How many arguments should you bring to create a convincing case?
When trying to convince, the number of arguments depends on who you target.
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The Chain of Intent Process
The "chain of intent" approach to FinOps is designed to reduce decision fatigue and errors by using structured policies to automate decision-making. The process moves …
FinOps getting vertical
Wipro just paid for 3,200 people who understand food supply chains, not cloud optimisation. The Mindsprint acquisition looks like outsourcing on the surface. Olam's …
A table anonymiser
What I built (github) is a first step, not the destination. An anonymiser can strip identifiers from a billing file like a CUR, and mine is designed to work across table …
Cloud strategy rarely survives the trip to engineering
FinOps gets stronger when it stops behaving like a reporting function and starts translating executive intent into operational reality. Cloud cost is not just an …
Big record labels and FinOps practitioners make the same mistake
Music touches the soul but labels are missing the point
FinOps wants to grow. It might shrink instead
As cloud approaches trillion-dollar scale, it becomes infrastructure. FinOps practices standardise and disperse into finance, engineering, and procurement. What remains …
A framework helps people think. A system helps people operate
A framework helps people think. A system helps people operate FinOps has a framework, and that matters. But frameworks guide attention. A field matures when more people …
Each new company still forces FinOps practitioners to begin again
Each new company still forces FinOps practitioners to begin again We need more stability.
Nvidia's GTC keynote
Nvidia's GTC keynote had a lot of chip announcements, but the real story is vertical integration.