How the Economy Is Affecting Cloud Usage, Spend
Here’s a perhaps-pleasant finding: Almost half (45%) of respondents told Flexera that even with all the economic uncertainty, their cloud usage and spend will remain about the same as planned. From there, 36% said cloud usage and spend will climb somewhat higher than budgeted, while 9% said consumption and costs will rise significantly higher. Another 9% said the economy is actually changing their usage and spend less than planned.
The biggest takeaway here ties back to channel partners pitching in on the FinOps side and guiding customers’ optimization and expense management. In fact, that serves as an excellent segue to the next slide.