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Fidelity Investments Achieves FinOps Foundation's Enterprise Certification

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation, a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of FinOps, announced that Fidelity Investments has achieved the FinOps Certified Enterprise certification, a level of advanced FinOps practices that contributes best practices for others and validates the work of the FinOps Foundation.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation , a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of FinOps, announced that Fidelity Investments has achieved the FinOps Certified Enterprise certification, a level of advanced FinOps practices that contributes best practices for others and validates the work of the FinOps Foundation.
  • "Seeing the FinOps Enterprise Certification and Training programs gain momentum validates the work and impact of the Foundation and our community," said J.R. Storment, FinOps Foundation Executive Director.
  • "FinOps remains one of the key pillars at Fidelity, ensuring that we optimize our cloud investment," said Jen Hays, SVP of Engineering Efficiency at Fidelity and FinOps Foundation Governing Board Chair.
  • Most recently, Fidelity's Noel Crowley (Director, Cloud and Platform Engineering FinOps) and Zach Stitham (VP, FinOps - Fidelity Wealth) co-authored a Medium article on Fidelity's FinOps journey.

FinOps Foundation Announces AWS as a Premier Member

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation, a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of FinOps, announced today that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is joining as a Premier Member.

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  • Cloud pioneer joins FinOps Foundation to share best practices, empower growing FinOps community
    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation , a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of FinOps, announced today that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is joining as a Premier Member.
  • John Phillips, General Manager and Director, AWS Insights and Optimizations, will join the FinOps Foundation Governing Board as a voting member, contributing to the overall FinOps Foundation strategy and direction.
  • "AWS is a heavyweight in the growth of cloud and digital transformation and it brings a depth of experience to the FinOps Foundation that will benefit FinOps teams across every industry," said J.R. Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation.
  • AWS is also joining as a Steering Committee member of FOCUS, the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification, which launched in May and is hosted by the FinOps Foundation.

Dr. Richmond Hill Named Provost of NOVA-Woodbridge Campus

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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WOODBRIDGE, Va., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Richmond Hill has been named provost of Northern Virginia Community College's (NOVA) Woodbridge Campus. Hill has served as interim provost since June 2022 and brings a wealth of education and counseling experience to the role.

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  • Dr. Richmond Hill has been named provost of Northern Virginia Community College's (NOVA) Woodbridge Campus.
  • Hill has served as interim provost since June 2022 and brings a wealth of education and counseling experience to the role.
  • WOODBRIDGE, Va., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Richmond Hill has been named provost of Northern Virginia Community College's (NOVA) Woodbridge Campus.
  • Hill has served as interim provost since June 2022 and brings a wealth of education and counseling experience to the role.

CRAFTY APES APPOINTS SEAN LOOPER AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, has expanded its executive team by appointing Sean Looper as their new Chief Technology Officer. 

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Crafty Apes, a full-service visual effects powerhouse, has expanded its executive team by appointing Sean Looper as their new Chief Technology Officer.
  • "I'm excited to join Crafty Apes at this unprecedented time inour industry," Looper remarked.
  • With Crafty Apes ingenuity and extraordinary reputation for delivering results, the potential for innovation is limitless."
  • Crafty Apes' Chief Executive Officer, Craig German, commented, "I first worked with Sean almost 15 years ago when he was already a superstar in VFX solution development.

The FinOps Foundation Announces AIA as a Premier Member

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation, a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of cloud financial management, announced today that insurance giant, AIA Group, is joining as a Premier Member company.

Key Points: 
  • As part of AIA's Premier Membership, Keith Austin, Associate Director of Cloud Services, leading the Cloud Centre of Excellence at AIA, will join the FinOps Governing Board as a voting member to help craft Foundation strategy and direction.
  • FinOps is now practiced in every major industry and AIA will lead the early growth of FinOps in the Asia-Pacific region, which is following North America and Europe in FinOps adoption, research shows.
  • This will now include the FinOps Foundation," saidMarcel Malan, AIA Group's Head of Group IT Operations.
  • "AIA's rapid cloud adoption takes courage, leadership and a committed team and partnership," said J.R. Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation.

FinOps Foundation Announces Spot by NetApp as Premier Member

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation, a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium and focused on advancing the people and practice of cloud financial management, announced that global cloud-led, data-centric software company, NetApp's cloud automation and optimization technology for CloudOps, Spot by NetApp, as a Premier Member. Spot by NetApp joining the foundation is a natural extension of the company's mission to make it possible for companies to get the most out of their cloud investments through world-class CloudOps.

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  • As part of Spot by NetApp's Premier Membership, Jon Bock, Vice President of Marketing at Spot by NetApp, will join the FinOps Governing Board as a voting member to help craft Foundation strategy and direction.
  • "We are excited to join the FinOps Foundation as a Premier Member and look forward to accelerating the continued development and evolution of FinOps practices," said Bock.
  • "By adding Spot by NetApp as a Premier Member, the FinOps Foundation continues to build a dynamic ecosystem of service providers that will help make it easier for more companies to adopt FinOps best practices," said J.R. Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation.
  • Like the FinOps Foundation, Spot by NetApp is helping these organizations turn FinOps best practices into reality to achieve these goals," said Anthony Lye, Executive Vice President and General Manager at NetApp.

FinOps Foundation Welcomes SoftwareONE as a Premier Member

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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SoftwareONE has been an active member of the FinOps Foundation participating in several workingand special interest groups.

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  • SoftwareONE has been an active member of the FinOps Foundation participating in several workingand special interest groups.
  • It has chosen to increase its long-standing commitment to the FinOps Foundation by becoming a premier member.
  • As part of SoftwareONE's premier membership, Darryl Sackett, their Global Managing Director of FinOps will join the Foundation's Governing Board as a voting member to help craft Foundation strategy and direction.
  • "As a premier member we are more committed than ever to advancing the discipline of cloud financial management through best practices, education and standards," said Sackett, Global Managing Director FinOps, SoftwareONE.

FinOps Foundation Expands to Help More Companies Manage the Complexity of Cloud Costs

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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The FinOps Foundation provides a vendor agnostic framework that is integral for managing operating expenditures (Opex) in the cloud and for helping distributed teams running in the cloud take advantage of the economic benefits that cloud deployments offer.

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  • The FinOps Foundation provides a vendor agnostic framework that is integral for managing operating expenditures (Opex) in the cloud and for helping distributed teams running in the cloud take advantage of the economic benefits that cloud deployments offer.
  • "The shift to remote-first over the past 19 months spurred a meteoric move to the cloud by companies, making FinOps an even greater necessity for small and large companies in all industries," said J.R. Storment, Executive Director of the FinOps Foundation.
  • The need for standardization across cloud providers was further reinforced by the inaugural State of FinOps report launched earlier this year.
  • Grounded in real world stories, expertise, and inspiration for and by FinOps practitioners, the FinOps Foundation is focused on codifying and promoting cloud financial management best practices and standards to help community members and their teams become better at cloud financial management.

FinOps Foundation Announces Virtasant as Premier Member

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Thursday, August 19, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug.19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation , a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of cloud financial management, today announced Virtasant as the newest Premier Member.

Key Points: 
  • PORTLAND, Ore., Aug.19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The FinOps Foundation , a part of The Linux Foundation's non-profit technology consortium focused on advancing the people and practice of cloud financial management, today announced Virtasant as the newest Premier Member.
  • As part of Virtasant's premier membership, Michael Kearns, CEO of Virtasant, will join the FinOps Governing Board as a voting member to help craft Foundation strategy and direction.
  • The FinOps Foundation and community work together to define cloud financial management education and standards and advance the ubiquity of this discipline across industries.
  • Virtasant joined the FinOps Foundation in 2020.