NetLdn 63 (We are so back!)

[Ben Cartwright-Cox]

== NetLdn 63 ==

We are back! We have got a new venue, and we have a netldn this week!

NetLdn 63 will be on Thursday 12th of June 2025, with arrival from
1830hrs and talks starting promptly at 1900hrs at ***NEW*** venue:

If you can make it, please do. We've been lucky enough to not have a
min bar spend, but we do need to prove to our new hosts that we're
worth a long-term standing booking!

Henry’s Den, Downstairs @ Finch’s
12a Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AN

https://www.finchspub.co.uk/ |
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GkfULQMwj832Q3sh8

== Talks ==

Talk 1: Cloud Network FinOps – Using your data to spend smarter on AWS

Suhaib Saeed

This talk walks through how to leverage VPC Flow Logs, AWS Athena, and
VPC Endpoints to identify, analyse, and reduce expensive data transfer
patterns in AWS cloud environments. We’ll cover practical techniques
to dramatically cut cloud costs without sacrificing performance. We’ll
go through a repeatable process other teams can also follow

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Talk 2: Why Wi-Fi Really Sucks

Andy Furnell (Meta)

How to use some 20 year old technologies and a large metal box to
improve your home Wi-Fi.

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== Participating and Contact ==

If you are attending any NetLdn event we expect that you have read and
agree to the participation policy on the NetLdn website
(https://netldn.uk/respect-policy/), we want to keep NetLdn open,
friendly, and safe for everyone. This also applies to all NetLdn
interactions, for example the mailing list, and Slack space, not just
the meetings.

* If you're attending NetLdn please note that the venue is a pub which
serves alcohol. There is no expectation that you must drink alcohol,
non-alcoholic drinks are also available. If you're under 18 please let
us know, we will need to inform the landlord. If you're crazy enough
to drive in London, please drink responsibly.

If you want to submit a talk for a future event, any area of
networking and any skill level is welcome. Please respond to our call
for presentations via the NetLdn website: https://netldn.uk/cfp/

If you want to contact the NetLdn team about any issues, concerns or
queries please do so via:

Email: he...@neldn.uk
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/netldn.bsky.social
Slack: netldn.slack.com

Many thanks and we hope to see you all soon,
The NetLdn Team.