Pass Go and Collect Savings: Winning with Automation
summary
Start with visibility across cloud, on‑prem and SaaS and build automation that finds unused storage, rightsizes compute and schedules non‑prod shutdowns; archived snapshots save ~75% and scheduled downscales claim up to ~70% runtime compute savings. Roll out in phases, verify results, then scale — one org now stops hundreds of servers each weekend using Harness autostopping. AI is positioned as an analytics/chatbot layer to surface top optimization opportunities and recommend or enact automations. visibility first phased rollout 70% savings claim
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Starting FinOps automation
- 3:13Measuring savings
- 8:31Tracking automation impact
- 11:17Building trust in automation
- 15:08Overcoming FinOps challenges
- 17:36Engaging developers
- 19:21AI in FinOps automation
- 22:51Trusting automation
- 25:17Summary
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