Uncover how collaboration between SAM and FinOps teams will become widespread by 2025

Escalating software and cloud costs call for integration to maximize value and eliminate waste

As organizations experience dramatic growth in software and cloud usage, managing consumption and optimizing usage have never been more important. However, two crucial constituents—SAM and FinOps teams—typically operate independently despite their critical interdependencies, with limited resources.

This report from Gartner highlights:

• the impacts of these teams operating in silos
• the many ways collaboration can result in exponentially better outcomes
• why Gartner analysts predict organizations will increasingly unify SAM and FinOps into a consolidated discipline over the next few years

Find out how your organizations can eliminate blind spots and operational silos and minimize cost waste through trustworthy data collaboration.

*Target Software and Cloud Costs by Uniting Software Asset Management and FinOps, Stephen White, Yoann Bianic, Stewart Buchanan, 6 April 2023

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