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Hello,

It's been a while since our last meetup, but fortunately Santa came early this year for the Berlin FinOps community and brought us another event :-)

We'll have again our special guest Shahar with another exciting session, followed by plenty of time to catch up and reconnect with the rest of the Berlin FinOps community.

There will be drinks and snacks offered by Blocks, our host for the night.

Looking forward to see you all again!

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup group admins.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:15 - Talk: You Fixed the Waste. Now Fix the Real Problem

Waste removal is just the first layer of cloud optimization. The bigger challenge lies in hidden spend drivers within "healthy" environments—architectural defaults, scaling behaviors, and micro-decisions that quietly shape cost. This interactive session explores how to evolve from one-off cleanup to durable, design-level optimization.

Speaker: Shahar Raz, Raz Tech Strategy

• 20:15 - Networking

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We're excited to invite you to join us on 18 September to for our latest London event: THE AI SHIFT: Transforming the way we Buy, Run and Fund Cloud.

We all know AI tools and agents are changing the cloud game and in this event we'll explore how we can shape the future with Ai, rather than being shaped by it.

For those of you who were at our last London event, 'Fun with FinOps' on 12 June, we're using the same formula of mixing fun, sponsor-hosted games with practitioner talks, all on the theme of how AI is changing how we work with cloud.

Please note: RSVP on Meetup is not valid for entry t this event.

To attend “THE AI SHIFT – Transforming How We Build, Run & Fund Cloud” on 18 September, you must register through our official portal: Register here to secure your place

This helps us personalise the experience, assign teams for the interactive games, and make sure you're fully in the loop. Spots are limited — don’t miss out!

We’ll email you full event details once your're registered! Mike Bradbury Group organizer

We're excited to invite you to join us on 18 September to for our latest London event: THE AI SHIFT: Transforming the way we Buy, Run and Fund Cloud.

We all know AI tools and agents are changing the cloud game and in this event we'll explore how we can shape the future with Ai, rather than being shaped by it.

For those of you who were at our last London event, 'Fun with FinOps' on 12 June, we're using the same formula of mixing fun, sponsor-hosted games with practitioner talks, all on the theme of how AI is changing how we work with cloud.

Please note: RSVP on Meetup is not valid for entry t this event.

To attend “THE AI SHIFT – Transforming How We Build, Run & Fund Cloud” on 18 September, you must register through our official portal: Register here to secure your place

This helps us personalise the experience, assign teams for the interactive games, and make sure you're fully in the loop. Spots are limited — don’t miss out!

We’ll email you full event details once your're registered! Mike Bradbury Group organizer

We're excited to invite you to join us on 18 September to for our latest London event: THE AI SHIFT: Transforming the way we Buy, Run and Fund Cloud.

We all know AI tools and agents are changing the cloud game and in this event we'll explore how we can shape the future with Ai, rather than being shaped by it.

For those of you who were at our last London event, 'Fun with FinOps' on 12 June, we're using the same formula of mixing fun, sponsor-hosted games with practitioner talks, all on the theme of how AI is changing how we work with cloud.

Please note: RSVP on Meetup is not valid for entry t this event.

To attend “THE AI SHIFT – Transforming How We Build, Run & Fund Cloud” on 18 September, you must register through our official portal: Register here to secure your place

This helps us personalise the experience, assign teams for the interactive games, and make sure you're fully in the loop. Spots are limited — don’t miss out!

We’ll email you full event details once your're registered! Mike Bradbury Group organizer

Engineering the Future of Cloud – London, 21 May The cloud landscape is evolving fast. With AI taking over much of the development and coding work, the real challenge for Cloud Engineers, Architects, FinOps, and GreenOps practitioners is no longer just about building and optimizing infrastructure—it’s about engineering business advantage in an AI-powered economy. Join us for an evening of insightful discussions and networking as we explore how DevOps, FinOps, and GreenOps can work together to drive unprecedented levels of performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability. How do we ensure that cloud investments deliver true business value? What strategies enable enterprises to balance speed, efficiency, and accountability in an era where AI is reshaping software delivery? This event brings together leading voices in cloud engineering and financial operations to discuss the future of cloud management in a world where AI accelerates everything. Whether you're designing cloud architectures, optimizing spend, or ensuring sustainability, this is your chance to connect, share insights, and help engineer the future of cloud.

Agenda

5:00 Reception 5:30 Welcome and Introductions 5:40 Interactive Workshops (choose the one that interests you!)

• Engineering Cloud Efficiency in the Age of AI - what's in the AI crystal ball - and how to make sure the future is a profitable one
• Smart Cloud Modernisation: What to do and why. Modernise your cloud applications to free up time, effort and budget
• Cloud Codebreakers - Dare you take on the Cloud Escape Room Challenge? *
• 6:30 Spotlight Talks from Industry Experts
• AI and the New Rules of Cloud Migration - Rahul Verma and Mavis Chakwenya\, Booking.com
• Let's Automate Everything! - Rich Young and Madoc Batters\, Warner Hotels Group
• CloudOps Automation, Now And In The AI Era - Amit Saar, OpenOps

7:15 Refreshments & Networking

Did you choose your preferred workshop? If not, do it here

Engineering the Future of Cloud – London, 21 May The cloud landscape is evolving fast. With AI taking over much of the development and coding work, the real challenge for Cloud Engineers, Architects, FinOps, and GreenOps practitioners is no longer just about building and optimizing infrastructure—it’s about engineering business advantage in an AI-powered economy. Join us for an evening of insightful discussions and networking as we explore how DevOps, FinOps, and GreenOps can work together to drive unprecedented levels of performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability. How do we ensure that cloud investments deliver true business value? What strategies enable enterprises to balance speed, efficiency, and accountability in an era where AI is reshaping software delivery? This event brings together leading voices in cloud engineering and financial operations to discuss the future of cloud management in a world where AI accelerates everything. Whether you're designing cloud architectures, optimizing spend, or ensuring sustainability, this is your chance to connect, share insights, and help engineer the future of cloud.

Agenda

5:00 Reception 5:30 Welcome and Introductions 5:40 Interactive Workshops (choose the one that interests you!)

• Engineering Cloud Efficiency in the Age of AI - what's in the AI crystal ball - and how to make sure the future is a profitable one
• Smart Cloud Modernisation: What to do and why. Modernise your cloud applications to free up time, effort and budget
• Cloud Codebreakers - Dare you take on the Cloud Escape Room Challenge? *
• 6:30 Spotlight Talks from Industry Experts
• AI and the New Rules of Cloud Migration - Rahul Verma and Mavis Chakwenya\, Booking.com
• Let's Automate Everything! - Rich Young and Madoc Batters\, Warner Hotels Group
• CloudOps Automation, Now And In The AI Era - Amit Saar, OpenOps

7:15 Refreshments & Networking

Did you choose your preferred workshop? If not, do it here

Engineering the Future of Cloud – London, 21 May The cloud landscape is evolving fast. With AI taking over much of the development and coding work, the real challenge for Cloud Engineers, Architects, FinOps, and GreenOps practitioners is no longer just about building and optimizing infrastructure—it’s about engineering business advantage in an AI-powered economy. Join us for an evening of insightful discussions and networking as we explore how DevOps, FinOps, and GreenOps can work together to drive unprecedented levels of performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability. How do we ensure that cloud investments deliver true business value? What strategies enable enterprises to balance speed, efficiency, and accountability in an era where AI is reshaping software delivery? This event brings together leading voices in cloud engineering and financial operations to discuss the future of cloud management in a world where AI accelerates everything. Whether you're designing cloud architectures, optimizing spend, or ensuring sustainability, this is your chance to connect, share insights, and help engineer the future of cloud.

Agenda

5:00 Reception 5:30 Welcome and Introductions 5:40 Interactive Workshops (choose the one that interests you!)

• Engineering Cloud Efficiency in the Age of AI - what's in the AI crystal ball - and how to make sure the future is a profitable one
• Smart Cloud Modernisation: What to do and why. Modernise your cloud applications to free up time, effort and budget
• Cloud Codebreakers - Dare you take on the Cloud Escape Room Challenge? *
• 6:30 Spotlight Talks from Industry Experts
• AI and the New Rules of Cloud Migration - Rahul Verma and Mavis Chakwenya\, Booking.com
• Let's Automate Everything! - Rich Young and Madoc Batters\, Warner Hotels Group
• CloudOps Automation, Now And In The AI Era - Amit Saar, OpenOps

7:15 Refreshments & Networking

Did you choose your preferred workshop? If not, do it here

Cloud has exposed the cost of individual workloads at a highly granular level. It is, in essence, a complex cost optimization problem. This session provides the tools for D&A leaders to understand how to manage and evolve cloud-operating models. We provide the foundations in the three rings of financial governance, and explore the state and future of FinOps.

Hello,

As they say, the best comes last! We’ve assembled an incredible lineup featuring Erik Norman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-norman/), Victor Gacia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-garcia-rubio/), Cristian and Sascha to look back at 2024, share market insights, and boldly predict the key FinOps trends for 2025. And of course, we want to hear from you. What have been your challenges, discoveries, surprises, and maybe valueable lessons learned.

But that’s not all! This event is hosted by Leitart.de, the go-to place for real data analytics. Get ready to see how data turns into action – stay curious, and expect some surprises.

Don't miss this chance to wrap up the year with insights, inspiration, and great company. See you there! 🚀

Timeline

• 17:00 - Doors open
• 17:30 - Opening words and introductions
• Chalk Talks, Fun & Deep Insights
• 22:00 - End of an awesome year and beginning of something new

Big thanks to our host leitart.de for kindly hosting us this month.

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup organizers.

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Join us in Edinburgh on 4 December to hear how we can drive sustainable value out of AI and cloud computing while controlling their impact on our environment.

Investment in GenAI is growing like crazy with huge implications for future cloud usage - and the costs and carbon emissions that go with it. Carbon emissions from IT already exceed those from the entire aviation industry. So long as data centres rely on electricity supples from fossil fuels, carbon emissions are set to rise even further unless we take action to limit them.

FinOps and GreenOps offer a well-defined strategic path to better value and lower environmental impact. Join us on 4 December to see how we can get control over what cloud is going to cost us and limit its climate impact.

Hosted by IBM Scotland, this Meetup will look at practical ways we can control how we use cloud to maximise its value to all of us - and our children.

Here's the agenda: 4:00 pm Reception 4:30 pm Introduction & Welcome 4:40 pm Keynote Address 5:00 pm Lightning talks from industry experts 5:45 pm Interactive Breakout Sessions 6:15 pm Informal networking

Hello,

After the long summer break, we're looking forward to see you again at another session of our meetup, with a very exciting talk.

Christoph Ebeling, founder of Nexode Consulting, will share how he and his team leveraged the AWS serverless stack and CloudFront Edge functions to serve a 250,000-user SaaS application for under 100 Euros per month, all while delivering a lightning-fast user experience and virtually limitless scalability.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:10 - Scaling to 250k Users for Under 100 Euros with Serverless - Christoph Ebeling\, Nexode Consulting
• 20:00 - Networking

Thanks to our host W3.hub for kindly hosting us this month.

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup organizers.

Help us for the next events Would you like to host us at your company sometime in the future? Register Here as a host Would you like to propose a talk idea? (may be delivered by someone else) Submit talk ideas here

Hello,

We're excited to invite you again to another session of our meetup.

We were preparing something toward the end of June to keep a monthly cadence, but our former speaker Shahar is back in town at the beginning of July and kindly proposed another talk, so we decided to change our plans a bit to take advantage of this rare opportunity.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:10 - Why did you decide to pay so much? - in this presentation and interactive workshop we will discuss the real reasons for over-spending on cloud services\, identifying the micro-decisions that can be revisited to better align spend with company goals. Based on many years of experience Shahar will suggest his point of view\, from which understanding the reasons for high bills is a key step in optimizing cost - Shahar Raz\, razts.com
• 20:00 - Networking

Considering this change in plans we're still looking for a host, so we'd really appreciate your help if you can volunteer to host is (see below links), hope it's not too short notice and we can arrange something. We're usually around 20 people so don't need so much space.

Thank you and looking forward for meeting you soon in a couple of weeks

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup organizers.

Help us for the next events Would you like to host us at your company sometime in the future? Register Here as a host Would you like to propose a talk idea? (may be delivered by someone else) Submit talk ideas here

Hello,

We're excited to invite you again to another session of our meetup.

After the more unconventional previous session, we're again returning to our usual format of the meetup, with a FinOps-related talk.

If you missed the technical deep-dive talk on AWS cost optimization for RDS and ElastiCache from the latest AWS Meetup we got you covered and give you another chance to see it.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:10 - How to reduce your cloud costs - RDS and ElastiCache Optimization Strategies (technical deep-dive) - Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu\, LeanerCloud.com
• 20:30 - Networking

Thanks to our host Pedro and OLX for kindly hosting us again this month.

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup organizers.

Help us for the next events Would you like to host us at your company sometime in the future? Register Here as a host Would you like to propose a talk idea? (may be delivered by someone else) Submit talk ideas here

Hello,

After a couple of months, we're excited to invite you again to another session of our meetup.

This time we try again something different, namely a more interactive fireside chat format. The topic of the conversation will be the interaction between FinOps and Agile organizational development.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:10 - Fireside Chat (Panel: Sascha\, Cristian and our host Marcus from Leanovate\, moderated by Sascha)
• 20:30 - Networking

Thanks to our host Marcus and Leanovate for kindly hosting us this month.

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup co-organizers.

Help us for the next events Would you like to host us at your company sometime in the future? Register Here as a host Would you like to propose a talk idea? (may be delivered by someone else) Submit talk ideas here

IMPORTANT: You can only register for this event on Eventbrite, here: https://Jan2024LNETM.eventbrite.co.uk/

The FinOps Foundation defines FinOps is defined as an operational framework and cultural practice which maximizes the business value of cloud, enables timely data-driven decision making, and creates financial accountability through collaboration between engineering, finance, and business teams.

It's a well-known secret that Cloud isn’t as cheap as advertised, often with expensive nuances and hidden costs, so FinOps is a very new hot topic right now and there is much opportunity for this practice as it matures.

The January 2024 LNETM will look at the current state of FinOps, how it differs from broader trends such as ITFM, the current state of tooling and how it could evolve to encompass greater value within the strategic IT ecosystem. This will be discussed by a top-quality panel of industry experts, including:

• Richard Vester (Director of UK/Europe for IOCO Technologies)
• Pamila Raina (Financial Services Technical Account Lead, Google Cloud Consulting)

Further speakers will be added shortly.

David Harding (CEO of MagicOrange) will provide the positioning and moderate the panel discussion. There will also be two flash talks from innovative companies in the FinOps space:

• Parabole.ai provides an AI-powered causal inference technology enables data scientists to build accurate decision-support systems that estimate the effect of interventions under real-world data constraints, and imperfect causal knowledge (Jonathan Doan, Head of Sales).
• Vertice is a spend optimization platform that saves companies up to 25% on their SaaS and cloud costs. It empowers companies of every size and industry to get more visibility and control of their software and cloud spending and leverages automation and machine learning to deliver guaranteed cost savings (Eldar Tuvey, CEO).

Sincere thanks to London Stock Exchange Group for hosting the LNETM, to MagicOrange, as our monthly sponsor and to all of our annual sponsors for 2024.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. You must register through Eventbrite in order to attend.
2. Registration will close 48 hours before the event (on the night of Sunday 14th January).
3. Please bring photo ID to the event, as it may be required for entry. to the event, as it may be required for entry.

Hello,

We're excited to invite you to another session of our meetup, the last of this year.

This time we explore Sustainability and GreenOps in the cloud and their relation to FinOps. Whether you're new to these topics or a GreenOps expert, this meetup offers a chance for mutual learning in this very exciting and rapidly evolving field very relevant to the future of our planet.

Timeline

• 18:30 - Doors open
• 19:00 - Opening words and introductions
• 19:10 - Sustainability and GreenOPS in the cloud - Alexis Renard
• 20:00 - Networking

Alexis, a Cloud & DevOps consultant at Ippon Technologies, specializes in AWS, gitops, and automation tools. Passionate about incorporating personal values into work, he focuses on GreenOps and sustainability in the cloud. Outside work, he enjoys sailing when the weather allows it.

Thanks to Alexis for volunteering to deliver this talk, we're very excited to learn about these topics and meet again with the rest of the group.

Also huge thanks to Pedro from OLX for stepping up last minute to host us this month, after we initially ran into some challenges with finding a host this time.

-Cristian and Sascha, the meetup co-organizers.

Help us for the next events Would you like to host us at your company sometime in the future? Register Here as a host Would you like to propose a talk idea? (may be delivered by someone else) Submit talk ideas here

This live event is intended for data scientists, platform engineers, and finance operations managers who are responsible for AI-based applications and need to manage their public cloud infrastructure costs closely. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are the new frontiers of software development. Massive market demand for AI is pushing up cloud infrastructure costs. Profitable AI products require collaborative management between data science, platform engineering, and increasingly FinOps teams. An 80% public cloud cost contribution to the cost of goods sold is no longer viable when launching new digital products. Join industry leaders, Raja Iqbal of Data Science Dojo and Asim Razzaq of Yotascale as they discuss how to future-proof your AI initiatives. Cloud cost management is an essential element of any modern data stack AI project. Raja and Asim will cover the challenges of tracking AI cloud expenses and how to move from just managing to planning and forecasting your cloud costs for profitable AI-based products and services.

This live event is intended for data scientists, platform engineers, and finance operations managers who are responsible for AI-based applications and need to manage their public cloud infrastructure costs closely. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are the new frontiers of software development. Massive market demand for AI is pushing up cloud infrastructure costs. Profitable AI products require collaborative management between data science, platform engineering, and increasingly FinOps teams. An 80% public cloud cost contribution to the cost of goods sold is no longer viable when launching new digital products. Join industry leaders, Raja Iqbal of Data Science Dojo and Asim Razzaq of Yotascale as they discuss how to future-proof your AI initiatives. Cloud cost management is an essential element of any modern data stack AI project. Raja and Asim will cover the challenges of tracking AI cloud expenses and how to move from just managing to planning and forecasting your cloud costs for profitable AI-based products and services.

This live event is intended for data scientists, platform engineers, and finance operations managers who are responsible for AI-based applications and need to manage their public cloud infrastructure costs closely. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are the new frontiers of software development. Massive market demand for AI is pushing up cloud infrastructure costs. Profitable AI products require collaborative management between data science, platform engineering, and increasingly FinOps teams. An 80% public cloud cost contribution to the cost of goods sold is no longer viable when launching new digital products. Join industry leaders, Raja Iqbal of Data Science Dojo and Asim Razzaq of Yotascale as they discuss how to future-proof your AI initiatives. Cloud cost management is an essential element of any modern data stack AI project. Raja and Asim will cover the challenges of tracking AI cloud expenses and how to move from just managing to planning and forecasting your cloud costs for profitable AI-based products and services.

This session begins with data warehouse trivia and lessons learned from production implementations of multicloud data architecture. You will learn to design future-proof low latency data systems that focus on openness and interoperability. You will also gain a gentle introduction to Cloud FinOps principles that can help your organization reduce compute spend and increase efficiency. 

Most enterprises today are multicloud. While an assortment of low-code connectors boasts the ability to make data available for analytics in real time, they post long-lasting challenges:

• Inefficient EDW targets
• Inability to evolve schema
• Forbiddingly expensive data exports due to cloud and vendor lock-in

The alternative is an open data lake that unifies batch and streaming workloads. Bronze landing zones in open format eliminate the data extraction costs required by proprietary EDW. Apache Spark™ Structured Streaming provides a unified ingestion interface. Streaming triggers allow us to switch back and forth between batch and stream with one-line code changes. Streaming aggregation enables us to incrementally compute on data that arrives near each other.

Specific examples are given on how to use Autoloader to discover newly arrived data and ensure exactly once, incremental processing. How DLT can be configured effectively to further simplify streaming jobs and accelerate the development cycle. How to apply SWE best practices to Workflows and integrate with popular Git providers, either using the Databricks Project or Databricks Terraform provider. 

Talk by: Christina Taylor

Here’s more to explore: Big Book of Data Engineering: 2nd Edition: https://dbricks.co/3XpPgNV The Data Team's Guide to the Databricks Lakehouse Platform: https://dbricks.co/46nuDpI

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