FinOps
Technical debt is a pressing issue for many organizations, stifling innovation and leading to costly inefficiencies ... Despite these challenges, 90% of IT leaders are planning to boost their spending on emerging technologies like AI in 2025 ... As budget season approaches, it's important for IT leaders to address technical debt to ensure that their 2025 budgets are allocated effectively and support successful technology adoption ...
For the last 18 years — through pandemic times, boom times, pullbacks, and more — little has been predictable except one thing: Worldwide cloud spending will be higher this year than last year and a lot higher next year. But as companies spend more, are they spending more intelligently? Just how efficient are our modern SaaS systems? ...
When an IT issue is not handled correctly, not only is innovation stifled, but stakeholder trust can also be impacted (such as when there's an IT outage or slowdowns in performance). When you add new technology investments and innovations into the mix, you have a recipe for disaster ...
Containers are a common theme of wasted spend among organizations, according to the State of Cloud Costs 2024 report from Datadog. In fact, 83% of container costs were associated with idle resources ...
At the forefront of this year's findings, from the Flexera 2024 State of ITAM Report, is the critical gap between software asset management (SAM) and FinOps (cloud financial management) teams. This year, 32% of SAM teams reported having significant interactions with FinOps teams. While this marks an improvement from last year's 25%, it highlights the persistent challenge of integrating these two essential functions ...
The FinOps Foundation, a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of FinOps, announced the General Availability (GA) of the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) Version 1.0.
In the fast-evolving realm of cloud computing, where innovation collides with fiscal responsibility, the Flexera 2024 State of the Cloud Report illuminates the challenges and triumphs shaping the digital landscape ... At the forefront of this year's findings is the resounding chorus of organizations grappling with cloud costs ...
Cloud spending continues to soar. Globally, cloud users spent a mind-boggling $563.6 billion last year on public cloud services, and there's no sign of a slowdown ... CloudZero's State of Cloud Cost Report 2024 found that organizations are still struggling to gain control over their cloud costs and that a lack of visibility is having a significant impact. Among the key findings of the report ...
Choosing the right approach is critical with cloud monitoring in hybrid environments. Otherwise, you may drive up costs with features you don’t need and risk diminishing the visibility of your on-premises IT ...
Generative AI has recently experienced unprecedented dramatic growth, making it one of the most exciting transformations the tech industry has seen in some time. However, this growth also poses a challenge for tech leaders who will be expected to deliver on the promise of new technology. In 2024, delivering tangible outcomes that meet the potential of AI, and setting up incubator projects for the future will be key tasks ...
Cloud computing continues to soar, with little signs of slowing down ... But, as with any new program, companies are seeing substantial benefits in the cloud but are also navigating budgetary challenges. With an estimated 94% of companies using cloud services today, priorities for IT teams have shifted from purely adoption-based to deploying new strategies. As they explore new territories, it can be a struggle to exploit the full value of their spend and the cloud's transformative capabilities ...
This next year is poised to be one of growth and innovation in how companies apply the cloud to their infrastructure. Here are a few key trends we predict will shape the cloud in 2024 ...
APMdigest is following up the list of 2024 Application Performance Management Predictions with predictions from industry experts about how the cloud will evolve in 2024. Part 2 covers cloud costs, the edge and more ...
APMdigest is following up the list of 2024 Application Performance Management Predictions with predictions from industry experts about how the cloud will evolve in 2024. Part 1 covers hybrid, multi-, public and private cloud ...
Part 3 covers even more on Observability: Observability will move up the organization to support the sustainability and FinOps drive. The combined pressure of needing to adopt more sustainable practices and tackle rising cloud costs will catapult observability from an IT priority to a business requirement in 2024 ...
Only 33% of executives are "very confident" in their ability to operate in a public cloud environment, according to the 2023 State of CloudOps report from NetApp. This represents an increase from 2022 when only 21% reported feeling very confident ...
Despite the overwhelming enthusiasm around hybrid cloud infrastructures, hurdles remain around cloud optimization, according to the 2023 Cloud Impact Study, commissioned by Aptum. The study also reveals the untapped potential IT leaders should implement. A few notable highlights include ...
Optimizing existing use of cloud is the top initiative — for the seventh year in a row, reported by 62% of respondents in the Flexera 2023 State of the Cloud Report ...
DataOps as a practice is maturing, according to a survey from Unravel Data. This year, more than 44% of respondents reported they are actively employing DataOps methodologies, compared to just less than a quarter (21%) of respondents in 2022 ...
Pepperdata has released The State of Kubernetes 2023 ... The survey aimed to gain insights into the types and sizes of containerized applications and other workloads on Kubernetes clusters, as well as the FinOps tools and practices used to optimize Kubernetes deployments and control costs ...
APMdigest is following up our list of 2023 Application Performance Management Predictions with predictions from industry experts about how the cloud will evolve in 2023 ...
As part of APMdigest's list of 2022 predictions, industry experts offer thoughtful and insightful predictions on how Cloud will evolve and impact business in 2022 ...
Distributed tracing has been growing in popularity as a primary tool for investigating performance issues in microservices systems. Our recent DevOps Pulse survey shows a 38% increase year-over-year in organizations' tracing use. Furthermore, 64% of those respondents who are not yet using tracing indicated plans to adopt it in the next two years ...
