- 94% of IT managers say they find it difficult to effectively optimize cloud costs
- Limited visibility and unexpected cost fluctuations remain a persistent challenge worldwide
- Finops helps organizations planning budgets and effectively alleviating the risk of governance
Cloud spending management has become more and more complex for many organizations.
A recent global survey commissioned by pencil and conducted by Sapio Research revealed that 94% of IT managers find it difficult to optimize cloud costs.
This makes it one of the most persistent challenges of computer costs management.
The adoption of AI adds new pressures on budgets
Despite the adoption of native and third -party tools, 44% of organizations still report visibility limited to their cloud expenses.
Almost half of the companies questioned also cite unexpected cost fluctuations as a major concern.
As the adoption of AI increases, its impact on the costs of clouds becomes more pronounced.
These questions encourage companies to reconsider their financial operations strategies and to seek external expertise.
About 60% of computer leaders already use AI tools to automate IT processes, while 40% provide that AI will be the most expensive challenge over the next three years.
The editors of AI increase the request for storage of the cloud and computer resources, complicating the predictability of costs and creating a new layer of financial risk.
Finops emerges as a critical approach to budget management, the definition of success of success and the reduction of governance risks.
By integrating AI considerations into financial operations, organizations aim to optimize both technology and expenses.
Pencil supports this effort by offering tailor -made finops solutions that offer transparency, efficiency and measurable commercial value.
“At PéYon, we consider Finops as the discipline that brings clarity to this challenge, helping computer leaders to plan, govern and optimize through hybrid and cloud environments,” said the pencil vice-president Ulrik Roland.
“By combining transparency with usable information, we allow our customers to unlock the true commercial value of their technological investments.”
The concerns about regulatory compliance, data confidentiality and supplier locking means that certain organizations redirect computer budgets to hybrid or local strategies, with an average of 37% of expenses allocated accordingly.
Security and compliance remain the engines of these decisions, reflecting the balance that IT leaders must find between flexibility of the cloud and cost control.
The results suggest that if the adoption of the cloud continues, the workloads of the AI and unpredictable expenses could make costs even more difficult than it is already.
“Finops is particularly essential in today’s environment where the cloud economy, AI governance and security meets,” said Softwareon *co-PDG Melissa Mulholland.
“Finops allows organizations to take control of their IT investments, ensuring that they are aligned on commercial results, financially responsible and resilients against emerging risks.”
