In APMdigest's 2026 Observability Predictions Series, industry experts offer predictions on how Observability and related technologies will evolve and impact business in 2025. Part 5 covers APM and infrastructure monitoring ...

IT Asset Management (ITAM) has undergone significant transformations in response to the evolving IT landscape ... The rise of the cloud has introduced new complexities, such as the need to manage SaaS applications and maintain visibility into cloud assets. The integration of AI has further accelerated these changes, driving ITAM teams to collaborate more closely with other IT stakeholders ... This shift is essential for addressing the multifaceted challenges of modern IT environments ...

The biggest change in Cloud Managed Services 2.0 is how it unites domains that once operated in isolation. CloudOps, FinOps, DevOps, SecOps, and AIOps now work as a single, cohesive team instead of separate departments competing for resources and priorities. This matters because modern businesses operate at a pace that leaves traditional methods behind ...

Most teams collect observability data for the obvious reasons: uptime, latency, troubleshooting. It's the stuff we have to do to keep the lights on. But that mindset limits what this data is really capable of. When we treat logs like a transient utility instead of a long-term resource, we end up throwing away insight we can't get back. Losing that data isn't just a technical issue; it limits your ability to make smarter business decisions ...

While the FinOps discipline is robust and proven, executives appear to be overconfident, according to Performance vs. Perception: The FinOps Execution Gap, a new report from CloudBolt Software ...

Private clouds are no longer playing catch-up, and public clouds are no longer the default as organizations recalibrate their cloud strategies, according to the Private Cloud Outlook 2025 report from Broadcom. More than half (53%) of survey respondents say private cloud is their top priority for deploying new workloads over the next three years, while 69% are considering workload repatriation from public to private cloud, with one-third having already done so ...

Cloud computing has transformed how we build and scale software, but it has also quietly introduced one of the most persistent challenges in modern IT: cost visibility and control ... So why, after more than a decade of cloud adoption, are cloud costs still spiraling out of control? The answer lies not in tooling but in culture ...

FinOps champions crucial cross-departmental collaboration, uniting business, finance, technology and engineering leaders to demystify cloud expenses. Yet, too often, critical cost issues are softened into mere "recommendations" or "insights" — easy to ignore. But what if we adopted security's battle-tested strategy and reframed these as the urgent risks they truly are, demanding immediate action? ...

The FinOps Foundation, a global non-profit trade association program of The Linux Foundation, and the ITAM Forum, a global non-profit membership association for IT Asset Management (ITAM), announced a strategic partnership to support the accelerating convergence of FinOps and ITAM/SAM that has occurred in large organizations over the last 18 months. 

While companies adopt AI at a record pace, they also face the challenge of finding a smart and scalable way to manage its rapidly growing costs. This requires balancing the massive possibilities inherent in AI with the need to control cloud costs, aim for long-term profitability and optimize spending ...

From growing reliance on FinOps teams to the increasing attention on artificial intelligence (AI), and software licensing, the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report digs into how organizations are improving cloud spend efficiency, while tackling the complexities of emerging technologies ...

Enterprises are turning to AI-powered software platforms to make IT management more intelligent and ensure their systems and technology meet business needs for efficiency, lowers costs and innovation, according to new research from Information Services Group ...

Eugene Khvostov, Chief Product Officer at Apptio, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Industry experts offer predictions on how Cloud, FinOps and related technologies will evolve and impact business in 2025. Part 3 covers FinOps ...

Technical debt is a pressing issue for many organizations, stifling innovation and leading to costly inefficiencies ... Despite these challenges, 90% of IT leaders are planning to boost their spending on emerging technologies like AI in 2025 ... As budget season approaches, it's important for IT leaders to address technical debt to ensure that their 2025 budgets are allocated effectively and support successful technology adoption ...

For the last 18 years — through pandemic times, boom times, pullbacks, and more — little has been predictable except one thing: Worldwide cloud spending will be higher this year than last year and a lot higher next year. But as companies spend more, are they spending more intelligently? Just how efficient are our modern SaaS systems? ...