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The average estimated cloud waste sits at nearly a quarter of total spend, equal to 23% of cloud expenditure.

5/27/2026
CloudCloud WasteCloud Costs

24% of organizations pursue re-platforming or application modernization initiatives to manage cloud costs.

5/27/2026
Application ModernizationCloud Costs

38% of CFOs prioritize maximizing profitable growth from cloud investments in the next 12 months.

5/27/2026
Cloud ROI

45% of CFOs say the primary financial benefit of cloud cost optimization is increased budget flexibility to fund innovation.

5/27/2026
Cloud Cost Optimization

52% of CFOs prioritize improving cash flow and working capital efficiency.

5/27/2026
Financial Management

34% of CFOs prioritize compliance and governance as a top cloud-related priority for the next 12 months.

5/27/2026
ComplianceCloud

40% of CFOs list reducing overall cloud costs as a top financial priority.

5/27/2026
Cloud Costs

44% of organizations use native cloud provider tools for cloud cost management.

5/27/2026
Cloud ToolsCloud Cost Management

16% of organizations already use Java runtime optimization or JVM tuning.

5/27/2026
Java Runtime OptimizationJVM Tuning

More than two-thirds of CFOs estimate that up to 30% of their cloud spend is wasted.

5/27/2026
CloudCloud SpendCloud Waste

43% of CFOs say AI is adding new layers of workload complexity that complicate forecasting and cost control.

5/27/2026
AI Cloud ComplexityCloud Costs

45% of organizations use AI-powered cloud spend analytics.

5/27/2026
Cloud Tools

37% of CFOs cite higher utilization of existing infrastructure as a financial benefit of cloud cost optimization.

5/27/2026
Infrastructure UtilizationCloud Cost Optimization

One-third of U.S. CFOs and senior finance leaders describe their cloud spending increase as "significant."

5/27/2026
Cloud Costs

9% of U.S. CFOs and senior finance leaders say their cloud spend is staying flat.

5/27/2026
Cloud Costs

29% of organizations use workload or infrastructure optimization vendors to manage cloud costs.

5/27/2026
Infrastructure OptimizationCloud CostsWorkload Optimization

43% of CFOs prioritize improving performance and uptime as a top cloud-related priority for the next 12 months.

5/27/2026
Cloud Operations

88% of U.S. CFOs and senior finance leaders report that their cloud spending is increasing.

5/27/2026
Cloud CostsCloud Spending

42% of CFOs identify improved margins and profitability as a top financial benefit of cloud cost optimization.

5/27/2026
ProfitabilityCloud Cost Optimization

39% of CFOs cite better forecasting and budgeting as a top financial benefit of cloud cost optimization.

5/27/2026
Cloud Cost Optimization

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