Tracy Woo

On Tuesday, IBM announced its acquisition of Kubernetes cost management solution Kubecost. This acquisition follows a series of FinOps-focused companies in recent years with Apptio (TBM/FinOps), Turbonomic (FinOps/resource automation), Nordcloud (FinOps services), and Instana (observability). Answers To Your Top Questions About The Kubecost Acquistion What should I know? Kubecost enhances an already market-leading solution. In […]

Public cloud may be the major underpinning of enterprise infrastructure strategies, but it comes with risks. Learn the top three cloud trends that CISOs and security leaders need to be aware of in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit on December 9–11.

Get six key takeaways from the annual VMware Explore 2024 conference and find out what they mean for technology leaders.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently announced an agreement to acquire Morpheus Data, a multicloud management solution. Find out what this means for the two firms and their customers in this blog.

Curious about the top cloud trends in 2024? Learn three of the top 10 cloud trends for 2024 in this preview of a new report.

At long last, The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization [CCMO] Solutions, Q3 2024 is published! This process is incredibly long and thorough. We go through hours-long briefings and customer calls and perform multiple iterations on scoring; the vendors go through the same. They put in many hours setting up customer references, product demonstrations, […]

AWS announced this week that Adam Selipsky will depart as CEO and Matt Garman, AWS senior VP of sales and marketing, would replace him in June. Find out what the implications of this move could be at a critical time for AWS and the broader cloud market overall.

Rising consumer pressure and new regulatory reporting requirements have opened the door to a new approach: GreenOps, or the practice of minimizing a cloud environment’s carbon footprint through the efficient use of cloud resources. Learn more about GreenOps in this post.

As the cloud landscape adapts to new changes, there is a renewed interest in cloud governance programs. But implementation of cloud governance may prove to be more difficult than expected. Find out why.

Google recently held its Google Cloud Next conference four months early to unveil new AI offerings and upstage its rivals. Get a detailed review of all of the announcements at the event in this post.

Learn two key steps your IT org should take in light of this announcement from AWS.

It's time to take a look back and score our 2023 cloud predictions. Find out where we accurately predicted cloud trends and where we missed the mark for cloud in 2023.

Last week, Amazon.com VP and CTO Werner Vogels closed out re:Invent 2023 with his keynote address on the “frugal architect.” This isn’t the first time that Vogels has introduced this topic. In fact, it was a theme he originally introduced in 2012 that revolves around architecting with cost in mind. To me, and likely to […]

At AWS re:Invent 2023 the AI announcements were underwhelming despite high expectations. Find out more in this extended review of the event.

With the VMware-Broadcom deal set for closing, what should you know? Learn five key things VMware customers can expect in the coming years.

The move erodes lucrative business for the current main players. We break down what it means for tech buyers.

In recent years, VMware has faced major headwinds: It migrated its clients from on-premises to public cloud, changed to a cloud-native application development paradigm, shifted to subscription licensing, had frequent cycles of M&A activities, and experienced unfavorable macroeconomic environments. Despite these, VMware registered modest revenue growth. Even though it grew, it knows it is vulnerable. […]

In late June, at FinOps X, the annual event hosted by FinOps Foundation, a big topic was the open source project FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification (FOCUS), which aims to standardize the billing construct and presentation of cloud cost data. This is a BIG DEAL. In doing so, FOCUS will remove the complexity and […]

One of the trends that emerged from FinOps X in San Diego is that DIY tooling is on the rise. Find out why Forrester typically tries to dissuade FinOps teams from taking this route.