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Celebrate Earth Day all year with cloud sustainability

The Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report shows organizations worldwide are defining sustainability initiatives for cloud usage. More than a third of organizations surveyed now include tracking their carbon footprint through cloud usage as part o...

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New Flexera One Capabilities for MSPs

With this new release, Flexera partners have even more power to differentiate while improving FinOps margins and cloud management efficiency. Since economic volatility looks on track to continue, customers are likely re-evaluating their spending i...

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Elevate your packaging efficiency: Introducing ‘My Requests’ in AdminStudio

Simplifying Application Deployment with AdminStudio’s Package Feed Module Not so long ago, deploying software across an organization was a complicated and time-consuming task. Desktop administrators had to spend hours, sometimes days, repa...

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Cloud sustainability initiatives: The growing-green priority

The cloud world is going greener. According to the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report, organizations across the globe are making significant moves toward more environmentally friendly cloud strategies. Although cost optimization still leads th...

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Spot Elastigroup

Scale VM workloads on spot instances while maintaining state and consistency for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

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Spot Ocean for Google Kubernetes Engine

K8s on Google Cloud: Your ticket to optimized GKE autoscaling

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Cybersecurity on the Brink: MITRE’s Urgent Appeal for Continuous CVE Coverage

In an alarming development for the cybersecurity community, MITRE—the organization responsible for operating the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system—has raised the alarm over the imminent lapse of its US government contract. With...

Solution Brief

Cloud Cost Optimization

Gain visibility, reduce waste and operationalize FinOps strategies for smarter cloud spend management with Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization.

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Cloud Cost Optimization

Optimize cloud spend across your organization with insights, automation and FinOps-aligned best practices for multi-cloud environments.

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Spot FinOps overview

Put the Ops in FinOps: Learn how to add automated workload optimization to your cost management strategy for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

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Spot Eco

Maximum savings with minimal lock-in: The secret to managing commitment discounts on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

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Spot Ocean

Running complex K8s environments on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud? Meet the easy button for optimized autoscaling.

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Spot Azure overview

Achieve seamless scaling and real-time visibility into your Azure workloads—with minimum configuration.

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Spot Ocean for AWS EKS

EKS optimization: Learn how to restrain costs of K8s on AWS without compromising on performance.

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Spot Ocean for Azure

Make K8s on Azure 10 times more efficient. The secret to continuous optimization of AKS workloads for performance and cost is Spot Ocean.

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Spot Eco for AWS

Manage Reserved Instances and Savings Plans on AWS with Spot Eco for higher savings with less lock-in.

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5 tips to achieve DORA compliance efficiently

Since the EU started enforcing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in January 2025, many companies in the finance sector as well as Information and Communications Technology (ICT) third-party providers have faced multiple challenges with...

Webinar

Discover application packaging best practices

May 7

Our experts cover best practices on custom packaging formats, strategies for effective application management and risk reduction and more.

Video

The importance of Cloud License Management

Hear from one of Flexera's customers on the importance of managing various license models (BYOL/PAYG) for enterprise software running in the cloud.

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Balancing innovation, costs and ethics in a cloud-driven world

Artificial intelligence (AI) is undergoing rapid transformation, redefining how organizations operate and make decisions. The adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) has skyrocketed, leading to increased cloud consumption, automation and data-driven dec...

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The many nuances of managing cloud licenses: A framework for getting clarity

Over the last few months, I’ve been chatting with customers about managing cloud licenses and one observation from these conversations is that ‘managing cloud software’ can mean different things to different people. I believe this is due to ...

Event

ITAM Summit: Powered by precision

April 3, 2025 | Virtual Event

Join experts from SoftwareOne and Flexera as we explore how ITAM and FinOps can work together to optimize software investments, reduce waste, and improve governance.

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AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days

May 19-21, 2025

Join us at AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days! Connect with experts, explore cutting-edge tech, and discover solutions driving innovation in defense and IT.

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FinOps X

June 2-5, 2025

FinOps X is the home of FinOps, enabling the FinOps community to come together in person. Hosted by the FinOps Foundation, providing the ultimate networking and learning opportunity for anyone working in FinOps.

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Toast to the future of FinOps with Flexera

June 3, 2025

Join us for a night of food and fun at Roy’s San Diego at FinOps X on June 3. Enjoy the chance to unwind with colleagues against the scenic views of the bay.

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AWS Summit Washington DC

June 10-11, 2025

Come see us at our booth to explore innovative solutions, engage with our experts, and discover new tools to enhance your tech capabilities.

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AWS Summit Happy Hour Event in Washington D.C.

June 10, 2025

Join us for Happy Hour after the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 10. Connect with IT pros and expand your network. RSVP here.

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Confident Oracle audit defense

Learn about the benefits of having a verified solution to accurately prepare your effective license position and optimize your Oracle estate.

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Navigating the SaaS security maze: Tips to protect your business

The decentralized nature of SaaS, coupled with the rise of shadow IT, has created a complex security landscape that many organizations struggle to navigate. Are you confident in your SaaS security posture, or are you concerned about the potential ...

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NAM Gartner IT Symposium

October 20-23, 2025

CIOs and IT leaders gathered in Orlando, FL to explore tech trends shaping IT and business, including AI's impact, cybersecurity, data analytics, and more.

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DODIIS

December 7-10, 2025

Flexera will be at DODIIS. Connect with industry leaders, explore the latest in defense intelligence technology, and discover innovative solutions driving mission success

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What is Cloud License Management?

ITAM has always been an integral part of most company’s strategic planning and decision making because of two incredibly powerful objectives – managing cost and managing risk and doing so has never been easy, but as new technologies and mo...

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NAM Gartner IOCS

December 9-11, 2025

At Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, attendees connected with world-class Gartner experts and 1600+ peers in an environment built for dialogue.

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Snow Optimizer for SAP

Learn how you can track license usage and optimize license costs with Snow Optimizer for SAP, an SAP-certified application.

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The Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report

How are GenAI rising cloud costs, security and sustainability shaping your cloud strategies in 2025?

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The latest cloud computing trends: Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report

Flexera’s 2025 State of the Cloud Report—the de facto standard for cloud computing trends—started as a little more than a snapshot capturing responses to 15 or so questions on the adoption and use of cloud services. Now, it’s a highly anti...

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Governing the SaaS explosion: How to establish control and minimize risk

The rise of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has transformed the modern workplace, empowering teams with agile, scalable solutions. However, this rapid adoption of cloud-based applications has also created a governance challenge. Without proper oversi...

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Discover Flexera Cloud License Management

Learn how Flexera's new product Cloud License Management can give you visibility into your cloud software positions and lower your cloud software costs.

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Cloud License Management Demo

Schedule a demo today and see how much more you can save on your cloud environments.

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SaaS spending out of control? Here’s how to reclaim your budget

The cloud revolution has brought incredible flexibility and scalability to businesses of all sizes. SaaS applications have become indispensable tools, empowering teams and driving innovation. However, this explosion of SaaS adoption has also intro...

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FinOps and ITAM: A unified approach to optimizing technology investments

The way organizations manage technology investments is undergoing a fundamental shift. For years, ITAM and FinOps teams have operated in silos —ITAM focused on compliance for large software publishers, while FinOps has managed cloud costs. But w...

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What’s new at Flexera: January/February 2025

We are constantly working to provide our customers with exciting new features and capabilities across our solutions. This blog series will continue to feature and illustrate our latest capabilities, features, improvements, and innovations designed...

Case Study

Global mining company unearths software and SaaS savings with Flexera

Learn how this global mining company gained greater software visibility and is now on their way to reducing costs by an eight-figure target.

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Stop cloud cost overruns: FinOps forecasting best practices

The use of AWS, Azure, and other cloud services helps organizations to achieve critical business priorities. However, the complexity of cloud pricing combined with the rapid shift to cloud makes it difficult for CFOs to accurately forecast cloud c...

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The role of FinOps FOCUS in enhancing cloud cost management and beyond

How FinOps FOCUS improves cloud cost management (and now even more areas of your business) The power and flexibility that the cloud provides has been game-changing for organizations both large and small. It has democratized access to IT resources ...

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4 FinOps best practices to cut your cloud bill (without sacrificing performance)

Cloud bills have a way of creeping up on you. One day, teams are scaling like a champ, and the next, you’re staring at an invoice with a cost spike bigger than your mortgage. Such is the life of FinOps practitioners. If your organization is seri...

Webinar

Flexera monthly SAM best practices

May 8

Mark Bradley, Flexera Senior Product Manager, will drive the session and share his years of experience in SAM and as a licensing architect with Flexera Services.

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Optimize cloud costs: Using automation to avoid waste

Cloud cost optimization is a primary goal of most FinOps practices. While FinOps teams often start with manual steps to shut down unused or underutilized resources, they quickly discover that waste keeps coming back as developers and IT continue t...