Bill shock? Cost savings beginner to expert

Cloud costs can grow fast... and can you leave you shocked when the bill comes. In this session, Technologist Karinne Bessette shares practical, real‑world techniques for reducing Cloud spend by up to 40% while maintaining performance and reliability. This session walks from foundational concepts like monitoring to advanced optimization patterns.

Here are some concepts we have to share:

• Where AWS and Azure costs quietly creep in and how to stop them
• When VPC endpoints meaningfully reduce data transfer spend
• How Spot instances and Karpenter work together for savings

... and more.

Note: This month is a combined Central Ohio Azure and Columbus AWS User Group meetup! Thanks to Columbus AWS for cooperating with us!!!