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FinOps is a cultural practice and discipline that spans the cloud lifecycle, from conception to operation. Cloud Spend Management is an important aspect of FinOps, which focuses on optimizing cloud costs. Both terms are used to describe how organizations can get the most value from the cloud by helping teams collaborate on data-driven spending decisions.
FINOps, short for Financial Operations, refers to the practice of optimizing cloud spending by aligning IT resource consumption with the organization's financial objectives. It ties into ITAM by providing insights into cloud asset costs and helping you make informed spending decisions.
Cloud Spend Management is important because cloud computing offers flexibility, but it can also result in overspending if not monitored properly. Managing cloud spending ensures efficient use of resources and avoids financial surprises.
Benefits include controlling costs in cloud environments, identifying optimization opportunities, accurately allocating spend by project or department, and reducing the risk of unauthorized spending.
ITAM expands to include Cloud Spend Management and FINOps by incorporating cloud cost management as an integral part of IT asset management. This involves monitoring cloud resource costs and continually optimizing those expenses.
Start by evaluating cloud spending, defining spending policies and cost allocation structures. Choose appropriate Cloud Spend Management tools and work to integrate them into your existing ITAM strategy, promoting collaboration between IT and finance teams.
