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IDC PeerScape: FinOps Automation Practices to Reduce Cloud Costs

Publisher IDC
Published Jan 10, 2025
Length 11 Pages
SKU # IDC19481914

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IDC PeerScape: FinOps Automation Practices to Reduce Cloud Costs


This IDC PeerScape looks at how two FinOps leaders, who are managing massive cloud implementations at, respectively, Intuit and Roku, have designed highly efficient automation FinOps processes to deliver their FinOps goals. The document is not intended to recommend any specific products but rather to identify best practices around where and how to manage and automate the mountain of cloud data to deliver the highest payback. "After dealing with all the challenges of managing cloud costs, FinOps teams are now becoming masters of the cloud through FinOps best practices and great data management," says Bob Multhaup, adjunct research advisor, IT Executive Programs (IEP), IDC.

Table of Contents

11 Pages

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Executive Summary

Peer Insights

Practice 1: Get Your Data "Ingredients" Right with Excellent Data Engineering

Challenge

Examples

Intuit

Roku

Guidance

Practice 2: Perform Selective Surgery on High-Cost Targets

Challenge

Examples

Intuit

Roku

Guidance

Practice 3: Make It Easy for Engineers to Manage Resource Allocations

Challenge

Examples

Intuit

Roku

Guidance

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