP to deliver visibility at a granular level – project, team, resource, etc.

FinOps 130

FinOps FinOps 130

ProsperOps

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There’s no better time to expand our reach and deepen our capabilities, given the nascent maturity of FinOps as a discipline, not to mention the recession in tech. Most companies are leaving money on the table The FinOps Foundation’s 2023 State of FinOps report lays out the thesis for ProsperOps in 2023 and beyond.

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FinOps Automation Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps 130

FinOps Foundation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key Insight Google Cloud’s FinOps Hub gives teams a central place to measure and improve your FinOps practice at crawl, walk, and run stages. Summary Practitioner Focus : Early tooling was designed for engineers, but Google Cloud’s 2023 roadmap aimed to address the needs of FinOps practitioners.

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FinOps FinOps 100

ProsperOps

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“Faces in FinOps” is hosted by Jon Myer and powered by ProsperOps. Welcome to a very special episode of Face in FinOps this week where Jon hosted a chat at AWS re:Invent 2023 with the AWS OPTICS Team featuring Alex Head (Head of Optimization), Wade Piehl (Sr.

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AWS FinOps

JUNE 21, 2024

Excitement filled the air, as James Greenfield, VP of AWS Commerce Platform, took the stage at 2024 FinOps X in San Diego. This is our first time attending the conference as a member of the FinOps Foundation. Let’s take a moment to recap the product announcements made at FinOps X and how they can help accomplish your FinOps goals.

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FinOps FinOps Billing Computation 69

ProsperOps

APRIL 25, 2023

The insights are particularly valuable for teams as they begin their FinOps journey and subsequently mature through its phases. Start with the Right Metrics to Understand Cloud Resources and Rates FinOps cost optimization can be thought of as spanning two universes: financial and engineering.

Cloud FinOps 130

Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps Computation 130

ProsperOps

APRIL 25, 2023

The insights are particularly valuable for teams as they begin their FinOps journey and subsequently mature through its phases. Start with the Right Metrics to Understand Cloud Resources and Rates FinOps cost optimization can be thought of as spanning two universes: financial and engineering.

Cloud FinOps 130

Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps Computation 130

ProsperOps

MARCH 28, 2023

FinOps Automation Mitigates Common Cost Concerns As a result, organizations are often forced into reactive cost management, which is inefficient and hinders savings performance, not to mention the burden on already overworked engineering teams. Download our eBook: Cloud Cost Optimization 2.0.

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FinOps Automation FinOps FinOps Billing 130

Economize

OCTOBER 30, 2023

CFOs, CTOs, and cloud experts often mix up Financial Operations (FinOps) and Cloud FinOps, among other terms. In the current landscape of cloud services, similar terminology still baffles professionals, and is used interchangeably. This confusion hinders clear communication, and consequently, cost management efforts.

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Cloud FinOps FinOps FinOps Financial Operations 59

finout

MAY 21, 2024

What Is FinOps? FinOps, or Financial Operations, is an operational framework for deriving maximal value from cloud computing, while providing the data necessary for strategic decision making, and encouraging financial accountability for the use of cloud resources.

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