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This Cloud Core Automotive spotlight is on cloud cost control, budgeting and forecasting.

There’s a lot of noise out there right now about cloud being too expensive. 

You might’ve seen the example of Basecamp quitting cloud, blaming growing bills, savings promises that never happened, and complexities that weren’t reduced.

And there’s plenty in the news questioning whether or not cloud will save you money, while analysts forecast public cloud prices will rise 30% in Europe this year.

So, in the current climate with businesses facing rising costs, are we facing a U-turn on public cloud?

Not quite.

We recently grilled our head cloud advisory honcho Mark about this. You can read the full Q&A here.

In short, Mark said how cloud isn’t necessarily cheaper, but if it’s done in the right way, it provides more value. 

And he addressed the whole “we’re not getting what was promised by the hyperscalers” thing, which seems to be a common gripe.

So, if you are a little worried about cloud costs, Mark might have the answers here.

🚗 VW: Co-creating a cloud cost control solution

The challenge: They could only see cloud costs at levels that were either too macro or micro to be useful.

The solution: Cost visibility and allocation + GreenOps + Savings suggestions

👉 Read how VW did it.

💰 2 really useful resources to help with managing cloud spend

Are you crystal clear with your cloud spend forecast? 

Budgeting and forecasting is pretty important when it comes to keeping spend on track. See how to get it right, who’s involved and how you can get started, with this step-by-step guide. 

And are you allocating your costs correctly?

Many businesses struggle to get a clear view of who’s spending what. We’ve come up with a systematic way to get on top of this – use this handy guide.

🎬 Video: Get more from FinOps

Ever wondered if there’s more to FinOps than what you’re currently doing?

Spoiler alert: There probably is.

Watch this video where our FinOps expert Gabriele breaks down his strategic ways of getting more from FinOps with new approaches, tooling and management.

What we’ve been reading and talking about

🤯 Strange but true stories of cloud cost optimisation (TechBeacon)

💰 Strategic ways to cut cloud spend (Nordcloud)

✂️How to reduce tech bloat in the enterprise (CIO Dive)

📊 State of FinOps 2023 (FinOps Foundation)

Thanks for reading (bonus points for clicking). In the next issue of Cloud Core Automotive, we’ll talk about ways of working with partners 🤝.