FinOps: The Growing Need for Cloud Cost Crunching

FinOps - short for financial operations - is a relatively new professional specialty that is seeing strong growth as IT users wrestle with the economics of cloud, colocation and on-premises infrastructure.

In his recent appearance on the DCF Show podcast to discuss his research for AFCOM, Bill Kleyman noted that 58 percent of the respondents in this year's survey said they ware looking to shift workloads from cloud platforms to either colocation or on-premises facilities.

Kleyman says one thing is certain: Many users are feeling "sticker shock" as their use of cloud expands over time. "The first step is just asking the questions," Bill says on the DCF Show. Here's a video outtake of our discussion about FinOps and cloud cost crunching, as we discuss the history of FinOps and how to apply these principles.