Welcome to the FinOps Workshop

We will kick off the workshop with a short look at the objectives, agenda, and the speakers.

Speaker: Andreas Tschauner | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | Auvaria

Maximizing Cloud ROI - Strategy and FinOps as the key to a successful Cloud Journey

In this upcoming talk, we'll explore strategic ways to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximize effectiveness in the cloud. This talk will focus on modernization of infrastructure, leveraging automation, adopting serverless architectures, and implementing FinOps processes, to help organizations reduce costs while improving performance and agility. FinOps is an emerging practice that focuses on optimizing cloud spending by aligning technology, finance, and business teams. By implementing FinOps processes, organizations can gain better visibility into their cloud spending, identify cost optimization opportunities, and make data-driven decisions that maximize ROI. Attendees will leave with practical insights on how to develop a cost optimization strategy that leverages FinOps and other approaches to reduce costs and drive innovation in the cloud.

Speaker: Julian Fisch | Cloud Consultant - Solutions Architect | Auvaria

Cloud Cost Optimization: Practical Strategies for Maximizing Efficiency

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we realize the crucial necessity of cost optimization in maintaining a well-architected cloud platform. In today’s competitive corporate environment, lowering expenses is critical to success. In this workshop, we will discuss the Five Pillars of Cost Optimization at AWS, as well as the best techniques and tactics for lowering your AWS Cloud expenses, with a focus on commercial optimization. We will study Savings Plans and Reserved Instance recommendations, as well as review your cost and usage and reservations coverage with the available tools.

Speaker: Hildegard Kerschbaumer | Customer Optimization & Enablement Specialist | AWS

Short Break & Refreshments

The Cloud Cost Reducer – an infinitive journey

In today’s cloud, everyone can do everything. The speed of innovation from AWS is immense and the possibilities are almost limitless. From a DevOps perspective change is the only constancy while time and budget play a vital role for the success of an application. That´s why CloudOps and the necessity of automation are as important as ever. In this session we talk about how customers use Spot by NetApp to get rid of the burden of operating their cloud infrastructure to meet maximum efficiency. Knowing that it´s always available, always scalable and always at the lowest possible cost. Do more cloud with less cost, so that Product Owners, Developers or Engineers can focus on what matters most: the Workload!

Speaker: Jens Gehring | CloudOps Lead DACH | NetApp

Hands-on Lab: From Budgets to Dashboards - Effective Cloud Cost Management on AWS

By participating in this hands-on workshop, you will discover how to optimize your cloud costs on AWS by applying the principles of FinOps. You will gain practical experience in setting up AWS Budgets and leveraging the Cloud Intelligence Dashboards to gain insights into your AWS usage and costs.

Speaker: Julian Fisch | Cloud Consultant - Solutions Architect | Auvaria

Closing and Feedback

Before we move on to the networking, we will wrap up the day with learnings and feedback.

Speaker: Andreas Tschauner | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | Auvaria

Networking with Drinks & Snacks