The rise of AI and virtualisation licensing changes have pushed some invoices to double overnight and turned routine renewals on their head. So, the question your customers are asking is: Are they paying for the infrastructure they actually need or simply the one they inherited?
Why FinOps and architectural freedom are the answer
FinOps is a discipline that unites finance, engineering, and operations around one goal, which is spending that maps directly to business value. But insight alone means nothing without options. When you pair FinOps with architectural freedom (the ability to move workloads across clouds without penalty), you can start turning recommendations into savings.
The four cost levers
A continuous FinOps strategy is based on four levers, which are rate, usage, placement, and licensing:
- Rate: Treat committed-spend deals and marketplaces as strategic tools.
- Usage: Burst into public cloud for spikes and seasonal demands, then release capacity when it's no longer needed.
- Placement: Think about where each workload runs, whether that’s private, public, or edge, based on where costs are lowest.
- Licensing: Choose portable licenses that travel with workloads rather than tying customers to a single environment.
By helping customers master these four levers, you’re giving them back control of their infrastructure, as well as a smaller bill.
Become a trusted, strategic advisor with Arrow & Nutanix
Once you pair FinOps with architectural freedom, renewals stop feeling like a forced decision and start feeling like a genuine choice.Â
Contact the Arrow Nutanix team today to learn how the Nutanix Cloud Platform can help your customers run each workload where it makes the most economic sense.
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