FinOps, solution that brings together Finance and DevOps in a practice involving business and computer engineering teams, it is a practice that analyzes the use of cloud data to optimize both availability, regarding the reduction of storage costs. To understand how this type of implementation has been increasingly sought after, a SGA, of the FCamara group, observed a 21% increase in demand for 2024
In four years, the company managed to generate savings of R$ 72 million for its clients through FinOps, mainly in the financial sectors, health and retail. Until December, let's conclude, approximately, 130 projects, resulting in a significant optimization in the use of cloud data, highlights Sgorlon. In one of the company's most recent cases, the client achieved a savings of R$2,6 million in a year. In the first quarter, the reduction was R$ 660 thousand, or less 20% in cloud costs
The relevance of this value can be seen by analyzing the data from the Tangoe report, company specialized in IT cost management, who interviewed more than 500 professionals. The research indicates that enterprise cloud costs have increased, on average, 30% in the last year, with AI being one of the main contributors to this increase. Therefore, at the same time that cloud adoption brought ease of storage in organizations, a challenge arose in budget management.
FinOps addresses the need to balance usage and costs, providing solutions that align financial areas with operational ones – two fronts that need, effectively, maintain a good dialogue for business health. According to Global Market Estimates, the global FinOps market in the cloud is expected to grow from $832 million in 2023 to $2.750 million by 2028, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18,8% in the period
Belonging to the technology and innovation ecosystem of the Brazilian multinational FCamara, SGA specializes in developing cloud solutions, including FinOps, with the use of IBM tools, like Apptio (Cloudability) and Turbonomic. "We have observed significant results in optimizing cloud consumption for medium and large companies", affirms Armindo Sgorlon, CEO of SGA. All this savings we provided to our clients led to resources being reallocated to strategic areas, as employee development, security and infrastructure. "This success enabled companies to expand their workloads sustainably and invest in crucial innovations that were previously unfeasible", adds
These gains directly reflect on the optimization of internal and external processes, allowing previously underutilized resources in the cloud to be redirected to strategic initiatives, as security, artificial intelligence and customer service, raising the efficiency of business operations
