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The FinOps Advantage: Aligning Data Teams with Financial Goals in Snowflake Environments

Aligning technical operations with financial objectives is crucial yet challenging. Join us for this session in our Weekly Walkthrough drop-in series, "Controlling Cloud Costs," where we'll explore how to unite data teams and finance for Snowflake success. You will gain the knowledge and tools to create a FinOps framework that aligns your Snowflake operations with your organization's financial goals. With Unravel's Data Actionability Platform, you can see deep insights into your cloud spending and make informed decisions that balance innovation with cost-efficiency.

How to Use Perforce P4 & Unity

Learn how to use Unity and Perforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) version control with this step-by-step tutorial by Jase Lindgren, Senior Solutions Engineer at Perforce. Jase will walk you through getting started with Unity and P4—from configuring your server for game engine files to setting up your depot, streams, and workspaces to use with Unity's Perforce Integration. This tutorial is part of our "How to Build Games with Unity + P4" playlist. Watch the rest of the videos to start your version control journey in Unity today.

EP 15: Why Marketers Struggle with Data

Today’s digital environment is noisier than ever. For brands to stand out, they need to be hyper-relevant to their customers. That’s where the power of data comes in. In this episode of The AI Forecast, we’re joined by marketing expert Zontee Hou. Not only does Zontee have 20 years of experience in the marketing industry, she’s also the author of Data-Driven Personalization, the founder of Media Volery, the managing director of consultancy Convince & Convert, and the host of the Data-Driven Decisions podcast. To put it lightly, she is pretty busy!

The Confluent Q1 '25 Launch

The Confluent Q1 ’25 Launch includes Freight clusters and Tableflow, the features needed to make streaming data cheaper and feeding your data lake easier. We’re also introducing AI tools for Apache Flink, VS Code Extension, a new premium Oracle CDC Connector, and more! Our quarterly launches provide a single resource to learn about the accelerating number of new features we’re bringing to Confluent Cloud, our cloud-native data streaming platform.

Tableflow: Represent Kafka topics as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake tables in a few clicks

Tableflow represents Kafka topics and associate schemas as open-table formats such as Apache Iceberg(Generally Available) or Delta Lake (Early Access) in a few clicks to feed any data lake, warehouse, or analytics engine. It removes the need for complex, costly and error-prone data pipelines that are currently being used to feed streaming data to data lakes while delivering strong read performance and automated data maintenance. Customers can also bring their own storage ensuring flexibility, cost savings, and security.

From Landlord Struggles to Tech Success - With Connie Lee, CEO of Reffie | The Innovation Blueprint

Welcome to Episode 13 of The Innovation Blueprint! In this episode, host Yurii Rudakov from ORIL sits down with Connie Lee, Co-founder & CEO of Reffie, a SaaS platform for the real estate industry. Connie shares how a frustrating experience as a landlord led her to build a solution that’s now transforming property management. The conversation delves into the importance of automation in real estate, the role of AI as a co-pilot in business operations, and the future of technology in the industry.

Federated Configuration Management at Scale with decK

decK is a wonderful tool for managing Kong Gateway configuration declaratively, but before you know it you find yourself editing a 1000 line long YAML file that is is hard to manage. In this call, Michael will take you through the techniques used by some of Kong's biggest users to split their configuration files in to manageable chunks. There will be slides, there will be documentation, and as always, there will be demos.

Service Mocks #speedscale #service #mocks #software

Ken Ahrens from Speedscale break down the challenges with service mocks — from the complexity of building them to common misunderstandings about their purpose. Many think of mocks like unit test stubs, but service mocks are much more powerful. They can simulate production conditions right on your laptop, making testing more realistic and reliable.

AI Integration #speedscale #ai #integration #mcp #march

Ken Ahrens from Speescale dives into the best AI API integration model of March 2025 — Anthropic's MCP model. This innovative integration enables seamless communication with browsers and various tools, including the popular Cursor. Discover how the MCP model is revolutionizing AI-powered workflows and boosting productivity.