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Key Takeaways from the State of FinOps 2025
Many companies exhibit low maturity in FinOps, focusing primarily on workload optimization and waste reduction, indicating a reluctance to shift from traditional CAPEX thinking. Unit Economics ranks low in priorities, suggesting that senior leaders emphasize cost savings over the value of cloud investments.
Anderson Oliveira will speak at FinOps XE Barcelona 2024
I’m thrilled to announce my selection as a speaker at the FinOps XE Conference in Barcelona. I’ll discuss effective measurement of Business Value. Looking forward to engage with professionals, and contribute to enriching discussions. See you there!
FOCUS can help Engineers take action
In a recent blog post, we delved into how Reserved Instances can impact engineering accountability. We emphasized the necessity for ownership of cloud costs and proposed solutions. Introducing FOCUS, a standard for harmonizing cloud billing data, with stable pricing and cost columns to enhance transparency and alignment for FinOps teams.
How to estimate Earned Value accurately?
Accurate estimation of Earned Value (EV) is essential for effective Earned Value Management (EVM). Let’s break down the steps to estimate EV accurately
Azure Changes to RI Exchange Policy
Microsoft recently announced, for the 3rd time, changes to the Azure reservation exchange policy, more specifically, the date when Reservation Exchanges would be discontinued. Although the article says that it was planned for Jan 2024, there were also a previous announcement – not mentioned – that it would finish by June 2024.
EVM CPI: The Ultimate Cloud Business Value Metric for FinOps Leaders
CTOs, CFOs, and Directors need efficient data for decisions. EVM CPI, derived from Earned Value Management, is vital for cloud FinOps, indicating cost efficiency, resource allocation, and business value alignment. Challenges include data accuracy and contextual interpretation. EVM CPI empowers informed cloud decisions.
Applying EVM to FinOps
Earned Value Management (EVM), widely used in project management, can be applied to FinOps Cloud Cost Management to enhance financial visibility and align cloud spending with business objectives. EVM’s key components, such as Planned Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), and Actual Cost (AC), can be adapted to FinOps to track, control, and forecast cloud costs…
EVM: How to calculate in a FinOps context
Earned Value Management (EVM) is applied to Cloud FinOps within the ‘Quantify Business Value’ domain. It uses Cost Performance Indicator (CPI) to assess if cloud spend delivers expected value. EVM condenses cost situation and business results into indicators, requiring early maturity in capabilities.
Cloud Hosting Blended Cost for Azure China
The article addresses the need for a new cost type to match net total on Azure China invoices and fairly distribute commitment-based discounts across teams. It details the challenges and benefits of implementing blended cost calculation for Azure China.