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In this episode of FinOps Fridays, Hunter Willis sits down with Matt Cowsert, Product Manager for FOCUS at the FinOps Foundation, to explore the FOCUS specification and its growing role in helping organizations normalize technology billing and costs. Matt walks Hunter through what’s new in FOCUS 1.3, how organizations are putting the spec to work, , and where things are heading next.
Listen to this episode for insight into:
- How FOCUS 1.3 is evolving the spec’s structure—including the introduction of a contract commitments data set and the move to a multi-data-set structure
- How organizations are operationalizing FOCUS across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem spend — and why AI cost management is driving new adoption
- Where the FOCUS roadmap is heading and how it’s being shaped by community feedback
