The Cloud Spend Conundrum: Gain Control of Ballooning Cloud Costs

On-demand webcast exploring strategies for controlling escalating cloud costs as organisations scale. John Bradshaw joins Ben Cole (TechTarget) to discuss FinOps practices, cloud cost governance, and the hidden expenses that cause cloud budgets to balloon beyond initial estimates.

Simulcast of the Cloud Spend Conundrum webcast on the Computer Weekly / TechTarget BrightTALK channel. John Bradshaw and Ben Cole (TechTarget) cover FinOps disciplines, cost visibility, and practical techniques for reigning in runaway cloud expenditure.

John Bradshaw, Field CTO Cloud EMEA at Akamai, unpacks a counterintuitive principle for modern cloud strategy — plan your exit before you plan to start — and argues that core-and-edge architecture combined with strategic clarity on business goals is what keeps organisations cost-aware and free from vendor lock-in.