Chapter 10: Managing Licenses
Building and running a data center in public clouds can be more cost-efficient than going the traditional way. However, running a data center in public clouds also costs money. it does still cost some money. Hence, as ever, you still need ways to control costs. FinOps—financial operations—is all about cost control. This chapter focuses on the starting point for managing FinOps in multi-cloud environments: licenses.
To use cloud platforms and their services, you need an agreement with these platforms; in some cases, it requires specific licenses. There are several ways to engage with a cloud provider. Examples include enterprise agreements, which cover a variety of IT services, but there is more to it all that you ...
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