30 May 2025

CloudBolt Software has unveiled a revealing new report highlighting a persistent challenge facing many organizations: while most IT leaders express confidence in their organization’s FinOps maturity, they continue to struggle with demonstrating clear return on investment (ROI) from their cloud initiatives.

Titled ‘Performance vs. Perception: The FinOps Execution Gap,’ the report was developed in collaboration with Wakefield Research and surveyed 350 senior IT leaders across diverse industries in the United States to assess the current state of cloud financial operations and cost management practices.

27 May 2025

Nick Burling, Senior Vice President, Product, Nasuni

The pressure to invest in AI and enhance enterprises’ processes and fuel innovation shows no sign of letting up: McKinsey research earlier this year found that 78% of organisations are using AI in at least one business function, up from 72% in early 2024 and 55% a year earlier.

Pressure for transformation

And in such a competitive landscape, the pressure on company boards to lead change is unrelenting: in IBM research of 2,000 CEOs, nearly two-thirds (64%) acknowledge that ‘the risk of falling behind drives investment in some technologies before they have a clear understanding of the value they deliver.’ Consequently, there is no lack of expectation from boards, and lines of business, for AI-driven business transformation, whether across the enterprise or by individual ‘early adopter’ departments.