
Scaling FOCUS Across Cloud, SaaS, and AI
Explore what's new in FOCUS 1.3, how organizations are operationalizing the spec, and what's ahead on the roadmap—straight from the FinOps Foundation.

Hosted by Hunter Willis · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 25 episodes
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Hosted by Hunter Willis, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Apptio, an IBM Company, FinOps Fridays is a video series covering a range of topics across the journey to cloud, from pre-migration to cloud-native. It dives into the technical and cultural challenges that organizations face on their unique journeys as they build their financial discipline required for cloud.
Hunter Willis hosts FinOps Fridays, a technology show with 25 episodes published.

Explore what's new in FOCUS 1.3, how organizations are operationalizing the spec, and what's ahead on the roadmap—straight from the FinOps Foundation.

Hear how FinOps practices are evolving and meeting the demands of AI-first organizations.

Learn how FinOps practices are evolving to meet the demands of AI-first organizations.

FinOps expert Idaliz Baez shares tips to align strategy, drive team buy-in, integrate tools, and drive value with unit economics.

Learn how to optimize cloud costs and reduce carbon footprint through FinOps practices.

Learn how to apply enterprise-level best practices, take your strategy beyond tooling, and leverage the FinOps Framework to mature your program.

Discover change management strategies that fuel FinOps adoption and maturity — from securing buy-in at every level to setting OKRs to measure success.

Learn how FOCUS™ (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) helps standardize billing data, remove silos, and synthesize actionable insights.

Expert guidance on increasing cost transparency, accountability, and efficiency to level up your FinOps practice.

Discover how FinOps can unite teams across your organization with a shared interest in cloud cost savings and data transparency.

Learn about cloud migration and cloud cost optimization pitfalls, workarounds, and best practices to help you maximize value from the get-go.

Explore strategies for overcoming hurdles for buy-in, the role data plays in building credibility, and tips for applying FinOps principles across organization-wide cost centers.

Hear best practices for commitment spend strategies with guidance on gamifying processes, cost allocation, and unit economics.

Are you getting the full picture in your FinOps conversations?

Recommendations for accelerating your FinOps journey from a veteran with over 13 years in cloud and operations

In this episode of FinOps Fridays, we continue to explore the intriguing relationship between FinOps and Sustainability.

We kick off an exciting conversation about the dynamic partnership between FinOps and Sustainability, focusing on what this means in the realm of IT.

Nathan Besh and Dvir Mizrahi explore roadblocks and how to overcome them in your FinOps journey

Nathan Besh and Dvir Mizrahi explore engineering-driven FinOps adoption in this FinOps Fridays episode

With the whats and whys of forecasting covered in the first part, Dieter Matzion and Nathan Besh pick up the pace to get a level deeper into the topic and look at the “Hows” in the second part of episode 11 of FinOps Fri
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