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Introduction to FinOps

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Overview

We now depend on Cloud to deliver digital value to customers. But DevOps and Cloud have broken traditional procurement. Learn how FinOps gets IT, Business and Finance working together to leverage Cloud to innovate, deliver and make money.

What you'll learn

  • The impacts DevOps and Cloud have had on how IT costs are managed
  • What FinOps is and how it can address some of these impacts
  • The principles of FinOps which guide its practice in an organization
  • The considerations that go into forming a FinOps team within an organization
  • The scope of the Capabilities a FinOps team would perform to achieve the Cloud use goals of the organization
  • How the FinOps Foundation can help practitioners, cloud users, finance professionals, DevOps engineers and product managers to work with others around the worl…

Skills you'll practise

DevOpsPurchasingFinanceProcurementAccountabilityCustomer Demand PlanningCloud Financial Management (FinOps)Financial ManagementAccountingCost ManagementCash Flow Management

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $209). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Before you start

Have a basic level of working knowledge about at least one of the major cloud providers Understand basic terminology of the cloud Have a basic level of understanding of IT finance terminology.

Taught by

  • J.R. StormentExecutive Director

The Linux Foundation is in Tier 3: good universities, respected companies, nonprofits and well-known teachers of our institution ranking (82/100). The people behind Linux and Kubernetes.

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