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Presenters Bhavika Reddy Jalli Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🌐 From 5G to 6G: Architecting a Fair and Green Future with Agentic AI As we stand on the precipice of the 6G revolution, the telecommunications landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. We are moving away from the era where human engineers manually managed spectrum allocation and fault detection, entering a world governed by autonomous agentic AI. In her compelling session at Con42 Cloud Native 2024, Bhavika Reddy Jalli explores the critical intersection of cloud-native orchestration and responsible AI. She argues that as we hand the reins to algorithms, we must ensure these systems do not just optimize for performance, but for equity and sustainability. ...

Presenters Uudit Misra Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Hello everyone! I’m Uudit Misra, and I was thrilled to speak at Con 42 Cloud Native 2026. My daily life at Salesforce’s Kubernetes platform team involves living and breathing Kubernetes and cloud-native tech, so today’s topic, “Beyond Dashboards: Deep Dive Network Observability with eBPF,” comes straight from the trenches. Before joining Salesforce, I developed distributed and scalable applications in cloud networking at Microsoft. I know firsthand how incredibly hard it is to debug high-stakes on-call issues. Ever been on call, pulled up your dashboards, seen everything green, yet your users are having a terrible time? That frustrating gap – where your dashboards lie and something is clearly broken – is exactly what we’re tackling. By the end, you’ll understand why this happens at the network layer and what you can do about it. Let’s dive in! ...

Presenters Karthik Ravva Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🛡️ Stop Building “Messy” AI: Why Data Governance is Your Most Critical Engineering Discipline In the high-stakes world of utility management, a single prediction error can leave thousands in the dark. Karthik Ravva, a Senior Product Manager at Austin Energy, recently shared a sobering story: a major utility deployed a sophisticated AI model to predict power outages. It had all the bells and whistles—smart meters, real-time weather feeds, and historical data. ...

Presenters Aleksandra Drobnjak Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Azure Attacks Unpacked: Real-World Threats and Lessons Learned 🚀 In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying ahead of cyber threats is paramount. Aleksandra Drobnjak’s insightful session, “Azure Attacks Unpacked: Real-World Threats and Lessons Learned,” draws directly from the Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MDDR) 2025 to provide a practical, actionable guide to navigating the complexities of Azure security. This isn’t just a recap of a report; it’s a deep dive into how attackers are succeeding and what we can do to defend ourselves. ...

Presenters Sharath Reddy Polu Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🛡️ Beyond Rules: How Behavioral Analytics is Revolutionizing Fraud Prevention In an era where digital transactions happen in the blink of an eye, the battle against financial fraud has moved beyond simple checkboxes. At Conference 42 Cloud Native 2026, Sharath Reddy Polu, a distinguished researcher and USC alumnus, unveiled how the industry is ditching rigid, “one-size-fits-all” security for something far more sophisticated: behavioral analytics. ...