FinOps

Presenters Kunal Das Hrittik Roy Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 From Over-provisioned to Optimized: Automating FinOps with GitOps In the world of Kubernetes, over-provisioning isn’t just a mistake—it is a structural reality. We often treat it as a “safety tax” to ensure our applications run 24/7, but that tax is becoming increasingly expensive. At a recent talk, Hrittik Roy (Platform Advocate at Loft Labs and CNCF Ambassador) and Kunal Das shared a provocative truth: your massive cloud bill isn’t an architecture problem; it is an automation problem. ...

Presenters Dan Garfield Revital Barletz Antonela Cukurin Gabriel Quennesson Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 Beyond the Code: Navigating the Cultural Shift to GitOps In the world of cloud-native technology, we often spend our days obsessing over application sets, API rate limits, and directory structures. But as any seasoned engineer will tell you, the hardest part of digital transformation isn’t the software—it’s the people. Recently, Dan Garfield (VP of Open Source at Octopus Deploy and Argo Maintainer) sat down with Antonela Cukurin (Novo Nordisk) and Gabriel Quennesson (Michelin) to discuss the reality of adopting GitOps at a massive scale. From regulated pharma environments to global manufacturing giants, the consensus is clear: GitOps is a cultural revolution disguised as a technical workflow. ...

Presenters Alexander Matyushentsev Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 The Evolution of Argo CD: A Year of Scale, Security, and OCI Magic In the fast-paced world of Cloud Native technology, few projects command as much attention and community passion as Argo CD. At a recent gathering, Alexander Matyushentsev, co-founder of Akuity and a founding engineer of the Argo project, took the stage to synthesize a whirlwind year of development. With over a decade of experience in workflows and CD, Alexander highlights that the project’s strength lies not just in its code, but in its massive, vibrant community. 🌐 ...

Presenters Zhuang Zhang Ryan Wu Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 Beyond Single Clusters: Mastering Multi-Cluster Releases with Progressive Delivery 🚀 Are you tired of the release day jitters, especially when you’re juggling multiple Kubernetes clusters? You’re not alone! As Ryan Wu from TIS Cloud Music and Zhuang Zhang from Huawei shared, Kubernetes deployments quickly evolve from a “cluster problem” to a “coordination problem.” This means orchestrating releases across regions, clusters, and environments becomes the real challenge. ...

Presenters Alfonso Ming Meritxell Rodríguez Source ArgoCon Europe 2026 🚀 From Anxiety to Autonomy: Revolutionizing Deployments at a Global Scale 🌍 In the fast-paced world of tech, deploying new features and updates can often feel like a high-stakes gamble. For a massive corporation serving over 100 million users, this process was once fraught with manual toil and the ever-present fear of production failures. But a remarkable transformation has occurred, shifting their deployment strategy from a source of constant anxiety to one of peace of mind. Join us as we dive into the journey of how they embraced Argo CD and the GitOps model to achieve unprecedented agility and reliability. ...