Cloud

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 Raman Tehlan Shubham Rai Source Conf42 SRE 2026 CruiseKube: Revolutionizing Kubernetes Resource Optimization 🚀 Are your Kubernetes clusters costing you more than they should, even when you try to be frugal with resource requests? You’re not alone! Many organizations struggle with the fear of downtime caused by under-provisioning, leading to a cycle of over-provisioning that inflates costs and leaves nodes underutilized. But what if there was a smarter way? Enter CruiseKube, an innovative open-source tool designed to tackle pod-level resource optimization head-on. ...

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 Uma Mukkara Source Conf42 SRE 2026 Hello everyone, and welcome to a crucial discussion from the Con42 Site Reliability Engineering conference 2026! I’m your host, diving deep into insights shared by Uma Mukkara, Product Lead for Resilience Testing at Harness and co-creator of the CNCF-hosted chaos engineering tool, LitmusChaos. Today, we’re unpacking a truth that’s becoming increasingly evident in our fast-paced tech world: resilience testing isn’t just important; it’s absolutely non-negotiable in the software development lifecycle (SDLC). ...

Presenters Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia Vanessa Lee Source Product School podcast 🚀 Courage as a Service: How Shopify’s VP of Product Builds the Future of Commerce In the fast-paced world of global commerce, where Shopify powers over $1.1 trillion in sales and stands as the second-largest online retailer in the US, product leadership requires more than just spreadsheets and roadmaps. It requires courage. We sat down with Vanessa Lee, Vice President of Product at Shopify, to discuss how a culture of deep technical involvement, AI-native thinking, and fearless feedback loops drives one of the most successful tech companies in the world. ...