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Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a suite of cloud storage services. Among the most widely adopted are Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS, known for their robust scalability, performance, and flexibility for a wide range of workloads. However, AWS also offers Amazon Elastic File System (EFS). This is a serverless file storage service for workloads that need shared, scalable storage for use with AWS services and on-premises resources.

Cloud provisioning involves defining, setting up, and allocating cloud resources — such as compute power, networking, and storage — so they’re ready for use in your organization. Provisioning used to be slow and error-prone. Not anymore; it’s a streamlined, hands-off process now. But it doesn’t happen on its own. You need the right cloud provisioning tools to automate and optimize the process.

We’ve covered the fundamentals of FinOps in several guides on this blog, including FinOps 101, the FinOps maturity journey (as outlined by the FinOps Foundation), and more. But if you need a quick refresher, no worries. We’ve linked key guides on what FinOps is, why it matters, and how to make it work for you in “Related reads” in the next section.

Last week, the FinOps Foundation released its latest installment of the State of FinOps report. This year’s theme: Cloud+. Fortunately for all of us, Cloud+ isn’t yet another streaming service to add to an already infinite list. In the FinOps Foundation’s parlance, Cloud+ refers to all the non-public-cloud spending — e.g., SaaS, AI — that you’d want to group under the broad umbrella of “cloud spending.”

Cloud computing offers many advantages over on-premises environments, including scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. Yet, simply using a “lift and shift” strategy — moving your application as-is from an on-premise environment to the cloud with minimal modification can lead to several issues (such as inefficient design, bloated costs, etc.). If you design software or applications for the cloud, it is often best to consider making them cloud-native.

Your job as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) carries a lot of weight, regardless of the size and industry of your organization. You are also directly accountable for ensuring your company’s financial health by providing accurate, up-to-date, and actionable insights. If your revenue comes from recurring subscriptions, SaaS metrics form the backbone of your business. They measure your profitability and growth, provide financial reporting and forecasting, and provide guidance on maximizing ROI.

There’s no doubt about it: The cloud cost landscape changes quickly. It seems like every month brings new updates from the cloud providers and several new resources you can use to master FinOps within your organization. Here are the top cloud cost news headlines you may have missed from February 2025: Read on for the details.

Cloud infrastructure essentially consists of a set of virtual tools and resources that help deliver cloud-based services and products. Cloud infrastructure frees companies from building their own physical data centers. Instead, they rent computing capacity on a need-by-need basis. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In this post, we’ll define cloud infrastructure and examine cloud computing types, delivery models, and more.

The FinOps Foundation just released the sixth installment of its annual State of FinOps report. The 2025 installment contains a few key themes: In this blog, we give a little more detail on each, highlighting key statistics and takeaways from the State of FinOps 2025.