Operating Predictive Analytics at Scale | Prajakta Talathi | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Prajakta Talathi Source Conf42 SRE 2026 🚀 Beyond Accuracy: Operating Predictive Analytics with SRE Precision In the high-stakes world of education finance, a model is only as good as the decisions it enables. Imagine shipping a model with stellar test results, only to watch it stumble in the real world when student funding and tuition timelines are on the line. I am Prajakta Talathi, and I work at the intersection of data strategy, analytics, and business execution. Today, we explore how to move beyond simply shipping models to operating them as reliable services using Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles. ...

March 19, 2026 · 4 min

Why K8s Default Load Balancing Doesn’t Work for HTTP/2 Traffic | Mariem Sboui | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Mariem Sboui Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Decoding Kubernetes & HTTP/2: Why Default Load Balancing Just Doesn’t Cut It 🤯 Hello, tech enthusiasts! Today, we’re diving deep into a real-world Kubernetes incident that Mariem Sboui, a brilliant Site Reliability Engineer. Mariem spends her days running and scaling Kubernetes platforms in production, making her insights invaluable. She walked us through a fascinating challenge: why Kubernetes’ default load balancing falls short for HTTP/2 traffic. Get ready to uncover the mysteries behind unexpected traffic patterns and learn how to build more resilient systems! ...

March 19, 2026 · 5 min

Compute-Sharded Stream Processing for Cybersecurity Analytics | Abhishek Suman | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Abhishek Suman Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Outrunning the Adversary: Mastering Compute Sharded Stream Processing at Petabyte Scale 🚀 In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, time is the only currency that truly matters. When a bad actor breaches a system, they don’t wait for your scheduled batch jobs to finish. They move with incredible speed, often completing lateral movement, credential harvesting, and establishing persistence within mere minutes. I am Abhishek Suman, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft. My daily mission involves building the fault-tolerant, large-scale distributed systems that power real-time data pipelines and cybersecurity infrastructure. Today, I am diving deep into how we handle petabyte-scale telemetry using compute sharded stream processing to close the detection gap once and for all. 🛡️ ...

March 19, 2026 · 4 min

Correlation Over Collection: A Layered Observability Framework | Khushboo Nigam | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Khushboo Nigam Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Unraveling the Chaos: Why Correlating Telemetry is the New Superpower for Cloud-Native Observability ✨ Hey tech enthusiasts! Khushboo Nigam, a Cloud Architect specializing in observability for cloud-native systems, recently shed light on a pervasive challenge facing SRE teams today. It’s not about collecting more data; it’s about making sense of the massive amounts of telemetry modern distributed systems generate. The core message is clear: Correlation over Collection. ...

March 19, 2026 · 5 min

Reducing On-Call Pain in Hybrid Platforms | Shruthi Rajashekar | Conf42 SRE 2026

Presenters Shruthi Rajashekar Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Unifying the Hybrid Cloud: How VM Service is Revolutionizing VM and Container Management 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Shruthi Rajashekar, an engineering manager at Broadcom, is here to shed some light on a game-changer for hybrid cloud environments. For the past decade at VMware Broadcom, Shruthi has been instrumental in developing foundational technologies like vMotion and VM service, bridging the gap between traditional virtualization and modern cloud-native infrastructure. Today, she’s diving deep into how a unified control plane for virtual machines (VMs) and container-based workloads can be achieved using VM service, a VCF offering, and why this approach is absolutely critical for platforms demanding high availability and operational excellence. ...

March 19, 2026 · 6 min