A new surge of enthusiasm surrounds a strategic framework poised to simplify the management of cloud expenses and help companies lower their IT costs — it’s called FinOps, a portmanteau of the words Financial and DevOps. While this methodology is praised for instilling financial governance, its principles can be extended far beyond just cloud infrastructure and applications. CIOs, CTOs, and CFOs can use its teachings to curb all types of IT expenditures. With prices escalating, it’s imperative to implement cost optimization strategies more broadly. This article delves into how FinOps tackles c…