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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. ...

Presenters Abhimanyu Narwal Source Conf42 SRE 2026 The Silent Killers: Unmasking Failures Beyond Your Dashboards 🕵️‍♀️ We’ve all been there. Alarms blaring, graphs spiking, the adrenaline rush of an incident. As engineers, we excel at fighting outages, diving into the chaos, and emerging victorious. But what if the most expensive reliability failures aren’t the ones that make noise? What if they’re the quiet, insidious ones that slow us down, all while our dashboards gleam with a reassuring green? ...

Presenters Daniel Raskin David McNerney Source Conf42 SRE 2026 🕵️‍♂️ When the Stack Lies: Unmasking Root Cause in Distributed Systems In the high-stakes world of modern enterprise technology, the “stack” often tells half-truths. As we migrate from classic three-tiered architectures to hyper-distributed environments, the complexity of our systems is outstripping our ability to monitor them. Daniel Raskin (CMO at Vertana) and David McNerney (Director of Product Management at Vertana) recently sat down to dissect why traditional observability is failing and how a system-aware approach can save the day. ...

Presenters Danran Chen Francois Richard Source @Scale podcast AI Agents: The New Powerhouse for Product Teams and Human Connection 🚀 Welcome to the Atscale podcast! Today, we’re diving deep into the revolutionary impact of AI agents on product teams and how they’re reshaping human interactions. We’re thrilled to have Danran Chen, Senior Product Manager of AI at Zoom, join us to share her incredible insights. From Engineer to AI Visionary: Danran’s Journey 💡 Danran’s career path is a fascinating blend of technical prowess and product vision. She started her journey as an engineer, honing her skills at companies like Airbnb. However, her passion for understanding user needs and market dynamics led her to pursue an MBA at Stanford. This pivot marked her transition into product management, where she began exploring the transformative power of AI. ...

Presenters Thomas Betts Sam McAfee Source InfoQ podcast Navigating the AI Revolution: From Proof-of-Concept to Production Reliability ✨ Are you wrestling with getting your AI proof-of-concept to run reliably in production? You’re definitely not alone! This crucial hurdle is where many engineering teams find themselves today. It’s a challenge that demands a fresh perspective on leadership, organizational culture, and the very fabric of how we build and scale technology. We recently had the pleasure of diving deep into these exact topics with Sam McAfee, a Silicon Valley veteran boasting over 25 years of experience leading technology organizations. Sam, the author of Startup Patterns and co-founder of the AI-powered leadership platform Humanize, brings a unique blend of modern product development, mindful leadership, and organizational transformation to the table. Let’s explore his insights into thriving in this era of rapid change. ...