FINOS Events

FINOS Events

OPEN SOURCE IN FINANCE WEBINAR SERIES - PERCONA

October 24, 2024, 11am ET / 4pm GMT
Zoom

Join us for an exclusive webinar on October 24th at 11am ET / 4pm BST hosted by FINOS member, Percona. 

Cloud Native, Cost Conscious, No Compromise: Leveraging Open Source Databases in Financial Industry

In the fast-paced world of fintech, the pressure to deliver innovative solutions while controlling costs is relentless. Cloud-native architectures offer a path to agility and scalability, but the choice of database technology is critical. This talk explores how open source databases, optimized for cloud-native environments, can be the cornerstone of a cost-conscious and high-performing infrastructure. 

Many financial institutions rely on open source databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB. These databases offer in conjunction with Kubernetes and the broader CNCF ecosystem offer powerful tools to optimize resource utilization, automate database management, and significantly reduce operational costs. The next evolution of controlling costs when managing your data on Kubernetes is Percona Everest. Everest is an open source platform that empowers enterprises to streamline database operations across diverse environments, ensuring a seamless user experience without sacrificing features or falling prey to vendor lock-in - a perfect compliment to financial institutions need for scalable, cost effective and efficient solutions.

Speakers:

Sergey Pronin
Group Product Manager, Percona

Sergey is a product leader at Percona focusing on delivering robust open-source database and cloud-native solutions. Prior to Percona Sergey led product management and engineering teams in other organizations with a primary focus on products in infrastructure and platforms space.
 
Lori Lorusso
Head of Community @ Percona

Lori has a passion and enthusiasm for working with the developer and open source community. She is a CNCF Ambassador, CDF Ambassador, former chair of both the CNCF Marketing Committee and CDF Outreach Marketing Committee, program chair of cdCon 2023, and is active in the OpenSSF devrel committee. She co-hosts the CD Pipeline on behalf of the CDF with TechstrongTV. She is committed to helping open source and other tech communities grow and adapt in our ever changing environment.