Since its' inception in 2015, MagicOrange has been providing executive teams with a unified and innovative approach to strategic financial planning. Operating at the convergence of ITFM, FinOps, and shared services, MagicOrange provides crystal-clear line of sight into expenses and cost-drivers. With clear line of sight comes indisputable traceability, accountability and the data necessary to drive profitability and investment decisions.

In this latest podcast hosted by the Procurement & Finance Coffee Break, MagicOrange FinOps Lead, Janine Pickard-Green, delves into the pivotal shift from on-premise systems to cloud-based applications. Janine unpacks the allure of scalability, cost efficiency, and enhanced accessibility that's driving businesses towards the cloud.

However, it's not all smooth sailing. Janine sheds light on the emerging trend of repatriation, where companies find themselves navigating back to on-premise systems due to hurdles like poor planning, obscured visibility, and those sneaky, unexpected cloud costs.

The journey to cloud-based applications is fueled by undeniable benefits such as scalability, cost savings, and better accessibility. A U-turn back to on-premise systems highlights the critical need for meticulous planning and clear visibility into cloud costs. Mastery over cloud requirements and leveraging the tools cloud providers offer is essential for a seamless migration. Sustainability isn't just a buzzword; it's a crucial consideration in the cloud migration process, focusing on reducing energy consumption, optimizing resource utilization, and cutting down emissions.

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MagicOrange | Talking all things Cloud FinOps

FinOps is an evolving cloud financial management discipline and cultural practice defined by The FinOps Foundation. FinOps brings together Finance, Business and Technology teams to manage, control and develop strategic cloud solutions.

MagicOrange is a general member of The FinOps Foundation. We are passionate about the goal of The FinOps Foundation to advance people who do cloud financial management and to adopt the FinOps Framework and best practices as part of our organisation.

Our customer success and FinOps Lead consultants are FinOps Certified Practitioners.

As a SaaS solution, MagicOrange is also using the FinOps Framework and best practices for our own cloud financial management and strategic needs. So, we are certainly going to share all our learnings on our FinOps journey with our customer base.

MagicOrange | FinOps Advisory Services

Are your ITFM & FinOps teams struggling to gain clear visibility into your IT costs? Do you want to optimize your IT investments and maximize their value?

In this on-demand webinar from MagicOrange, we unveil the path to IT Financial Management mastery.

We’ll share real-world client results and insights gathered through our extensive experience and demonstrate how you can:

- Map costs and build a transparent roadmap for resource allocation.
- Leverage powerful insights for informed decision-making.
- Track and optimize the impact of showback and chargeback.

Demystifying IT Costs: Unlocking Value with the 7-Step ITFM Pathway

The IT Financial Management and FinOps landscape is complex and rapidly evolving. How do you capture a holistic understanding of ITFM, the TBM framework, and FinOps to understand the true benefits and how all of these components interlock? 

In this webinar featuring guest presenter Tracy Woo, Forrester's Principal Analyst covering ITFM, TBM & FinOps, she shares her insights and perspective on the industry. 

Following Tracy's presentation, our expert panel will share real-world stories and challenges encountered in the quest for financial transparency:

- Chris Barnes, Head of Technology Financial Management Strategy at Experian
- Janine Pickard-Green, FinOps Lead at MagicOrange

The Future and Convergence of IT Financial Management, TBM & FinOps Disciplines

In the ever-evolving landscape of Information Technology (IT), misconceptions unfortunately exist, leading to misjudgments and ineffective strategies. In this video, MagicOrange's Chief Customer Officer, Blake Davidson, addresses some of the common misconceptions around IT, and then takes a deeper dive into the topic of IT cost allocations.

In this video, we will address the following:

- Some of the most common misconceptions about IT
- What is IT cost allocation?
- The benefits of IT cost allocation
- Can organisations of all sizes benefit from IT cost allocations?

Visit our website to learn more and to speak to one of our experts regarding your IT Financial Management needs: https://magicorange.com/

Discussing all things IT: Common Misconceptions & Cost Allocations

In this panel discussion including our customers & partners, we dive deep into some of the key industry topics for 2024. Hear first hand from our panelists comprising of organisations in varying industries, including ABSA, Experian, Microsoft, and Liberty, as they uncover some of the challenges that they have been experiencing in their organisations, as well as how MagicOrange has proved to be pivotal in overcoming these challenges.

In this video you will learn about the following:

- The importance of bringing cost transparency to your organisation, at more than just a finance level
- The role of data provided by MagicOrange to enable decision making
- The ability to eliminate mundane & outdates processes by leveraging MagicOrange
-  Addressing the challenges & benefits of on-premise, cloud & hybrid applications

Visit our website to learn more and to speak to one of our experts regarding your IT Financial Management needs:  https://magicorange.com/

MagicOrange | Industry Insights Panel Discussion

Headquartered in the United Kingdom and operating in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa, MagicOrange has been empowering businesses with its cloud native IT Financial Management and FinOps software since 2015. The MagicOrange solution, hosted on Microsoft Azure, enables customers to gain a deeper understanding of their costs, which in turn informs their strategic business decisions.

One of MagicOrange’s client is major retailer SPAR. SPAR's immediate financial discrepancies are being addressed with four transformative models deployed on the MagicOrange platform. In this endorsed video, we deep dive into the MagicOrange implementation at SPAR by addressing the challenge experienced by the client, the solution recommended, and the impact in the form of an 85% reduction in unallocated cost centers for the client.

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