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Cost Optimization

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Cost optimization is a business-focused, continuous discipline to drive spending and cost reduction, while maximizing business value

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Are any of your IT budget items recession-proof? Which ones?

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Is there a 'Silver Bullet' (formula) to arrive on business value which could be quantified from addressing a technical debt? If yes, what are the factors we need to consider arriving to the quantifiable value?

Does your IT team or your HR team absorb to costs of HR technology?

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Can using MSSPs reduce your cyber insurance premium?

Yes60%

No26%

It depends (please elaborate in a comment)8%

Not sure5%

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What does it typically cost a large retail company (~$15B turnover pa) to implement an ERP solution (& ongoing run estimates)?

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How do you feel about “agent pricing” versus the traditional per seat SaaS pricing model? Should companies pay less for software that requires less human overhead, or more since it replaces humans?

How are you thinking about cloud costs today knowing generative AI is likely to reshape your cost structure in the near future? Do you see current cost management strategies becoming obsolete, and if so, what new approaches are you starting to explore?

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Can you share an example of a successful rightsizing initiative you led? What resistance did you encounter from the business and your own teams, and how did the cost savings compared to any impact on business operations, service delivery, or team productivity?

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Can you share examples of how you've maximized existing cloud resources and capabilities to deliver more value without adding headcount or tools?

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What’s your primary strategy for managing cloud costs in 2025?

Implementing FinOps practices16%

Optimizing workloads for cost-efficiency39%

Negotiating better terms with cloud providers17%

Scaling down unused or underutilized resources10%

Automating cloud monitoring and reporting4%

All of these11%

None of these1%

Something else4%

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Cloud-to-cloud migrations are not feasible for enterprise organizations.

Strongly agree4%

Agree44%

Neutral21%

Disagree22%

Strongly disagree7%

Other (please specify)

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How do you handle discrepancies between your organization’s cloud billing and the cost projections provided by your monitoring tools or dashboards?

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What’s been your experience on trying to build or buy a “single pane of glass” to fully understand your organization’s entire cloud ecosystem?

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What’s your opinion on the inherent conflict of paying for another cloud-based service to monitor your organization's existing cloud spend?

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What SLA terms do you prioritize when negotiating with cloud vendors? What pitfalls or red flags have you learned to avoid?

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Other than just “keeping the lights on”, what are your biggest non-negotiables when going through cost cutting measures?

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