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Why FinOps still lives in Excel

Why FinOps still lives in Excel

FinOps still lives in Excel not because tools are weak, but because the discipline lacks mandatory, GAAP-like standards. Without set in stone standardsthere is not much to build on. Until the foundation stabilises, wide adjustments are needed, and maturity stays out of reach.

Why shift left makes me uncomfortable

Why shift left makes me uncomfortable

Shift-left is framed as empowerment: show engineers the cost impact and let them decide. But when economic responsibility moves down without strategic intent, budget ownership and reward moving with it, ownership can quietly become exposure.

A quiet update on the ProsperOps acquisition

FinOps tools are consolidating: Flexera–ProsperOps, DoiT’s buying spree, and the platform endgame

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

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 good top-down structure is on the other side

When good top-down structure is on the other side

People say, ‘I’m talking with AWS’. It sounds grown-up. It also hides the only thing that matters: you are talking with a human being who has a job title, a quota, and a limited amount of power.