For scaling businesses, transitioning from PaaS (Platform as a Service) to IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) is less about a choice and more about necessity. Staying on PaaS too long can result in skyrocketing costs, limited flexibility, and performance bottlenecks — challenges that only grow as your workloads and team scale.

Picture this: A chic Barcelona seaside hotel, gusty autumn winds, endless tapas, and the Rioja flowing. Could there be a better setting for a FinOps conversation? That was the setting for FinOpsX Europe! It brought together 500 practitioners from EMEA, APAC, and even LATAM. Everyone was in the mood to learn and interact: exchange ideas, share challenges, and find solutions. Here’s a peek at the hottest discussion topics.

Cloud security monitoring is essential to protect data, ensure compliance, and safeguard against growing cyber threats in cloud environments.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a commercial cloud computing service that enables users to create a logically isolated section within the AWS Cloud. Users can deploy AWS resources in a self-defined virtual network within this isolated section. In essence, it enables customers to build resources within a private, separated area of the AWS cloud, such as databases, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, and other AWS services. AWS offers VPC to enterprises as a way to improve cloud security.

According to a recent PwC report, adopting FinOps best practices could reduce budget planning efforts by 40% by 2026. With 84% of companies struggling to manage cloud spending, FinOps is gaining traction. It helps organizations take control of cloud costs, improve financial efficiency, and drive smarter spending decisions. Finout is a FinOps platform that claims to reduce cloud costs by 30% over a year and a 50% time savings for engineers. If that is true, the next question is, how much does Finout cost?

Organisations across the globe have shifted to specialist data centres facilities to look after their computing power. But by externalising the work, there is a risk of promoting a mirage that the environmental impact of digital technologies is immaterial. We must be clear; these technologies require valuable physical and energy resources. Collaboration and transparency is needed to manage their effective deployment.

It’s the end of another year, and we’re sitting down and scrolling through memories that defined our 2024 journey at Turbo360. We weren’t just building a product; we were creating something that would change how businesses see cloud management. This isn’t just another corporate year-end recap – it’s a story of growth, and the incredible community that’s been riding alongside us.

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