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.

Happy holidays! It’s that time of year when people brainstorm their New Year’s resolutions, and companies are laying out plans to hit the new year with a fresh cost management strategy in place. If you’re in the latter boat, check out these end-of-year wrap-ups that will help you start 2025 on the right foot, financially speaking. Enjoy!

The Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) discipline aims to understand and manage cloud costs while maximizing the value from cloud investments. While controlling cloud spend remains a key business objective, focusing FinOps efforts primarily on visibility and cost-cutting doesn’t get to crux of the problem and may even snowball into bigger issues – especially given the growing complexity of the cloud and the stakeholders involved in managing it.

FinOps X Europe has finished and what a success! One of the hot topics discussed during the keynote was the concept of “Scopes”, which was driven by the expanding role of the FinOps team. Expectations of the FinOps team could range anywhere from visibility for more complete unit economics to optimization of licenses to renewal negotiations. And one of the clear questions was, when does it stop? Read on for more on that.

As of 2024, 89% of organizations are using a multi-cloud strategy. Among the reasons for this shift are avoiding vendor lock-in and achieving scalability and cost-effectiveness. Yet, maximizing the value of investments in multi-cloud environments is a major challenge. That’s where multi-cloud FinOps solutions like Ternary come in — or, as you’ll see in this guide, where the top Ternary alternatives can take the lead.

The FinOps Foundation states that “For the first time, Reducing waste was the highest key priority for FinOps practitioners across all spending tiers. This may be influenced by macroeconomic trends, with businesses looking for ways to reduce spending without reducing the value they are getting from their cloud investments.”

FinOps Professional Sumaira Nazir defines herself by her commitment to growth. With a master's degree in psychology and a background in both business analysis and project management, Sumaira’s passion for self-improvement means she’s always in pursuit of her next professional milestone. In fact, this love of learning is part of what drew her to Platform.sh.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a great platform for DevOps and FinOps teams for several reasons. It provides a wide range of services, supports extensive automation, and includes strong collaboration tools. Despite this, AWS can be a complex ecosystem that makes cloud management challenging. The good news is that AWS also offers a suite of tools to help you apply DevOps best practices and cloud cost optimization.

Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to Turbo360 to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies. Turbo360, an advanced cloud Management platform, today announced the availability of its flagship module, FinOps and Cost Management for Azure, in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.