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Resources Filter Type Blog Case Studies Datasheets Demo & Trials Videos Webinars Events White Papers & Reports Category AdminStudio Security Cloud Optimization and Migration FinOps IT Asset Management IT Visibility Software Vulnerability Management Blog MSPs and AWS’s policy change: How to decentralize reserved instances and savings plans management Have you heard? Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced updated program terms that significantly impact managed service providers (MSPs). Under the new rules, MSPs can no longer purchase or share reserved instances (RIs) and savings plans (SPs) a... Blog Now available: GraphQL Query Generator (Preview Release) We’re excited to announce the preview release of GraphQL Query Generator, a powerful new capability in Flexera One IT Visibility with Technology Intelligence Platform that makes querying your hybrid IT estate faster, easier and more intuitive th... Webinar From alert to action: Improve vulnerability management Learn how to gain actionable insights to manage vulnerabilities, understand threats and speed up remediation with Flexera’s SVR and SVM. Blog Decoding likely exploited vulnerabilities (LEV)— A new metric from NIST NIST has proposed a new metric to help IT teams prioritize vulnerabilities. The likely exploited vulnerability (LEV) augments, but does not replace, existing metrics like known exploited vulnerability (KEV) and Exploit Prediction Scoring System (E... Blog Enhancing IT security, efficiency and governance: Three critical strategies for IT leaders Are you feeling the weight of tightening IT budgets and increasingly complex hybrid environments? You’re not alone. In the fast-paced technology landscape, many IT leaders are facing similar challenges. They’re under pressure and juggling fina... Demo Flexera One Cloud Sustainability demo Get a custom demo to learn how an accurate, holistic view of usage, cost and sustainability data can reduce overprovisioning and enable workload placement decisions that reduce both carbon emissions (CO2e) and costs. Blog The cloud world goes greener with Flexera’s Cloud Sustainability add-on The cloud world is undeniably moving towards a greener future. The Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report highlights a significant global shift towards more environmentally friendly cloud strategies. While cost optimization remains a top priority,... Blog Why exploitability matters in vulnerability management Not every vulnerability is a ticking time bomb. Traditional vulnerability management can be a bit like playing whack-a-mole, where security teams are bombarded with alerts and end up chasing every “critical” common vulnerability and ex... Blog How to select the right FinOps tool (and why most fall short in 2025) There’s a boom echoing through the FinOps tooling market An explosion of tooling options might seem like a blessing in some markets, and with IT costs growing by the minute, it’s especially critical to pay attention to the boom happening i... Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Operationalize continuous optimization (4/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th... Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Optimizing cloud usage and rates (3/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th... Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Starting your FinOps journey at the Inform phase (2/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th... Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: What to do before you start practicing FinOps (1/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This Framework helps organizations build and mature th... Blog 10 reasons to upgrade from Snow License Manager to Snow Atlas Snow License Manager (SLM) has been adopted by thousands of organizations to help manage software licenses, cut costs and find IT asset risks. But now those same organizations are upgrading to Snow Atlas, Flexera’s modern SaaS-based ITAM solutio... Blog Unlocking IT intelligence: CMDB’s role in risk, spend, and AI strategy Technology is no longer a back-office function in today’s digital-first economy. It’s a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. As digital ecosystems become more intricate, executives require a unified, real-tim... Blog Are Your Jira tickets smarter than your CMDB? — Transform your Atlassian CMDB with clean asset intelligence Chances are that most IT pros have run into some frustrating moments with Atlassian tools like JIRA’s configuration management database (CMDB). Maybe a ticket didn’t have enough context, or the CMDB was missing key information about a server o... Blog What’s new at Flexera: June 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 ... Blog In-place pod rightsizing: How to save K8s resources without missing a beat Kubernetes has revolutionized how we deploy and manage applications, but it also brings challenges. How can you stay resource-efficient when needs change by the minute? Over the past year, Flexera has been perfecting automated rightsizing to... Blog Audit costs, licensing chaos and FinOps: 3 critical calls to action for IT leaders in 2025 If you’re an IT leader at a large enterprise, you probably know the feeling: A vendor audit letter lands on your desk, and suddenly your team is scrambling to prove compliance, justify spend and decode the fine print of complex software agreemen... Blog Highlights from FinOps X 2025 The 4th annual FinOps X, the FinOps Foundation’s annual practitioner conference, took place in San Diego earlier this month and proudly announced more attendees and sponsors than ever before. It’s an indication that FinOps is now the de facto ... Report Flexera 2025 State of ITAM Report Discover the latest insights to optimize spend, reduce risk and keep up with the dynamic and evolving IT landscape. Blog FinOps and ITAM are tearing down the walls Trade associations announce strategic partnership Last week, the FinOps Foundation and the ITAM Forum—global trade associations for their respective functions—announced a new partnership. Together, they will help break down silos that have b... Video The truth about shadow IT: Insights from Imperial War Museums Sit down with Alice Cole, Solutions Consultant at Flexera, and the winners of Flexera’s 2024 Technology Intelligence Awards for Innovation of the Year: Edward Kay, Head of Platforms and Development at Imperial War Museums and Cameron Ritchie, Founding Director of Radzik Services. Together, they explore how Flexera supported the Imperial War Museums’ digital transformation efforts, the challenges they were facing—in particular, duplicate licenses and shadow IT—and the strategies that led to their ongoing success. Datasheet Flexera One one-page overview Take a quick look at the solutions Flexera One delivers for your hybrid IT estate. Blog What’s new at Flexera: May 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 ... Blog Optimize Amazon EKS AI workloads with GPU sharing: Introducing GPU time-slicing in Spot Ocean As DevOps teams manage increasingly complex artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) pipelines on Kubernetes, the pressure to maximize infrastructure efficiency rises—especially around expensive resources like GPUs. Whether you’re ... Blog Flexera and AdminStudio recognized by ComponentSource for third consecutive year For the third consecutive year, Flexera has received the ComponentSource Top 50 Publisher Award and the Top 100 Product Award for AdminStudio. As the world’s largest marketplace for reusable software components and development tools, ComponentSo... Blog What’s the buzz at FinOps X? Expanding scopes and cloud sustainability FinOps X 2025 is almost here, helping practitioners’ skills and networks blossom. This year includes several exciting sessions that dive into the new FinOps Scopes and Cloud Sustainability. In a recent Earth Day blog, we shared the Flexera 20... Guide 5 ways FinOps leaders can drive strategic impact Use this exclusive playbook to see how today’s FinOps leaders secure board-level influence—and turn cloud cost conversations into business growth strategies. Guide FinOps playbook: 3 pillars—and common pitfalls Discover the strategies top FinOps leaders use to manage cloud spend and avoid costly missteps. Guide Cloud costs, AI and multi-cloud complexity It’s more than just cutting costs. Gain strategic FinOps insights in the age of AI and multi-cloud. Report Innovate more, spend less: A FinOps strategy in 2025 Unlock expert-backed strategies for managing AI-driven cloud complexity and scaling FinOps. Blog New in Flexera One ITAM: Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor VM inventory collector In the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and the subsequent licensing changes, many organizations are exploring alternative virtualization platforms. Nutanix has emerged as a viable option, offering robust solutions for modern IT infr... Webinar Unlock value with Flexera Discover how leading organizations are transforming their financial operations with Flexera. In this on-demand session, our experts dive into practical strategies for optimizing cloud spend, improving visibility, and driving accountability across teams. Webinar ITAM’s defining moment: Owning the cloud, not chasing It Unlock cloud clarity! Discover how ITAM conquers AI, MSP and multi-cloud complexity, optimizes spend and ensures governance. Report Take control of cloud spend the right way for your business In this guide, you’ll discover how insights from the right FinOps solution can enable your organization to take the right steps to optimize cloud spend and maximize the value of your cloud investment. Report Optimizing in a multi-cloud world Discover insights from cloud operations stakeholders on the state of automation and the optimization of public cloud infrastructures in this report. White Paper Operationalizing FinOps to drive cost and cloud efficiency Discover why many cloud decision-makers struggle with FinOps and how you can use automation and the support of key stakeholders to secure FinOps success. eBook 3 best practices for a cloud cost and infrastructure optimized organization This eBook explores the critical need for organizations to look beyond cost cutting measures and drive more value from their FinOps practices by aligning cloud cost efficiencies with resource efficiencies. Infographic The FinOps advantage: 7 Trends that matter in 2025 Key shifts shaping how FinOps-first organizations are evolving—across AI costs to multi-cloud and ESG governance Blog 4 lessons on Software Vulnerabilities from Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report As someone who’s been immersed in cybersecurity for years, I couldn’t help but take a hard look at the findings in Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report. While the report covers a multitude of issues, one of the more startling fin... Blog Unbound: Solving Google Cloud CUD challenges with Eco Whether you’re a “startup.ai” or an “enterprise.com”, operating cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers compelling advantages, especially in data analytics, machine learning, and Kubernetes-native operations. However, ... Blog IBM LinuxONE 5 and Flexera: Driving revolutionary AI, robust security and sustainable IT management In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, enterprises require powerful, secure and environmentally responsible solutions capable of handling intensive AI workloads. IBM LinuxONE 5 stands at the forefront of this mission transforming ho... Blog New feature: AI purchase data and entitlement ingestion Companies everywhere are turning their attention to incorporating AI into their businesses. Unfortunately, a lot of this AI implementation has been lackluster at best, and hit bottom lines with extreme expenses at worst. That’s because the imple... Blog Turn your impact into recognition: Enter the Technology Intelligence Awards Our customers are doing incredible work every day to optimize their technology spend, reduce risk and drive smarter decision-making. For the past four years, the Technology Intelligence Awards, presented by Flexera, have recognized the best of the... Blog Fresh releases for Azure users: Spot Ocean’s new auto-upgrades and commitment autoscaling Managing Kubernetes on Azure at scale involves a lot of busy work, from chasing the latest AKS patch versions (a tedious, brainless task) to best-using reservations and savings plans (an inhumanly complex data challenge). Spot Ocean for AKS is pur... Blog Celebrating 25 years of AdminStudio: A simpler way to package applications Introduction This year marks the 25th anniversary of AdminStudio, a milestone that underscores its longevity and sustained excellence in the market. Over the past quarter-century, AdminStudio has continually evolved to meet the changing needs of e... Blog What’s new at Flexera: April 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 ... Load More
Blog MSPs and AWS’s policy change: How to decentralize reserved instances and savings plans management Have you heard? Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced updated program terms that significantly impact managed service providers (MSPs). Under the new rules, MSPs can no longer purchase or share reserved instances (RIs) and savings plans (SPs) a...
Blog Now available: GraphQL Query Generator (Preview Release) We’re excited to announce the preview release of GraphQL Query Generator, a powerful new capability in Flexera One IT Visibility with Technology Intelligence Platform that makes querying your hybrid IT estate faster, easier and more intuitive th...
Webinar From alert to action: Improve vulnerability management Learn how to gain actionable insights to manage vulnerabilities, understand threats and speed up remediation with Flexera’s SVR and SVM.
Blog Decoding likely exploited vulnerabilities (LEV)— A new metric from NIST NIST has proposed a new metric to help IT teams prioritize vulnerabilities. The likely exploited vulnerability (LEV) augments, but does not replace, existing metrics like known exploited vulnerability (KEV) and Exploit Prediction Scoring System (E...
Blog Enhancing IT security, efficiency and governance: Three critical strategies for IT leaders Are you feeling the weight of tightening IT budgets and increasingly complex hybrid environments? You’re not alone. In the fast-paced technology landscape, many IT leaders are facing similar challenges. They’re under pressure and juggling fina...
Demo Flexera One Cloud Sustainability demo Get a custom demo to learn how an accurate, holistic view of usage, cost and sustainability data can reduce overprovisioning and enable workload placement decisions that reduce both carbon emissions (CO2e) and costs.
Blog The cloud world goes greener with Flexera’s Cloud Sustainability add-on The cloud world is undeniably moving towards a greener future. The Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report highlights a significant global shift towards more environmentally friendly cloud strategies. While cost optimization remains a top priority,...
Blog Why exploitability matters in vulnerability management Not every vulnerability is a ticking time bomb. Traditional vulnerability management can be a bit like playing whack-a-mole, where security teams are bombarded with alerts and end up chasing every “critical” common vulnerability and ex...
Blog How to select the right FinOps tool (and why most fall short in 2025) There’s a boom echoing through the FinOps tooling market An explosion of tooling options might seem like a blessing in some markets, and with IT costs growing by the minute, it’s especially critical to pay attention to the boom happening i...
Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Operationalize continuous optimization (4/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th...
Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Optimizing cloud usage and rates (3/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th...
Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: Starting your FinOps journey at the Inform phase (2/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This framework helps organizations build and mature th...
Blog The practical FinOps roadmap series: What to do before you start practicing FinOps (1/4) The FinOps Framework by the FinOps Foundation is an operational framework and cultural practice which helps organizations maximize the business value of their cloud and technology investments. This Framework helps organizations build and mature th...
Blog 10 reasons to upgrade from Snow License Manager to Snow Atlas Snow License Manager (SLM) has been adopted by thousands of organizations to help manage software licenses, cut costs and find IT asset risks. But now those same organizations are upgrading to Snow Atlas, Flexera’s modern SaaS-based ITAM solutio...
Blog Unlocking IT intelligence: CMDB’s role in risk, spend, and AI strategy Technology is no longer a back-office function in today’s digital-first economy. It’s a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. As digital ecosystems become more intricate, executives require a unified, real-tim...
Blog Are Your Jira tickets smarter than your CMDB? — Transform your Atlassian CMDB with clean asset intelligence Chances are that most IT pros have run into some frustrating moments with Atlassian tools like JIRA’s configuration management database (CMDB). Maybe a ticket didn’t have enough context, or the CMDB was missing key information about a server o...
Blog What’s new at Flexera: June 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 ...
Blog In-place pod rightsizing: How to save K8s resources without missing a beat Kubernetes has revolutionized how we deploy and manage applications, but it also brings challenges. How can you stay resource-efficient when needs change by the minute? Over the past year, Flexera has been perfecting automated rightsizing to...
Blog Audit costs, licensing chaos and FinOps: 3 critical calls to action for IT leaders in 2025 If you’re an IT leader at a large enterprise, you probably know the feeling: A vendor audit letter lands on your desk, and suddenly your team is scrambling to prove compliance, justify spend and decode the fine print of complex software agreemen...
Blog Highlights from FinOps X 2025 The 4th annual FinOps X, the FinOps Foundation’s annual practitioner conference, took place in San Diego earlier this month and proudly announced more attendees and sponsors than ever before. It’s an indication that FinOps is now the de facto ...
Report Flexera 2025 State of ITAM Report Discover the latest insights to optimize spend, reduce risk and keep up with the dynamic and evolving IT landscape.
Blog FinOps and ITAM are tearing down the walls Trade associations announce strategic partnership Last week, the FinOps Foundation and the ITAM Forum—global trade associations for their respective functions—announced a new partnership. Together, they will help break down silos that have b...
Video The truth about shadow IT: Insights from Imperial War Museums Sit down with Alice Cole, Solutions Consultant at Flexera, and the winners of Flexera’s 2024 Technology Intelligence Awards for Innovation of the Year: Edward Kay, Head of Platforms and Development at Imperial War Museums and Cameron Ritchie, Founding Director of Radzik Services. Together, they explore how Flexera supported the Imperial War Museums’ digital transformation efforts, the challenges they were facing—in particular, duplicate licenses and shadow IT—and the strategies that led to their ongoing success.
Datasheet Flexera One one-page overview Take a quick look at the solutions Flexera One delivers for your hybrid IT estate.
Blog What’s new at Flexera: May 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 ...
Blog Optimize Amazon EKS AI workloads with GPU sharing: Introducing GPU time-slicing in Spot Ocean As DevOps teams manage increasingly complex artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) pipelines on Kubernetes, the pressure to maximize infrastructure efficiency rises—especially around expensive resources like GPUs. Whether you’re ...
Blog Flexera and AdminStudio recognized by ComponentSource for third consecutive year For the third consecutive year, Flexera has received the ComponentSource Top 50 Publisher Award and the Top 100 Product Award for AdminStudio. As the world’s largest marketplace for reusable software components and development tools, ComponentSo...
Blog What’s the buzz at FinOps X? Expanding scopes and cloud sustainability FinOps X 2025 is almost here, helping practitioners’ skills and networks blossom. This year includes several exciting sessions that dive into the new FinOps Scopes and Cloud Sustainability. In a recent Earth Day blog, we shared the Flexera 20...
Guide 5 ways FinOps leaders can drive strategic impact Use this exclusive playbook to see how today’s FinOps leaders secure board-level influence—and turn cloud cost conversations into business growth strategies.
Guide FinOps playbook: 3 pillars—and common pitfalls Discover the strategies top FinOps leaders use to manage cloud spend and avoid costly missteps.
Guide Cloud costs, AI and multi-cloud complexity It’s more than just cutting costs. Gain strategic FinOps insights in the age of AI and multi-cloud.
Report Innovate more, spend less: A FinOps strategy in 2025 Unlock expert-backed strategies for managing AI-driven cloud complexity and scaling FinOps.
Blog New in Flexera One ITAM: Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor VM inventory collector In the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and the subsequent licensing changes, many organizations are exploring alternative virtualization platforms. Nutanix has emerged as a viable option, offering robust solutions for modern IT infr...
Webinar Unlock value with Flexera Discover how leading organizations are transforming their financial operations with Flexera. In this on-demand session, our experts dive into practical strategies for optimizing cloud spend, improving visibility, and driving accountability across teams.
Webinar ITAM’s defining moment: Owning the cloud, not chasing It Unlock cloud clarity! Discover how ITAM conquers AI, MSP and multi-cloud complexity, optimizes spend and ensures governance.
Report Take control of cloud spend the right way for your business In this guide, you’ll discover how insights from the right FinOps solution can enable your organization to take the right steps to optimize cloud spend and maximize the value of your cloud investment.
Report Optimizing in a multi-cloud world Discover insights from cloud operations stakeholders on the state of automation and the optimization of public cloud infrastructures in this report.
White Paper Operationalizing FinOps to drive cost and cloud efficiency Discover why many cloud decision-makers struggle with FinOps and how you can use automation and the support of key stakeholders to secure FinOps success.
eBook 3 best practices for a cloud cost and infrastructure optimized organization This eBook explores the critical need for organizations to look beyond cost cutting measures and drive more value from their FinOps practices by aligning cloud cost efficiencies with resource efficiencies.
Infographic The FinOps advantage: 7 Trends that matter in 2025 Key shifts shaping how FinOps-first organizations are evolving—across AI costs to multi-cloud and ESG governance
Blog 4 lessons on Software Vulnerabilities from Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report As someone who’s been immersed in cybersecurity for years, I couldn’t help but take a hard look at the findings in Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report. While the report covers a multitude of issues, one of the more startling fin...
Blog Unbound: Solving Google Cloud CUD challenges with Eco Whether you’re a “startup.ai” or an “enterprise.com”, operating cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers compelling advantages, especially in data analytics, machine learning, and Kubernetes-native operations. However, ...
Blog IBM LinuxONE 5 and Flexera: Driving revolutionary AI, robust security and sustainable IT management In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, enterprises require powerful, secure and environmentally responsible solutions capable of handling intensive AI workloads. IBM LinuxONE 5 stands at the forefront of this mission transforming ho...
Blog New feature: AI purchase data and entitlement ingestion Companies everywhere are turning their attention to incorporating AI into their businesses. Unfortunately, a lot of this AI implementation has been lackluster at best, and hit bottom lines with extreme expenses at worst. That’s because the imple...
Blog Turn your impact into recognition: Enter the Technology Intelligence Awards Our customers are doing incredible work every day to optimize their technology spend, reduce risk and drive smarter decision-making. For the past four years, the Technology Intelligence Awards, presented by Flexera, have recognized the best of the...
Blog Fresh releases for Azure users: Spot Ocean’s new auto-upgrades and commitment autoscaling Managing Kubernetes on Azure at scale involves a lot of busy work, from chasing the latest AKS patch versions (a tedious, brainless task) to best-using reservations and savings plans (an inhumanly complex data challenge). Spot Ocean for AKS is pur...
Blog Celebrating 25 years of AdminStudio: A simpler way to package applications Introduction This year marks the 25th anniversary of AdminStudio, a milestone that underscores its longevity and sustained excellence in the market. Over the past quarter-century, AdminStudio has continually evolved to meet the changing needs of e...
Blog What’s new at Flexera: April 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 ...
