{"id":34589,"date":"2026-05-21T13:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/?p=34589"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:47:51","slug":"are-you-finops-ready-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/en-gb\/resources\/are-you-finops-ready-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you FinOps ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n         \n     \n\n    <section id=\"block-block_674d9f930631e40b72728b6cd4fa6aca\"\n        class=\" internal-banner-block theme-bg-image\"\n         style=\"background: url(https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LD-FY26-Q2-Webinar-Are-you-FinOps-ready-Webpage-Banner-Image-1-scaled.jpg)\" >\n                        <div class=\"container hover_bg\">\n                                                    <div class=\"row m-0 w-100\">\n                        <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6 col-md-11 col-sm-11 col-11 my-auto\">\n                                                            <h1 style=\"color: rgb(255,255,255);\">Are you FinOps ready?<\/h1>\n                            \n                                                            <p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\">Discover the checklist for smarter cloud spending<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Wednesday <span class=\"TextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">1<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW116533234 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"12\">st <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">October<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\"> 2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">4<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">:00 \u2013 1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">5<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116533234 BCX0\">:00 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n                            \n                            \n                                                                                        \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n\n                        <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 text-right\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n        <div id=\"Register Now\"><\/div> \n      \n\n    \n    <section id=\"block-block_8f564e1d0b9b33a6baba0b7f5ee82906\" class=\"features-content-block\" style=\"background: ;\">\n        <div class=\"container \">\n            \n            <div class=\"row m-0 w-100 ticks\">\n                                                                                                <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 mt-4 mb-4\">\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"p-0 col-xl-10 col-sm-12 col-12 m-auto style-points\" >\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243081725 BCX0\">Unlock cost transparency, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243081725 BCX0\">optimise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243081725 BCX0\"> cloud budgets, and level up your FinOps strategy.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\">Managing cloud spend has never been more critical. Many organisations assume  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\">they&#8217;re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\"> on top of it<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\">until license overlaps, unused services, and opaque billing slip through the cracks. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">In this live webinar, we\u2019ll unpack what it really means to be <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">FinOps-<span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW177417892 BCX0\">ready<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW177417892 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW177417892 BCX0\">, and<\/span> give you a tangible checklist to 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data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW248497037 BCX0\">Learn how to tackle common cultural, procedural, and technology challenges.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><br \/>\nOur specialists will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>   \n                    \n                    \n                                                                                        \n                                                \n                    <style> \n                        #block-block_8c0bb7d0b33bbaa892f636ee928884ad .cnt ul li:before {\n                                                    background: url(https:\/\/licensedashboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pink_tick.svg);\n                            background-position: center !important;\n                            background-repeat: no-repeat !important;\n                            background-size: 100% !important;\n        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