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Some that need to be addressed include :

• A misalignment between technology and finance teams : Engineers focus on cloud computing , innovation , and moving workloads to the cloud , while finance teams focus on minimising costs . FinOps requires both teams to work together to develop goals for cloud utilisation .

• A lack of motivation for taking action : Developers need the freedom to ‘ fail fast ’ and take risks without worrying about cloud costs to improve continuous integration and continuous delivery processes . Sharing cloud spend and creating important cost-efficient solutions are key to achieving companywide initiatives .

• Misallocation of shared costs : Unallocated shared costs can hinder the transparency and accounting accuracy of cloud spending . Identification and correct allocation of shared costs is therefore critical .

• Increased waste and unused resources : Any cloud workloads that exceed agreed-upon capacity or leave unused resources increase cloud waste . Adopting observability and monitoring tools can effectively detect and eliminate unused resources to prevent waste .

Undertaking a FinOps strategy can make a significant difference to the expenses associated with usage of cloud-based platforms and services .

By taking the time to carefully plan the approach and obtaining buy-in from all teams , an organisation can expect to achieve sizable business benefits . p

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