DevOps and FinOps: A Strategy for Cost-Effective Data Platforms

This session highlights the integration of Financial Operations (FinOps) into DevOps practices to create cost-effective cloud-based data platforms. As organizations accelerate digital transformation, blending these methodologies has become essential. By combining DevOps principles—such as continuous integration, delivery, and rapid deployment—with FinOps, teams gain real-time financial oversight and cost optimization without compromising speed or quality. The session will delve into how financial insights can inform operational decisions, driving efficient resource utilization and minimizing financial waste. Designed for professionals aiming to align technical operations with financial goals, this session provides strategies to optimize business delivery lifecycles and achieve cost-effective outcomes.

This sessions aims to illuminate the role of integrating Financial Operations (FinOps) within DevOps practices to build a more cost-effective Data Platform in the Cloud.
As organisations strive to accelerate their digital transformation, the need for a harmonious blend of both these methodologies has become increasingly crucial.

The essence of DevOps – emphasising continuous integration, continuous delivery, and rapid deployment – is elevated when intertwined with FinOps principles.

This integration facilitates real-time financial oversight and cost optimisation without impeding the speed and quality inherent in DevOps.

This session will explore the dynamics of this integration, focusing on how real-time financial data can inform and refine operational decisions, thus leading to more efficient resource utilisation and reduced financial waste.

This session targets professionals seeking to optimise their organisation's business delivery lifecycle by aligning technical operations with financial objectives.

Speaker

Hamish Watson is passionate about community, devops, data and making a difference. Educating and helping others is a driver for Hamish and he speaks both locally and internationally and is a repeat guest lecturer at a local university.

Hamish Watson's Sessions

DevOps and FinOps: A Strategy for Cost-Effective Data Platforms

Building and managing a Data Platform in Azure

Database Reliability Engineering - the new DBA?

DataOps and the Data Professional

How to be more inclusive with diverse communities

Test Driven Development in SQL Server, safer code deploys

Culture is vital for DevOps Success.