Build a successful FinOps practice for AWS using the crawl, walk, run method

Learn how to maximize the value of your cloud investments while accelerating innovation and maintaining stability

Enterprises now spend more than ever on cloud infrastructure and services. More than half of organizations spend at least $2.4 million in the cloud each year, while large enterprises’ cloud budgets may exceed $100 million.

It’s all too common for cloud costs to spiral out of control. When there’s a lack of central visibility, it’s easy for business units — or individual purchasers — to acquire all the cloud services they need to launch new projects with just a few clicks. The result is that as much as 32% of an organization’s total cloud spend will go to waste. Still, cost and savings metrics aren’t necessarily the best way to consider the cloud’s value. After all, most businesses migrated to the cloud in search of new capabilities to support innovation, growth, and the development of new business models.

FinOps (cloud financial management) is the antidote to impulse buying and wasteful spending in the cloud. But it’s much more than that. FinOps isn’t just about reining in spending. Instead, the goal is to ensure that the business can realize the full business value of its investments in cloud resources.

In this playbook, learn how your organization can adopt a FinOps culture and make your cloud investments count.