API World + CloudX + Dev Innovation Summit 2024: Full Schedule

2:00pm PST

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Building Observability on AWS

Tuesday November 5, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST

Ulili Nhaga, AWS, Principal Cloud Application Architect

Observability is a critical requirement that you must implement for modern application and operation! Please join me in this session to learn how to define the strategy for Observability on AWS using AWS Native Observability Services or Managed Open-Source Services, and to learn how to implement these strategies in your application’s code.

Speakers

Ulili Nhaga

Principal Cloud Application Architect, AWS

Ulili Nhaga is a Principal Cloud Application Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in San Diego, California and an AWS re:Invent 2021 Speaker. He helps customers migrate, modernize, architect, and build highly scalable cloud-native applications on AWS. Outside of work, Ulili loves... Read More →

Tuesday November 5, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Observability

Talk Type PRO Workshop
Track or Conference CloudX, Observability (CloudX), CloudX: DevOps Summit
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Thinking Beyond Chatbots! - What’s Next for Observability + AI

Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST

CloudX -- Stage 1

Ruchir Jha, Cardinal, CEO

Ever felt like RunBooks are just bandaids for tech mishaps? They pop up after an incident and only help when the same gremlins strike again. But where’s the RunBook for leveling up your troubleshooting game (fast)? Every company is a unique beast with its own architecture, tech stacks, and dependency webs. Scrambling to link faces with systems and knowing who to call during a crisis can be stressful.
And then there’s the real kicker: How do you gauge the true business fallout from an outage, and and determine the best course of action? What if Observability Tools could pull something like your IDE, learning from “anonymous usage stats” to improve over time for everyone on the team? Imagine tapping into the instincts of senior engineers and sharing their troubleshooting savvy across the board. My talk dives into how Retrieval Augmented Techniques (RAG) in AI can make this more seamless in reality.
Join me to explore how we can turn troubleshooting into a collective superpower!

Speakers

Ruchir Jha

CEO, Cardinal

Ruchir is the co-founder and CEO of Cardinal, which helps improve the ROI (Return On Investment) of an existing Observability Stack. In his previous life, he spent 7 years as a Lead Engineer on Netflix's Observability team, where he built petabyte-scale Observability products that... Read More →

Wednesday November 6, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Observability

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, Observability (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, Microservices Design (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Observability & OpenTelemetry 101 for Developers

Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

Mike Simon, Splunk, Staff Developer Evangelist - Observability

In today’s cloud-native world, developers need to innovate faster while maintaining the reliability and performance of their applications. In this session, you’ll learn about why observability matters for developers and how it lets you spend more time coding and less time fixing things. You’ll also see a demo of how to automatically instrument your applications with Splunk’s distribution of the OpenTelemetry collector, and learn why OpenTelemetry is the most important skill you can learn in 2024.

Speakers

Mike Simon

Staff Developer Evangelist - Observability, Splunk

Mike Simon is a Staff Developer Evangelist at Splunk, where he has been part of the team for two years. In his tenure at Splunk, Mike has held roles as an Observability Strategist and Technical Architect.Before joining Splunk, Mike built a distinguished 16-year career as an Observability... Read More →

Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
API World -- OPEN Workshop Stage

OPEN SESSIONS, CloudX

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, Dev Innovation (CloudX), Observability (CloudX), Future of Cloud-Native Computing (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, CloudX: DevOps Summit, CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, CloudX, Expo Challenge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:00pm PST

OPEN SESSION (CloudX): The Critical Role of Observability in Cloud Native Applications: Ensuring Reliability and Minimizing Downtime

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST

CloudX -- Main Stage

Greg Leffler, Splunk, Director of Developer Evangelism - Observability

As organizations have moved to the cloud and increased their pace of innovation to ship software more often, it becomes harder to validate the impact of changes – both to their business and to their customers’ experience. That’s where Observability comes into play. Observability has emerged as a critical aspect of cloud native applications due to its ability to provide comprehensive insights into the complex and dynamic environments these applications operate within. By enabling real-time monitoring, tracing, and logging, observability allows users to proactively identify and resolve performance issues, improve reliability and build better digital experiences. This is crucial in helping organizations lower the cost of unplanned downtime and be more resilient.

Downtime not only results in direct financial losses, often quantified in thousands of dollars per minute for large enterprises, but also incurs indirect costs such as reduced customer satisfaction, loss of trust, and potential long-term reputational damage. To illustrate these benefits, we will demonstrate a troubleshooting scenario in a microservice environment using an advanced observability tool, showcasing how timely insights can present and resolve issues efficiently. As a result, investing in robust observability tools and practices is essential for maintaining the reliability and efficiency of cloud native applications, ultimately supporting business continuity and growth.

Speakers

Greg Leffler

Director of Developer Evangelism - Observability, Splunk

Greg Leffler heads the Observability Developer Evangelism team at Splunk and is on a mission to spread the good word of Observability to the world. Greg's career has taken him from the NOC to SRE, from SRE to management, with side stops in security and editorial functions. In addition... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:25pm PST
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Observability