Stop Guessing Spend Where It Counts - Data-Driven Decisions for High-Impact Investments on Databricks

Learn how to control escalating cloud costs through data-driven optimization strategies in this 35-minute conference talk from Databricks. Discover real-world approaches used by Databricks' own Data Platform team to save millions of dollars while maintaining performance and user experience across some of the world's largest workspaces. Explore practical implementations of System Tables, Workflows, Unity Catalog, and Photon for monitoring and optimizing resource usage. Gain insights into balancing governance with development velocity, and examine custom tooling and best practices developed to manage costs at scale. Understand the challenges of cost optimization in growing organizations and walk away with a proven roadmap for leveraging Databricks platform features to make high-impact investment decisions based on data rather than guesswork.