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The Cloud Value Gap: Australian CFOs’ Struggle with Cost Visibility and Value Realisation in Cloud Computing
Feb 28, 2025
Australian CFOs and Infrastructure leaders are grappling with cloud cost management, facing persistent challenges in visibility, fiscal responsibility, and value realisation.
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Australian CFOs and Infrastructure leaders are grappling with cloud cost management, facing persistent challenges in visibility, fiscal responsibility, and value realisation. While basic IT spending visibility has improved, organisations struggle to track business impact, prevent cost overruns, and bridge the gap between IT and finance teams. Addressing these systemic barriers is crucial for optimising cloud investments and achieving financial control.
Core Insights:
The visibility paradox: Seeing costs without understanding value
- 51% of organisations report effective visibility into technology spending, but only 20% can track the actual value derived from those investments.
- This creates a gap where organisations can observe spending but lack the insights to optimise financial outcomes, limiting their ability to make data-driven decisions.
Structural challenges: Unclear ownership and fragmented financial governance
- 50% of CFOs cite unclear fiscal responsibility as a major obstacle, with cost management spread across multiple teams without clear accountability.
- Organisational silos…