Cloud Waste / FinOps Discussion Group May 3rd 2021 11am. - 12 noon

Introduction

Apr 22rd Stormforge gave a webinar Solving Application Cloud Waste: A Panel Discussion

Panelist were:

• Adrian Cockcroft - AWS VP Sustainability - @adrianco
• Matt Provo - Stormforge - @matthewprovo
• Cheryl Hung - CNCF - @oicheryl
• Noah Abrahams - Stormforge/CNCF - @noah_abrahams

Big Topics were:

• Cost control and attribution
• Scheduling work:
  • Dev/QA gets turned off
  • batch jobs run at "off peak times"
• ESG analysis
• Introducing FinOps

and

• FinOps v Devops

It was a panel discussion and it covered a lot of ground. I'd like to do a more open discussion to talk about what people are actucally doing out there and how.

To that End I'm reaching out to my network to organize a discussion May 3rd 2021 at 11am - 12 noon EST.

Agenda

I would like this to be small ~20 people tops such that we can do more individual interaction and be more interactive.

It's important to me that the talk is inclusive and I'll endeavour to create an open and inviting environment for folk who don't normal attend.

If there is a reason why you might not attend that can be

What is FinOps?

• Who knows about this already?
• who is doing this but didn't know they were doing this?

What are the challenges in the field?

• petittion attendiees

How do we do?

Land Acknowledgement ( Toronto )

Following the TDSB's model:

“We acknowledge we are hosted on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat. We also recognize the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and the Inuit peoples”

References and Notes

• FinOps Foundation
• The Beginner’s Guide to Moderating a Panel Discussion