Conf42 Cloud 2026

Presenters Purushotham Jinka Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 The Database Revolution: How Cloud-Native Architectures are Learning to Think for Themselves! 🚀 Hello, tech enthusiasts! Have you ever wondered how the databases powering our increasingly dynamic digital world keep up? For decades, we built our data systems on assumptions of stability: predictable workloads, fixed infrastructure, and manual tuning. But as Purushotham Jinka, a Vice President at Citi focusing on large-scale data and cloud platforms, brilliantly explains, those days are over. We are now witnessing a profound shift in database design, moving from rigid, on-prem models to intelligent, self-optimizing cloud-native architectures. ...

Presenters Devinder Tokas Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🚀 Scaling Distributed Systems: The Power of Interoperability In the era of cloud-native development, managing complex workflows is no longer just about writing code—it is about orchestrating a vast ecosystem of services. Devinder Tokas, a Software Engineer at Microsoft with over 20 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure, shares a blueprint for building systems that are portable, observable, and easy to scale. 🧩 The Cloud-Native Paradox While containers, microservices, and Kubernetes have abstracted infrastructure and enabled rapid deployment, they have introduced a new class of coordination challenges. Developers are now forced to manage dozens of services across boundaries, leading to integration debt. ...

Presenters Murtuza J Merchant Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Stablecoins: The Cloud-Native Payment Infrastructure Revolution 🚀 Are you tired of the slow, expensive, and clunky traditional payment systems? Imagine sending money from London to Jakarta not in two to five business days with fees between $20 and $40, but in under 5 seconds for less than a tenth of a cent. This isn’t a futuristic dream; it’s the reality stablecoins offer today, and they’re rapidly becoming the first cloud-native payment infrastructure. ...

Presenters Ryan Vila Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Migrations Gone Wild? How Feature Flags Turn Risk into Controlled Experiments 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt the sheer terror of a big, risky migration project? You know, the kind where you hold your breath and pray everything goes smoothly? Well, what if I told you there’s a way to transform these high-stakes events into calculated, controlled experiments? Ryan Vila, the Harness Feature Management Experimentation Advisory Director, recently shared some brilliant insights on how feature flags can be your secret weapon for smoother cloud migrations and re-platforming efforts. Let’s dive in! ...