FinOps

Presenters Ajay Athitya Ramanathan Source Conf42 SRE 2026 From Chatbots to Agents: Engineering Safe Autonomy in Production 🚀 In the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence, we are witnessing a massive shift. AI is no longer just a tool that assists humans; it is becoming a system that takes action. Ajay Athitya Ramanathan, a Data and AI Engineer at Fort Square, specializes in this very frontier: integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into enterprise systems and designing workflows where AI interacts with real production data. ...

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. ...

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 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 Debbie McMahon Andrew Taylor Karel Callens Maya Toutountzi Bobby Gill Source ProductCon London 2026 Navigating the AI Frontier: Building Trust and Delivering Real Value in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape 🚀✨ The world of AI buzzes with excitement, but for many established businesses, it also brings a hefty dose of skepticism and even fear. How do you integrate this powerful technology without falling into the hype trap, ensuring it solves real problems, and, crucially, earning the trust of your users? ...