MDS FEST 3.0

Data Meets Finops: Leveraging Analytics to Optimize Cloud Costs

Eddy Zulkifly, Senior Staff Data Engineer, Kinaxis

Zuhayr Shaikh, Cloud Engineer, Kinaxis

Daneyal Siddiqui, Data & Analytics Team Lead, Kinaxis

Sushant Mishra, FinOps Lead, Kinaxis

With cloud costs rising, data teams are uniquely positioned to implement FinOps practices. Learn how to build effective FinOps teams, define appropriate metrics, and apply real-world strategies from Kinaxis—from VM rightsizing to cost optimization.

Talk overview

Cloud costs are skyrocketing, and data teams are uniquely positioned to bring financial accountability to cloud usage. This session will break down what FinOps is, how to build a FinOps team, and real-world FinOps use cases at Kinaxis—from rightsizing virtual machines to defining the right FinOps metrics. We’ll also explore the future of FinOps and how emerging data sets like FOCUS data can unlock new efficiencies.

Thursday, SeptemBer 18 at 1PM EST

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