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Fresh From the Labs - CloudHealth Product Updates August 2026

By TJ March posted 13 days ago
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Fresh From the Labs - CloudHealth Product Updates August 2026 Welcome to the August 'Fresh From the Labs'—a special edition as we join our customers and partners at VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas. The air here is electric with the promise of the Agentic AI era. As organizations navigate the complexities of model choices and infrastructure, the focus has shifted from merely experimenting with AI to measuring its real-world ROI and securing its foundation. Whether we're discussing new AI-ready data foundations or exploring practical strategies for managing AI spend, it's clear: AI is no longer a peripheral experiment—it's the center of our operational ...
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Unlocking the Next Frontier of FinOps for AI

By TJ March posted 14 days ago
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Unlocking the Next Frontier of FinOps for AI About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation Following the announcement of AgentMinder by Broadcom at VMware Explore in Las Vegas, the enterprise AI landscape has reached a pivotal milestone. As organizations deploy autonomous agents into production workflows, managing AI economics and governance becomes just as critical as managing cloud spend. CloudHealth is thrilled to be a part of the journey with AgentMinder. Through a series of close product integrations, we will bring comprehensive AI visibility, runtime governance, and cost optimization ...
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Broadcom named a Leader in 2026 Omdia Universe: FinOps

By TJ March posted Aug 04, 2026
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Broadcom named a Leader in 2026 Omdia Universe: FinOps As the landscape of FinOps continues to evolve, the tools that customers need to manage their business need to evolve with them. From managing AI and Token Usage to optimizing resources and automating workflows, FinOps teams are asked to do more with less. Tools are expected to meet this demand. It’s imperative that teams pick a tool that can keep up with the demands on their team, as well as the evolution of the market. The CloudHealth team is happy to announce that Broadcom has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Omdia Universe: FinOps! Source - Omdia, Omdia Universe: FinOps, ...
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates July 2026

By TJ March posted Aug 04, 2026
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates July 2026 About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation While AI continues to dominate many conversations, and we continue to get great feedback on our AI and Tokenomics dashboard, we know that there remain many other FinOps problems to solve! This July, we are turning up the heat on cloud efficiency with highly requested updates designed to automate cost savings and streamline multi-cloud governance. Highlighting our brand-new Waste Identification and Elimination Workflow and deep drill-downs for Azure and GCP rightsizing, this release bridges ...
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Fresh from the Labs: FinOpsX Reflections and Our June 2026 Updates

By TJ March posted Jul 02, 2026
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Fresh from the Labs: FinOpsX Reflections and Our June 2026 Updates About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation What a whirlwind of a month! San Diego was incredible for FinOpsX. Connecting with so many of you at our booth , sharing a coffee from the CloudHealth barista, watching people play the FinOps Odyssey throwback game, getting to watch the joy on the faces of our winners as they received their prizes! FinOpsX has been an educational, networking building and FUN conference. 2026 was no exception, we kept it fun all the way through. As a PM team, there is nothing better than getting ...
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FinOps X Madness - AI and FOCUS

By TJ March posted Jun 24, 2026
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FinOps X Madness - AI and FOCUS About the Author: Sanjna Srivatsa - Product Manager & Data Scientist, CloudHealth | FOCUS Contributor, FinOps Foundation Now that the whirlwind of FinOps X’26 in San Diego has finally settled, I’ve had a moment to look back on what an incredible week it was and how crazy the weeks leading up to it were. In San Diego, I had the honor and privilege to speak with Sangini from Applied Materials about the Evolution of FinOps from Mainframes to now Agentic AI. Adding to the nerves of presenting to the FinOps Community, was the release of two highly anticipated features:our AI & Tokenomics dashboard and ...
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5 Years in the Making: How FinOps X Moved Us from Cost Management to Value Realization

By TJ March posted Jun 19, 2026
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5 Years in the Making: How FinOps X Moved Us from Cost Management to Value Realization About the Author: Lucas Paratore - Group Product Manager, CloudHealth | Technical Advisory Council, FinOps Foundation Five years ago in Austin, FinOps X was still a cloud conference. Chalk talks and sessions were focused on RI coverage, anomaly detection, Kubernetes, and getting engineers to take action. These were the days before FOCUS, scopes, and AI. Since then, FinOps X has evolved into a broader focus on the value of technology. Conversations now extend beyond public cloud to technology categories like AI and SaaS. Looking back, it’s not that the problems ...
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The Next Era of CloudHealth Reporting: Unveiling Our Newly Enhanced Reporting Experience

By TJ March posted Jun 01, 2026
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The Next Era of CloudHealth Reporting: Unveiling Our Newly Enhanced Reporting Experience About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader | CloudHealth, Governing Board | FinOps Foundation Today marks a big moment for the new CloudHealth experience. We are excited to announce significant enhancements to the core reporting capabilities of the platform. This new framework represents an explainable and predictable reporting model that simplifies the user experience. It is ready for the scale of data that the AI era is bringing. Here is everything you need to know about what is waiting for you in the new experience. Powerful New Reporting ...
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Fresh from the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates May 2026

By TJ March posted Jun 01, 2026
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Fresh from the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates May 2026 About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader | CloudHealth, Governing Board | FinOps Foundation Spring is in full swing, the days are getting longer, and here at the labs, our engineering teams have been burning some serious midnight oil. We are just days away from packing our bags for FinOpsX in San Diego, and the excitement is palpable. If you’re heading out there, please come find us on the expo floor on booth #E8! We’d love to hand you some fresh swag, walk you through a live demo, or just chat about how your cloud journey is going. We even have a cool way to win better swag. Grab a ...
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The New Frontier of Technology Value

By TJ March posted May 29, 2026
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The New Frontier of Technology Value How CloudHealth is addressing the changing landscape of FinOps AI has been a popular topic for a number of years, but this year, it's going to be the main topic that is on everyone’s mind. AI spending is rapidly accelerating, increasing at a pace far exceeding public cloud adoption in the early 2010s. AI expenditure is quickly catching up to cloud spending and is projected to surpass it, positioning this moment as potentially the biggest inflection point in FinOps since the practice was founded. However, the tried and trusted substrate of FinOps remains as relevant as ever. Create awareness and understanding of ...
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates April 2026

By TJ March posted May 04, 2026
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates April 2026 About the Author: Cathal Cleary - Product Leader, CloudHealth | Governing Board, FinOps Foundation Another month has gone by in a flash! We are only a little over a month away from the FinOpsX conference in San Diego. CloudHealth will be there, and we have some exciting features to showcase in the space of AI, Scopes, Optimization and Executive Alignment. Make sure you come by our booth on the expo floor to pick up some cool swag, check out a demo, or just to say hi. If you're looking for a more personalized, in-depth conversation, request a meeting with the CloudHealth Product Management ...
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Why Cloud Bills Surprise Everyone (And What to Do Before the Next One)

By TJ March posted Apr 23, 2026
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Why Cloud Bills Surprise Everyone (And What to Do Before the Next One) Author: Jason Powell - Technical Solutions Engineer Cloud costs behave differently than traditional infrastructure spending. Until organizations account for that, the invoice will keep catching them off guard. Monday, 9:14AM: "Can someone explain why our AWS bill jumped $47K from last month?" That message from the VP of Finance hits the #cloud-ops Slack channel, and suddenly everyone's morning changes. The infrastructure lead starts pulling Cost Explorer. A DevOps engineer quietly checks if that load test from two weeks ago is still running. The FinOps ...
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates March 2026

By TJ March posted Apr 01, 2026
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates March 2026 March has been a dynamic month for the world of FinOps, highlighted by significant annual updates from the FinOps Foundation to their core framework. These revisions include critical changes to foundational elements, specifically updating the definitions of both FinOps itself and its associated Scopes. Beyond definitions, the FinOps Foundation rolled out notable updates to its Capabilities. A major streamlining effort saw the merging of "Architecting for Cloud" and "Onboarding Workloads" into a unified, more comprehensive Capability: "Architecting & Workload Placement." Lastly, recognizing ...
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Architecting Change: TAC Reflections on the Evolution of the FinOps Framework

By TJ March posted Mar 20, 2026
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Architecting Change: TAC Reflections on the Evolution of the FinOps Framework About the Author: Lucas Paratore - Group Product Manager, CloudHealth | Technical Advisory Counsel, FinOps Foundation With this year’s update, the FinOps Framework captures the shift that has been building across the industry as teams move from managing cloud spend to owning technology outcomes. First introduced last year, scopes have evolved beyond technology stacks like public cloud and SaaS into a business construct like Cost Center that can span across multiple technologies. As scopes expand, FinOps teams aren’t just managing more spend, they’re taking ownership of how ...
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Defining Unit Economics with CloudHealth & Data Connect

By TJ March posted Mar 11, 2026
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Defining Unit Economics with CloudHealth & Data Connect About the Author: Jeevan Prabhu (Group Product Manager, CloudHealth) Managing cloud costs has never been just about reducing the bill, it’s increasingly about understanding why the cost exists and the justification of it. As cloud environments grow more complex and businesses adopt dozens of SaaS and PaaS platforms, one question consistently emerges: How do we connect all meaningful data into a single, intelligent cost management platform? This is exactly where Data Connect, CloudHealth’s new data-ingestion experience, comes into play. Introducing Data Connect: ...
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CloudHealth Roundtable: Leadership Responds to the State of FinOps 2026

By TJ March posted Mar 03, 2026
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CloudHealth Roundtable: Leadership Responds to the State of FinOps 2026 On Thursday, February 19th, 2026, the FinOps Foundation released its 6th annual State of FinOps report, providing invaluable insights into the trends, challenges, and maturity of the FinOps discipline. In this blog, we share the discussion from our recent CloudHealth roundtable discussion where the leadership team reacted to the key findings of the report, offering their expert commentary and perspective on the current state of FinOps. Before the roundtable on Wednesday, February 25th, Cathal Cleary outlined CloudHealth's response to the trends and challenges highlighted ...
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Fresh from the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates February 2026

By TJ March posted Mar 02, 2026
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Fresh from the Labs - CloudHealth Product Enhancements February 2026 The latest FinOps Foundation's State of FinOps report underscores the critical need for robust tools that provide granular cloud visibility, optimization capabilities, and a unified view across multi-cloud environments. As organizations mature in their FinOps practice, the complexity of managing cloud spend—especially across AWS, Azure, and GCP—demands solutions that simplify data curation, automate anomaly detection, and deliver actionable insights like commitment discount recommendations. This need was a central theme at the recent CloudHealth Roundtable, where industry leaders ...
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The State of FinOps 2026: Why CloudHealth is Your Strategic Partner for the Next Era of Technology Value

By TJ March posted Feb 24, 2026
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The State of FinOps 2026: Why CloudHealth is Your Strategic Partner for the Next Era of Technology Value About the Author: Cathal Cleary (Product Leader, CloudHealth) The results of the FinOps Foundation's 2026 State of FinOps survey are officially in, and the message is clear: the discipline has evolved far beyond basic cloud cost-cutting. Today, FinOps is the "operating system" for managing technology value across AI, SaaS, and hybrid infrastructure. As I look at our recent 2025 releases and our 2026 roadmap, I am incredibly proud to see that CloudHealth isn’t just following these trends—we are defining them. Our product strategy is perfectly ...
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2025 in Review: A Year of Intelligence, Speed, and the new CloudHealth experience

By TJ March posted Feb 12, 2026
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2025 in Review: A Year of Intelligence, Speed, and the new CloudHealth experience About the Author: Cathal Cleary (Product Leader, CloudHealth) 2025 marked a truly transformative year for the CloudHealth platform. Building on the foundation laid in 2024, the platform saw the successful launch of the new CloudHealth experience . This release went far beyond the visible interface overhaul, delivering significant advancements in multi-cloud visibility, AI-driven assistance, and operational efficiency for our partners. In 2025 we released 70+ features with an emphasis on usability and reliability. 61% of all feature work was focused on the new CloudHealth ...
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates January 2026

By TJ March posted Feb 02, 2026
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Fresh From the Labs: CloudHealth Product Updates January 2026 For many, January represents a new start. “New Year, new you.” The CloudHealth team, however, has decided to keep building on the incredible momentum it had in the second half of 2025. CloudHealth’s January product update boasts 8 new features for our customers and partners. Headlined by the Public Beta of Custom Datasets and the addition of Dashboards to Content Packages for our Partners, the team has been hard at work delivering impactful and meaningful improvements. Let’s dive into the January 2026 updates. In the New Experience Public Beta | Custom Datasets CloudHealth ...
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