Effective March 3, 2025, Flexera has completed the acquisition of the Spot business from NetApp. This strategic addresses the growing multi-cloud costs and Financial Operations (FinOps) needs of customers across a broader range of services, including hybrid cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, and containers.
Licensing
Flexera will continue to honor all existing agreements. The integration of Spot’s products into Flexera’s portfolio will be planned over the coming months. If you are interested in adding any of Flexera’s or Spot’s products to your current services, please contact SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT for more details.
What is Flexera?
Flexera is a global leader in technology spend and risk management. The company provides comprehensive solutions to help organizations manage their technology investments, optimize costs, and ensure compliance. With the acquisition of Spot, Flexera expands its capabilities in cloud financial management, offering a suite of AI-powered FinOps technologies.
Key Features
- Comprehensive FinOps Solutions: Manage cloud financial commitments, automate billing and invoicing, reduce workload costs, and optimize containers.
- Kubernetes Cost Management: Continuous optimization of containers for cost, performance, and availability.
- Cloud Commitment Management: Capture critical savings from reserved instances, savings plans, or committed usage discounts across major cloud platforms.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance: Robust portfolio of policy-based best practice checks for cost, security, governance, and compliance.
Benefits
The acquisition of Spot by Flexera brings several benefits to you:
- Enhanced Cost Management: Gain a full panorama of your technology spend and risk across the entire IT ecosystem.
- Increased Efficiency: Automate billing and invoicing processes, reducing manual efforts and errors.
- Improved Performance: Optimize container management for better cost, performance, and availability.
- Broadened Scope: Address growing FinOps needs across data centers, SaaS applications, and public cloud.
Use Cases
- Hybrid Cloud Management: Optimize costs and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
- SaaS Application Management: Manage and reduce costs associated with SaaS applications.
- Container Optimization: Continuously optimize container workloads for cost and performance.
More Information
Announcement: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-completes-acquisition-of-netapps-spot-finops-portfolio.
Informational webpage on changes between Spot and Flexera with a FAQ section: https://www.flexera.com/more/spot.
Available software vendors: https://www.schneider.im/software/.
Contact us today to request a quote on Flexera solutions.