August FinOps Summit: Working Group Showcase & FinOps X recap

FinOps X is over but we’re not done presenting valuable content for the community. The August summit is a Working Group (WG) showcase — featuring new WG resources that establish best practices and standards in the FinOps discipline. WG leads will be sharing their latest sprint assets and we’ll share key takeaways from FinOps X. Join the community on August 10 from 8am-10am PT for:

• Key announcements from FinOps X, including FOCUS, subscription for training, FinOps Landscape, and where to find FinOps X resources.
  
• Panel discussion on FinOps X from TAC’s perspective with Alee Whitman (Disney), Sarah McMullin (Google Cloud), David Lambert (Adobe), and Michael Flanakin (Microsoft).
• Rahul Subramaniam (CloudFix) will share usage statistics that will change the way you think about storage, networking, EC2 and RDS.
  
• Working Group showcase
  
  • WGs overview and upcoming Working Groups
  • KPIs presenting their update and inviting people to join for sprint 2
  • Commitment Based Discounts sharing their paper on publicly available options available through standard purchasing from the three largest CSPs and comparison matrix
  • Usage Optimization showcasing their playbook on cloud agnostic steps to usage optimization and personas involved
  • ITAM sharing their guide on how ITAM intersects with FinOps capabilities
  • Internship presenting a guide for speeding up the intern onboarding process, project alignment, and feedback/evaluation
  • Company Valuation sharing their working group goals and progress thus far.  
  • Anomalies presenting the enhancements to the managing cloud cost anomalies guide
  • Architecting for Cost Efficiency showcasing a new guide for architecting VM-based applications for cost efficiency. 

•  Breakouts with FOCUS, Commitment Based Discounts and Usage Optimization Working Groups