The FinOps Foundation’s State of FinOps 2025 report, drawn from organisations responsible for over $69 billion of cloud spend, found that only a small minority of organisations have reached “Run” maturity, with the majority still at “Walk” or “Crawl” stage.…
Cloud providers are offering up to 91% off on-demand compute prices, and most engineering teams are leaving that money on the table. Not because they lack awareness (Spot Instances, Azure Spot VMs, and GCP Spot VMs are well-publicised), but because…
GCP Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) offer 20-57% savings on compute resources, yet most organizations leave money on the table by purchasing commitments manually or not at all. The Cloud Billing API provides the data needed to automate CUD analysis, but…
The Problem Your GCP environment is bleeding money on idle VMs, oversized instances, and uncommitted use discounts you’re not taking advantage of. Your IAM is a mess with over-permissioned service accounts that violate least privilege. You have abandoned projects consuming…
The FinOps practitioner role didn’t exist five years ago. Today, organizations with substantial cloud spending increasingly recognize that dedicated focus on cloud financial management delivers returns that dwarf the investment. A practitioner earning £110,000 who saves 15% on £10 million…
The cloud engineer sitting across from you at the pub mentions she just completed her FinOps Foundation certification. Three months later, she’s landed a role with a £15,000 salary increase. Her responsibilities haven’t drastically changed, but her focus has sharpened…
Your weekly dose of actionable cloud wisdom to start the week right The Problem Your monthly cloud bill shows £50,000 spent, but you have no idea how much it actually costs to serve each customer. Finance is asking whether your…
Your weekly dose of actionable cloud wisdom to start the week right The Problem Your Azure AI bill has exploded from £200 to £2,000 per month after implementing a chatbot, your Computer Vision API calls are costing more than your…
Your weekly dose of actionable cloud wisdom to start the week right The Problem Your Azure Data Factory bill has skyrocketed from £200 to £2,000 per month, but your data processing hasn’t improved. Pipelines are running constantly whether they need…
Picture this: somewhere in your cloud infrastructure, virtual machines continue humming away long after their purpose has ended, storage volumes sit unattached accumulating charges, and databases serve absolutely no one whilst generating hundreds of pounds in monthly costs. These aren’t…
