Buy vs Build: FinOps and CMPs for SaaS CXOs
SaaS leaders face a recurring choice for cloud cost and security governance. Build a custom cloud FinOps for SaaS on top of cloud provider tools, or adopt a third-party Cloud Management Platform. Practitioner experience shows that internal builds look attractive at first, then stall under scale, maintenance, and adoption pressure. For most mid to large...
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FinOps For AI Agents
AI agents can help startups do more with lean teams. They read and write across tools, summarize customer conversations, enrich CRM records, draft support replies, and trigger workflows in Slack, Microsoft 365, and cloud services. For founders and executives, the benefit is simple: faster execution without adding headcount at the same rate. There is one...
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Bridging FinOps and Generative AI for Cloud Cost Efficiency
Cloud cost management, or FinOps, has become mission-critical for startups in today’s cloud-driven market. With global cloud spending projected to soar past $720 billion in 2025, early-stage companies face intense pressure to control costs without throttling innovation. Startup CTOs and founders often ask how to reduce cloud costs with generative AI – and the answer...
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Mastering Azure Tagging for Cost Management
Organizations are rapidly scaling their Azure infrastructure to meet growing business demands. However, this expansion often comes with a hidden challenge: spiralling cloud costs and limited visibility into resource allocation. For decision-makers overseeing cloud investments, implementing a robust tagging strategy isn’t just a technical best practice, it’s a financial imperative that can make or break...
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New in 2025: Customer-Driven Updates to OfficeBoard and PowerBoard
Customer-Driven Updates to OfficeBoard and PowerBoard: Listening closely to administrators, FinOps leads, and security teams, Loves Cloud has expanded its product backlog around the feedback that matters most: actionable cost-savings, lower administrative effort, and clearer governance. The 2025 release wave is full of practical enhancements to OfficeBoard (our Microsoft 365 management platform) and PowerBoard (our...
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Optimize Microsoft 365 Licensing Costs in Large Enterprise
Microsoft 365 has become the backbone of enterprise productivity. However, with over 56% of enterprise Office 365/M365 licenses sitting inactive, underutilized, or unassigned, large enterprises are haemorrhaging millions in unnecessary licensing costs. This comprehensive guide explores proven strategies to optimize Microsoft 365 licensing costs and your investment while highlighting how OfficeBoard by Loves Cloud can...
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How to Reduce Azure Cloud Costs by 40% Using Automated FinOps Tools
Cloud spending has become one of the largest IT budget items for organizations, with Gartner predicting worldwide public cloud spending to reach $679 billion in 2024. For many businesses using Microsoft Azure, uncontrolled cloud costs can quickly spiral out of control, eating into profits and limiting innovation budgets. The good news? Organizations implementing automated FinOps...
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How Cloud Management Platforms Empower FinOps for Cloud Computing
In today’s cloud-first world, where cloud spending frequently outpaces cloud budgets and 30% of cloud resources are underutilized (Flexera 2023), Financial Operations (FinOps) teams face mounting pressure to balance innovation with fiscal responsibility. Enter Cloud Management Platforms (CMPs): the orchestration engines turning cloud chaos into actionable insights.. The FinOps Revolution: Why CMPs Matter As organizations...
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