Who stops wasteful cloud spending?

"According to a report from VMware, nearly half of IT leaders believe more than 25% of their cloud spending is wasted, and almost one-third claim the waste exceeds 50%."

"Most of these issues can be traced to leadership problems. Too many IT leaders focus on innovation and growth but overlook the day-to-day operational discipline required to manage cloud spending effectively. Instead of using finops and other tools, they allow unchecked behaviors, unclear billing, and overprovisioning, risking tighter future budgets and lower ROI."

"VMware's survey of 1,800 senior IT decision-makers worldwide revealed that organizational silos remain a significant barrier to effective cloud management. These silos limit visibility, control, and governance-key factors for understanding and controlling excessive spending. Although organizational silos can stem from culture, it ultimately falls on IT leadership to dismantle them."

Nearly half of IT leaders estimate over 25% of cloud spending is wasted, and almost one-third report waste exceeding 50%. Major contributors include lack of accountability, poorly defined processes, and absence of financial visibility. Leadership often prioritizes innovation and growth while neglecting operational discipline needed to control cloud costs. Failure to adopt finops and related controls allows unchecked behaviors, unclear billing, and overprovisioning, undermining ROI and risking tighter budgets. Organizational silos limit visibility, control, and governance, and breaking down those silos falls to IT leadership to restore effective cloud cost management.

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