FinOps Community Norway Meetup
Join us for the next FinOps Community Norway Meetup — this time hosted at Orkla’s Konsernseter in Oslo.
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As our local FinOps community continues to grow, this meetup brings together practitioners, architects, platform engineers, and finance leaders to share hands-on experiences and practical approaches to cloud cost transparency and optimization.
Whether you are building your first cost dashboards or tackling Kubernetes cost governance, this session is designed to give you real architectural insight and actionable ideas.
📍 Location: Orkla Konsernseter
🗓️ Date & Time: 11th March 2026, 09:00 – 12:00
☕ Light serving and coffee will be provided
Agenda Highlights
Orkla IT’s Azure Cost Visibility Transformation
Erik Lieng Bjerregård & Pilasilda Anton-George – Orkla IT
Orkla IT’s Azure cost visibility transformation focuses on strengthening transparency, scalability, and trust in cloud financial data across the organization.
In this session, Erik and Pilasilda will walk through how Orkla IT re-architected its cost visibility platform — moving from direct Power BI and Microsoft API integrations to a Databricks-centric data foundation, while continuing to leverage Power BI as the presentation layer.
This will be a practical session where we explore:
The presentation layer in Power BI
The technical architecture behind the solution
How Azure cost data is ingested, processed, and modeled in Databricks
How curated data is exposed to Power BI for scalable reporting
This session offers both architectural depth and operational insight into building a scalable enterprise cost visibility platform.
From Kubernetes Blind Spots to FinOps Action: Real-Time Visibility & Optimization with Kubecost
Emil Magni – DevOps Technical Specialist, IBM Norway
Kubernetes has become a cornerstone of modern cloud-native workloads, but it often introduces blind spots in FinOps practices. Costs are difficult to attribute at a granular level, overprovisioning is common, and governance can conflict with developer velocity.
In this session, Emil will explain why Kubernetes cost management is increasingly critical for FinOps maturity. He will demonstrate how Kubecost enables:
Real-time granular cost visibility
Actionable optimization insights
Improved governance without slowing down development
This session bridges platform engineering and financial accountability — helping teams shift from cost visibility to measurable FinOps action.
About the Speakers
Erik Lieng Bjerregård – Solution Architect, Orkla IT
Erik is a Solution Architect at Orkla IT, specializing in technical architecture across Infrastructure & Security. With a strong focus on cloud, automation, and enterprise-level solution design, he plays a key role in developing and enhancing core technical platforms.
Pilasilda Anton-George – IT Consultant, Orkla IT
Pilasilda works within Infrastructure & Security at Orkla IT across several core operational areas including CMDB, asset criticality assessments, Power BI, ServiceNow, Azure, and other key technical services. She contributes to strengthening governance, data quality, and operational visibility across the organization.
Emil Magni – DevOps Technical Specialist, IBM Norway
Emil advises customers on Observability, FinOps, and DevOps solutions from IBM, HashiCorp, and Apptio. As a Certified FinOps Professional, he focuses on helping Norwegian organizations achieve cost-aware and efficient cloud-native practices.
We will conclude with an open discussion and networking session. As always, this community is built on sharing real challenges and real solutions.
If you are interested in speaking at a future meetup, feel free to reach out. We are always looking for practitioners willing to share their FinOps journeys.