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FinOps Best Practices 2025: Culture, Metrics, AI, and the Future of Cloud Cost Optimization

FinOps Best Practices 2025: Culture, Metrics, AI, and the Future of Cloud Cost Optimization

Update: 2025-10-16
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We explore how to build a strong FinOps culture, overcome cloud cost challenges, track progress with actionable KPIs, leverage observability, and apply AI to drive smarter cloud financial operations with expert insights from Amit Khina from DoIt


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  • (00:00:00 ) - Introduction
  • (00:00:52 ) - What a good FinOps culture looks like
  • (00:03:46 ) - Key Challenges and Barriers to Implementing FinOps
  • (00:06:04 ) - How to Measure FinOps Progress: Metrics and KPIs
  • (00:08:23 ) - Making Unit Economics Actionable for Business Impact
  • (00:12:20 ) - How Observability Enhances FinOps and Cost Optimization
  • (00:21:30 ) - AI in FinOps: Real Benefits vs Overhyped Use Cases
  • (00:27:06 ) - Automation vs Human Judgment in FinOps
  • (00:31:03 ) - Shifting from Cost Cutting to Business Value in FinOps
  • (00:34:25 ) - The Future of FinOps: FOCUS Standard Adoption and Evolution
  • (00:37:37 ) - Conclusion
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FinOps Best Practices 2025: Culture, Metrics, AI, and the Future of Cloud Cost Optimization

FinOps Best Practices 2025: Culture, Metrics, AI, and the Future of Cloud Cost Optimization

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