Forecast vs. Reality: Predicting and Controlling K8s Spend
Thursday August 21, 2025 1pm ET | 10am PT (1 hour)
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We’ll explore the challenges and opportunities that come with forecasting Kubernetes costs—and the gaps that often emerge between plans and actual spend. Whether you’re building annual budgets or trying to stay under a monthly target, understanding how to predict costs in a dynamic cloud-native environment is critical.
You’ll learn:
Why Kubernetes cost forecasting is so difficult (and how to improve it)
Metrics and signals that matter when planning spend
How to close the gap between forecasted vs. actual costs
Ways to use forecasting to drive accountability and alignment across teams
Tired of rising costs due to the business consuming IT like it's a free, unlimited resource? Or business leaders complaining about the IT allocation hitting their budgets?
Join this webinar on October 9th, to change the narrative using showback and chargeback. Find out how these tools will help you gain the trust and cooperation of your business partners in your efforts to optimize IT costs.
During this webinar, you'll learn how to:
Calculate defensible cost allocations based on consumption
Set reasonable and predictable service rates to recover IT costs
Provide consumers with levers of choice to reduce their costs
Reserve your seat today!
Tired of rising costs due to the business consuming IT like it's a free, unlimited resource? Or business leaders complaining about the IT allocation hitting their budgets?
Join this webinar on October 9th, to change the narrative using showback and chargeback. Find out how these tools will help you gain the trust and cooperation of your business partners in your efforts to optimize IT costs.
During this webinar, you'll learn how to:
Calculate defensible cost allocations based on consumption
Set reasonable and predictable service rates to recover IT costs
Provide consumers with levers of choice to reduce their costs
Reserve your seat today!
Agenda
09:00
Opening keynote
10:00
Session keynote
10:30
Session keynote
11:00
Session keynote
12:00
End keynote
Main course specialists
JagratiAutomation SpecialistApptio
John DoeProgram ManagerAcme.io
Trainers
John DoeProgram ManagerAcme.io
John DoeProgram ManagerAcme.io
John DoeProgram ManagerAcme.io
John DoeProgram ManagerAcme.io
Speakers
Joe DahlquistPrincipal Product Marketing ManagerIBM Kubecost
Cliff ColvinDirector of EngineerIBM Kubecost
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Speakers
Joe DahlquistPrincipal Product Marketing ManagerIBM Kubecost
Cliff ColvinDirector of EngineerIBM Kubecost
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