Topic - Top down FinOps
FinOps should be invisible
FinOps tools are consolidating: Flexera–ProsperOps, DoiT’s buying spree, and the platform endgame
FinOps tooling is consolidating into CloudOps platforms. Flexera buys ProsperOps (vertical execution) and Chaos Genius (horizontal data scope). DoiT is buying across Kubernetes, security and Snowflake. PE speeds change. Policy turns intent into action; plan for vendor risk. Next: AWS 'normal' era...
The monster under the bed was always in the contract
Many cloud strategies were built on assumptions that were never written down. Prices would not rise. Services would not disappear. Performance would hold. None of that was guaranteed. When assumptions live outside the contract, they stop being comfort and start being risk.
When the human is the UI
Borrowed leverage: partners, resellers, and the myth of ‘direct’
