Cloud Native London, February 2025

Hi folks!

Welcome to our February Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our three great speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube!

6:00 Pizza and drinks
6:30 Welcome
6:45 From Legacy to Lakehouse: Redefining Data at Scale (Metin Sarıkaya, Akbank)
7:15 How to Make Things Better: Practical Insights from DevOps to Director (David O'Dwyer, LiveWyer Ltd)
7:45 Wrap up

See you there!

Cheryl (@oicheryl)
From Legacy to Lakehouse: Redefining Data at Scale (Metin Sarıkaya, Akbank)
In an era where AI and analytics demand seamless, high-quality data, traditional architectures struggle to keep up. How do large organisations overcome the challenges of data accessibility, governance, and scalability? This session will take you through Akbank’s transformation journey—starting with the challenges of legacy architectures, navigating through data silos, and reimagining a modern Data Lakehouse. Learn how we leverage Kubernetes, object storage, Iceberg, and SQL engines like Trino to build an AI-ready, scalable data ecosystem. If you're passionate about scalable analytics, cloud vs. on-prem strategies, and unlocking data’s full potential, this talk is for you!

Metin SARIKAYA is the Head of Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, and Big Data at Akbank. With 15 years of experience in data management and analytics, Metin has led numerous transformative projects, leveraging advanced BI tools and big data technologies. He is renowned for his expertise in creating robust data architectures and driving data-driven decision-making across large organisations.

How to Make Things Better: Practical Insights from DevOps to Director (David O'Dwyer, LiveWyer Ltd)
For many organisations, noticeable advancements in operations and infrastructure development only coincide with major shifts in infrastructure products, such as DevOps, Cloud Native, and Platforms. In this presentation, we'll explore how individuals and teams at all levels of an organisation can implement small yet impactful operational changes to make things better today.

David O'Dwyer (bsky @david.odwyer.io) is the Director of LiveWyer, a London-based consultancy specialising in deploying small, agile engineering teams to design and implement Cloud and Platform solutions. With 25 years of hands-on experience in Linux SysAdmin and Operations, David helps companies build better systems, teams and products with a people-first approach to platform architecture.

Check out https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.