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Gil Feliciano

Director of IT at MMM of Puerto Rico

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How are others managing the through the Broadcom purchase of VMware and licensing changes and potential increase and sku changes?

Comments welcome!

Tighter negotiations

Alternative technologies?

No choice but to pay?

Alternative Architecture with VMWARE

All of the above?

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If your org has adopted FinOps, how successful has it been in helping with cloud cost control?

Cloud IT Strategy & Roadmap

We haven't adopted FinOps

Very effective - Significantly reduced costs and optimized spending

Moderately effective - Made noticeable improvements in cost management

Not sure

Slightly effective - Achieved minor improvements in cost control

Ineffective - Failed to make significant improvements in cost management

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Have you been in a situation where you are trying to implement a new technology and had to roll back two times? What did you do? keep pushing or look for another solution?

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Gil FelicianoDirector of IT at MMM of Puerto Ricoa month ago

That depends. If the rollback reason was the same both times, and we did not have a clearly defined avenue of inquiry to expect a different result on any further attempts, then it would be time to cut losses and move on. ...read more

When does it make the most sense to deliberately take on technical debt? What's your reasoning for doing so?

IT Strategy & Roadmap Technical Product Management

Gil FelicianoDirector of IT at MMM of Puerto Rico3 months ago

That’s a good question, and I often do it in architecture and project leadership conversations. In my opinion, deliberately taking on technical debt isn’t so bad. It can be strategic, if done with awareness and a PLAN. I ...read more

How do you ensure you are keeping tech spend down without giving the impression that IT is a cost-center? That is, how do you ensure that your successes in cost optimization don’t lead to changes in IT budgets that are overly limiting?

Process Management Strategy & Architecture

Gil FelicianoDirector of IT at MMM of Puerto Rico2 months ago

We use a zero-based budget where we allocate dollars for each platform, application, initiative. That way we can show where our savings are and where the send is going.

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