CloudBolt: How to build (and use) FinOps
FinOps specialist CloudBolt has detailed its FinOps vision and wider strategy as part of a gathering attended by its global technical team, its sales front line and the company’s top management. Known as CloudBolt Lightning Strike 2024, we attended this year’s meetings to learn more about how a... Read more
IBM completes Apptio acquisition: more AI solutions and lower cloud costs
IBM is officially acquiring Apptio. IBM intends the deal to expand its offerings of automation and AI solutions for cost management.
IBM's acquisition of Apptio went for $4.6 billion. All required regulatory approvals, are already in, according to IBM.
The deal should benefit Watsonx, an AI... Read more
IBM close to acquiring Apptio for $5 billion
IBM is close to closing with investor Vista Equity Partners Management on the acquisition of cloud-based FinOps specialist Apptio, according to The Wall Steet Journal.
According to the business newspaper, IBM is at an advanced stage with the acquisition of Apptio and the deal could be finalized ... Read more
emma wants to make multi-cloud accessible for everyone
Managing a complex multi-cloud environment is no easy task. Emma's multi-cloud platform wants to make clouds and the capabilities they offer as natural and accessible as electricity. We spoke with the company's Dmitry Panenkov about this ambition.
Dmitry is founder and CEO of emma (enterprise mu... Read more
Finout makes the cloud more affordable
We recently visited Finout in Tel-Aviv, a company that has been around since 2021. Since then, it has grown quite a bit with its FinOps platform, which monitors and manages cloud expenses. This is to reduce costs, as organizations are currently said to have a lot of "cloud waste."
In covering ex... Read more
Cloud spending soars: how to reduce costs?
You've probably heard that one of the benefits of cloud is cost savings. This is true to a certain extent, but with the huge adoption of cloud resources, there is also a lot of unnecessary spending. This phenomenon is also known as 'cloud waste', something that has led to high cloud spending within... Read more
NetApp to Acquire CloudCheckr to Expand its CloudOps Platform
The acquisition will strengthen the company's Spot by NetApp offering.
This week NetApp announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CloudCheckr. The deal will bring NetApp a leading cloud optimization platform that provides cloud visibility and insights to lower costs. CloudCh... Read more