Cruising the AI Highway: Standardized MCP Deployment and Governance... Rob Heckel & Tyler Rothenberg

Presenters Rob Heckel Tyler Rothenberg Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Revolutionizing AI Integration: Toyota Connected鈥檚 Journey with Model Context Protocol 馃殌 In the fast-paced world of tech, staying ahead means constantly innovating and finding smarter ways to work. Toyota Connected, a powerhouse behind the massive 12.5 million vehicles on their Drive Link platform and processing a staggering 29 billion transactions monthly, has embarked on an exciting journey to supercharge their generative AI adoption. Their secret weapon? The Model Context Protocol (MCP) and a brilliant strategy to make its integration seamless for their developers. ...

November 24, 2025 路 6 min

Driving Adoption by Generating High Value Notifications in Backstage - Avantika Iyer & Andre Wanlin

Presenters Avantika Iyer Andre Wanlin Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Supercharge Your Workflow: Unlocking the Power of Backstage Notifications 馃殌 Ever feel like you鈥檙e drowning in a sea of alerts, or worse, missing crucial updates that keep your projects humming? At Spotify, Avanktika and Andre have been hard at work building a solution that not only streamlines communication but also supercharges your workflow within Backstage: Notifications. And guess what? This isn鈥檛 just another internal tool; it鈥檚 a community-contributed core functionality that鈥檚 already making waves! 馃寠 ...

November 24, 2025 路 6 min

Scaling AI Development With Software Templates in Backstage: Challenge... Maysun Faisal & Elson Yuen

Presenters Maysun Faisal Elson Yuen Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Supercharge Your AI Development: How Backstage Templates Are Revolutionizing Productivity 馃殌 The world of Artificial Intelligence is moving at lightning speed. With the explosion of Large Language Models (LLMs) and sophisticated model servers, keeping up can feel like chasing a runaway train. For development teams, this means constantly navigating new releases, ensuring compatibility, and upholding stringent security standards. It鈥檚 a complex dance that can easily pull focus away from the core mission: building amazing AI applications. ...

November 24, 2025 路 6 min

How Ericsson Scaled Developer Experience With Backstage - Damien O'Toole & Kieran Egan, Ericsson

Presenters Damien O'Toole Kieran Egan Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Ericsson鈥檚 DevX Revolution: How Backstage Transformed Developer Productivity 馃殌 Ever feel like your developers are spending more time hunting for information than actually building awesome stuff? You鈥檙e not alone! Ericsson鈥檚 developer experience team tackled this exact challenge head-on, embarking on a journey that transformed their internal landscape and resulted in a staggering over 4,000 weekly visits to their Backstage portal by approximately 1260 engineers. This isn鈥檛 just about a shiny new tool; it鈥檚 a masterclass in cultivating a thriving developer ecosystem. ...

November 24, 2025 路 5 min

Panel: The Future of DevPortals - Fabrizio S, Gerardo F, Graziano C, Cheryl F & Abhinav D

Presenters Fabrizio Sgura Gerardo Lopez Falcon Graziano Casto Cheryl Fillekes Abhinav Dubey Source BackstageCon NA 2025 Unlocking Developer Superpowers: The Rise of Internal Developer Portals 馃殌 Ever felt like navigating the labyrinth of modern software development is like trying to find a needle in a haystack? You鈥檙e not alone! The conference session we鈥檙e diving into today sheds a brilliant light on a transformative solution: Internal Developer Portals (IDPs). These aren鈥檛 just fancy dashboards; they鈥檙e the key to supercharging developer experience and boosting operational efficiency across the board. 馃寪 ...

November 24, 2025 路 7 min