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Smart Manufacturing with Giant Swarm & Friends

Connect with others solving the same infrastructure challenges you are.

Join us and learn during this series of small, invite-only, virtual sessions for platform engineers, IT leaders, and technical operators working in manufacturing.

The focus? What’s actually working — and what’s not — when it comes to running reliable, scalable infrastructure across factories, data centers, and the cloud.

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Tobias Bürger

Lead Big Data & AI Platform, BMW

Oliver Schwarz

Director of Research & Development, Testo

Jörg Hellwig

Chief Digital Officer, Lanxess

Operational Excellence

Discover proven strategies for achieving operational excellence through data-driven optimizations in existing environments.

Cloud Innovation

Explore emerging patterns and practices that help you stay ahead in the rapidly evolving cloud native landscape.

Cost Efficiency

Uncover practical strategies to optimize your cloud spend while accelerating delivery and maintaining reliability.

Real-World Knowledge

Hear how your peers tackled complex cloud challenges and came out stronger with battle-tested advice.

Platform engineers, IT leads, and infrastructure pros supporting smart factory or Industry 4.0 efforts. If you're dealing with distributed systems, edge compute, or cloud-native ops in manufacturing, you're in the right place.

Small group. One hour. Virtual. We keep things informal and interactive. Every session includes space for open discussion, and sometimes a short talk to set the stage.

We keep the group small and aim for a mix of roles, company sizes, and viewpoints to keep the conversation interesting and useful.

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