Open Source in Finance Forum London 2025

With the ratification of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) in Europe, there has been a lot of misunderstanding of what this means for Linux developers, Linux users, and manufacturers of devices with Linux inside of them. This talk will attempt to provide a rough understanding of the issues involved, who is affected, and what this means for everyone in our ecosystem.

As cloud and technology usage expands, organizations face growing pressure to manage technology spend with clarity and control. FinOps—an operational framework and cultural practice developed by the open-source FinOps community—is helping teams maximize the business value of investments across Cloud and now other scopes of technology spend, including SaaS, Licenses, Data Center and AI.

This talk will provide a high-level overview of the FinOps Foundation, how FinOps is evolving into a broader “Cloud+” approach, supported by the FinOps Framework, a rich library of community-driven best practices and the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS™).

FOCUS™ is an open billing standard designed to simplify and standardize cost data across cloud providers. By reducing complexity and enabling consistent, transparent reporting, FOCUS™ empowers FinOps teams to deliver faster insights and drive meaningful, data-informed decisions across the organization.