Cost visibility
Getting cloud costs tagged and split out per team. Nothing else in cost optimisation works until this is in place.
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Domain
FinOps
Keeping cloud spending visible, predictable, and accountable. Tagging discipline, forecasting, reservations, and the monthly cadence with the business that turns "how much is this costing?" from a fight into a routine conversation.
Everyday sub-domains
The standard conversations most organisations have within this domain.
Showback and chargeback
Showing each business unit what their cloud usage costs — and, when ready, charging it through to their budget.
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Workload-specific cost economics
The cost economics specific to certain workloads — AI calls priced per token, data platform compute, container costs.
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Specialised sub-domains
Where the conversation needs custom adaptations — regulated, hybrid, or high-stakes.
Reservations and optimisation
Buying reservations and savings plans for stable workloads, right-sizing what's oversized, and cleaning up what isn't being used — the platform team's running discipline.
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Sustainability and carbon-aware cost management
Reporting cloud carbon emissions, putting indirect "Scope 3" cloud emissions on the sustainability report, and choosing workload patterns that are gentler on the planet.
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