The Vantage Edge: Elevating Cloud Cost Management with FinOps Mastery
Managing cloud costs effectively has become a significant challenge for organisations relying on public cloud services. FinOps addresses these challenges by ensuring efficient spending and governance of cloud resources. Key practices in FinOps include achieving complete visibility into cloud usage and costs, fostering cross-functional collaboration between finance, operations, and engineering teams, and utilising data-driven decision-making to optimise cloud investments.
By embracing a centralised team, organisations can instil a culture of governance and efficiency in cloud cost management. This approach can lead to enhanced resource utilisation and substantial cost savings. With Vantage, your organisation can cultivate a robust cloud cost governance and efficiency culture, ensuring your cloud investments yield maximum value.
In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Kevin Petrie, VP of research at BARC US, speaks to Ben Schaechter, CEO and co-founder of Vantage, to discuss:
- FinOps
- Vantage’s platform
- Cloud costs and FinOps practices
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction and Overview
02:02 - Understanding FinOps and Cloud Cost Governance
07:45 - Best Practices in FinOps: Centralization and Collaboration
13:50 - The Role of Data-Driven Insights in Optimizing Cloud Costs
