Customer Perspectives

SREs, Platform Owners and FinOps teams succeeding with Densify

Vladimir dives into container optimization strategies and cloud migration, discussing Raiffeisen’s processes and innovative practices. Raiffeisen Bank was early in the automation of optimization. Vladimir also shares why that was the case and what that meant for Raiffeisen Bank.

Container Strategies and Cloud Migration

VLADIMIR REMENAR, Director of IT Operations

AJ talks about innovative ways to gamify the engagement with line of business application owners to drive cloud optimization. The number one challenge most FinOps programs have is getting engineers to take action on optimization. Liberty Mutual’s “Optimization Bingo” is a refreshing take on the problem.

Gamifying Cloud Optimization

ANGELA (AJ) WASSERMAN, Portfolio Product Owner of Cloud FinOps & Tech Data Insights

Gokul discusses RI’s, FinOps, optimization thoughts and tips, new apps from SAP and the impact on architecture decision making, user activity metrics, how SAP is able to involve engineers to act on changes, thoughts on containers, Gokul’s predictions on what’s to come next.

Avoiding Sticker Shock

GOKUL NAIDU, Senior Manager, Cloud Operations

Lori and Vinnie discuss the intersection of finance and technology, emphasizing the growing importance of optimization and transparency through FinOps. They also cover the impact of cloud migration, capacity management, and successful cost optimization strategies.

How Verisk Uses Data to Drive Optimization in the Cloud

LORI GALELLA, Director of Cloud Cost Optimization and IT Finance

VINNIE DE ANGELIS, Senior Director, Head if IT Finance/ Cloud FinOps & Optimization/ Software Asset Mgmt

Factset
Hitesh speaks to the evolution of the cloud and the best practices that have emerged in resource optimization. Having been involved in cloud from the start, Hitesh shares some of the “aha” moments he had along the way, including how to effectively engage engineering teams, the importance of data-driven approaches, designing for elasticity, and thoughts on where the industry is going.

The Evolution of Cloud: Best Practices in Resource Optimization

HITESH CHITALIA, VP, Director Cloud Optimization

Mark shares his insights and experiences with cloud vendors, discussing the challenges of analyzing and predicting cloud growth and the importance of flexibility when choosing providers. He also discusses pricing in the cloud industry, shedding light on the sometimes overlooked nature of hardware and software costs.

Cloud Complexity: Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Cloud Computing

MARK WATSON, Chief Technology Officer

Josh dives into automated instance selection and the importance of letting machines make the resource decisions as cloud environments scale. Speaking from the perspective of a hardware manufacturer, Josh offers unique insight into some of the criteria that affect the performance and cost of hosting apps in the cloud, and how to leverage “optimization as code” to automate the optimization process.

Automated Cloud Instance Selection

JOSH HILLIKER, Principal Engineer and Senior Director, Cloud-Native Solutions & Tools, Data Center Sales

Ashley discusses Intel and ASML’s partnership in High NA EUV technology, FinOps trends and future directions, and touch on containers and guardrails. However, they’re saving the bulk of that discussion for a future episode. Ashley speaks to how Intel® Cloud Optimizer is revolutionizing cloud efficiency and tackling container-related inefficiencies.

Optimizing Cloud and Container Efficiency with Intel® Cloud Optimizer

ASHLEY RODRIGUE, Cloud Partner Manager

Luke speaks to an array of topics surrounding building a culture of continuous cloud optimization. Luke emphazises into the importance of completeness and contextualization when making recommendations, stressing the potential impact of missing factors or terms. He also highlights the significance of providing accurate answers to customers to build trust.

Building a Culture of Continuous Cloud Optimization

LUKE TRAVERS, FinOps Specialist and Principal Cloud Architect at a major South Korean e-Commerce company

ENGIE Digital’s Darwin Team achieves significant cost savings in a few weeks. 

HCLTech maximizes Intel® Cloud Optimizer to optimize cloud workloads and achieve 34% cost saving.

Raiffeisen Bank is optimizing via OpenShift compute resources via CI/CD. 

FIS combines Terraform Enterprise’s policy as code system with ServiceNow ticketing and Ansible Tower configuration to modernize their hybrid cloud deployments. 

NTT Data speaks about how enterprises achieve public cloud cost savings in the region of 30 to 60%.

Autodesk rightsizes AWS costs.