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Cloud Computing by Government Agencies: Meeting Business and Security Challenges in the Cloud

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It’s 2023. Why Are Cloud Budgeting and Forecasting Still So Complicated?

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If you’ve worked in IT long enough, the thought “Wow, managing subscription services is a hassle” has crossed your mind at least once. You probably also know that billing in the public cloud adds to the cost in time, effort and money in a big way.

That’s why Cloud Lifecycle was designed to provide smart procurement, a consistent billing approach, better visibility for cloud budgeting and forecasting and prioritized help and advice from actual humans.

Discover in this short video why most IT teams are ready to get to zero-tolerance for wasted cloud spend, and how they just need a little help from the right coach.

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    Learn how to lower cloud costs and increase visibility into cloud spend

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    Discover how TuneIn, an audio streaming services servicing more than 75 million monthly users, is lowering cloud costs and increasing visibility into cloud spending with Spot by NetApp.

    After migrating to AWS, TuneIn leveraged Spot by NetApp’s FinOps solutions to:

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    Optimize your cloud costs through service level objectives

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    Are you spending too much on cloud services? Is there a way to optimize your cloud spending and dramatically lower it?

    Here’s a hint: it has nothing to do with negotiating better deals (and bigger commitments) or reminding your developers to turn down unused infrastructure.

    Read on through this blog post to learn how to save money by setting realistic service level objectives (SLOs), keeping customers happy while also managing your cloud infrastructure bill.

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