The Surveil Briefing

Surveil

Cloud costs are rising. Licensing is shifting. AI spend is exploding. And most enterprises are making million-pound decisions with incomplete data. The Surveil Briefing features the people who built and lead the Surveil platform - from the founders and security leadership to the strategists working with enterprise customers every day. Each episode digs into a single problem that IT leaders, CFOs, FinOps teams and security professionals are dealing with right now, with the depth and honesty that only comes from people who've been in the room when the data lands for the first time. Subscribe wherever you listen.

Episodes

  1. Apr 21

    The FinOps Journey Nobody Prepares You For: What the First 90 Days Actually Look Like

    There's plenty of content about what FinOps should look like. Almost nothing about what it actually feels like when you're in the middle of it. John Smith, VP of Strategic Alliances at Surveil, walks through the first 90 days of building a FinOps practice inside a complex enterprise. He explains why the biggest blocker isn't technology - it's ownership, why jumping straight to optimisation recommendations is a trap, and why the organisations that tried to build their own tooling almost always come back.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

  2. Apr 20

    Who's Governing Your AI Spend? - The Shadow Cost Growing Faster Than Anyone Expected

    AI spend in some enterprises has grown between 1,000% and 10,000% in months. But who owns the governance of it? Will Groothedde, Product Manager for AI and Security at Surveil, breaks down why AI costs behave nothing like traditional cloud spend, why most Copilot rollouts are based on guesswork rather than data, and why staff paying for their own unsanctioned AI tools is creating a shadow spend problem that's growing faster than anyone expected.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

  3. Apr 17

    You Can't Secure What You Can't See: Why Visibility Is the Foundation of Every Cyber Strategy

    It's the 20% of your environment you can't see that will hurt you. And most enterprises can't see far more than they think. Surveil CISO Laurence Dale shares a real-world story of a threat actor who compromised an admin account and nearly executed a five million pound fraudulent transaction. He explains why privileged identity management is the first place to start, why Microsoft Secure Score is an indicator that needs scoping, and how AI agents are creating an attack surface most security models weren't built to handle.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

  4. Apr 16

    Your Next Microsoft Renewal Is a Transformation Event, Not a Procurement Exercise

    Microsoft removed volume discounts. E7 launches at $99 per user. EA is being replaced by MCA-E. This isn't a routine renewal. John Smith, VP of Strategic Alliances at Surveil, explains why some enterprises could face 20-40% price increases contract on contract, why the shift to CSP leaves less room to negotiate, and why E7's autonomous AI agents may require the same licensing as human identities. If your Microsoft renewal is within 12 months, this is the episode to hear first.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

  5. Apr 15

    The Moment You See Everything, Everything Changes

    Most enterprises don't have a cost problem or a governance problem - they have a visibility problem. Surveil co-founder Harold Groothedde shares what actually happens when enterprises see their environment clearly for the first time - from uncovering millions in hidden licence waste to realising they have thousands more identities than employees. Harold explains the conviction that led him to build Surveil: that the industry needed a platform capable of going mile-deep across the entire Microsoft estate, and why visibility isn't just a first step, it's the strategy.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

  6. Apr 14

    Why Every Enterprise Will Have a Chief Cloud Intelligence Officer Within Five Years

    Cloud financial management is too important for IT and too complex for finance - so who owns it? Surveil CEO Peter Turpin unpacks why enterprises moved trillions into cloud without building the financial intelligence to manage it. He explains why the CFO and CTO disconnect is widening, how AI workloads are breaking traditional governance models, and why he believes a new leadership function - the Chief Cloud Intelligence Officer - is inevitable within five years.   ๐Ÿ”— Book a demo: https://surveil.co/request-a-demo/  ๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://surveil.co

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Cloud costs are rising. Licensing is shifting. AI spend is exploding. And most enterprises are making million-pound decisions with incomplete data. The Surveil Briefing features the people who built and lead the Surveil platform - from the founders and security leadership to the strategists working with enterprise customers every day. Each episode digs into a single problem that IT leaders, CFOs, FinOps teams and security professionals are dealing with right now, with the depth and honesty that only comes from people who've been in the room when the data lands for the first time. Subscribe wherever you listen.

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  • Creator
    Surveil
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
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