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

10:30am PST

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Which Vault? Don’t Tell Me Your Secret(s)!

Wednesday November 6, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST

CloudX -- Stage 1

Michel Schildmeijer, SSC-ICT, Lead Technologist

Secret management is a crucial aspect of DevOps, as it involves the protection of sensitive data that is used by applications and services. Secrets can include API keys, credentials, tokens, certificates, and passwords that grant access to various resources and systems. If these secrets are compromised, attackers can exploit them to cause damage, steal information, or disrupt operations.
One of the challenges of secret management is how to securely store, distribute, and rotate secrets in a dynamic and distributed environment. Traditional methods of hard-coding secrets in configuration files or environment variables are not secure, scalable, or reliable. Moreover, secrets need to be updated frequently to comply with security policies and regulations, and to prevent unauthorized access.
To address these challenges, several tools and frameworks have been developed to provide secret management solutions for DevOps.
These tools can help DevOps teams to implement best practices for secret management.

Speakers

Michel Schildmeijer

Lead Technologist, SSC-ICT

Michel started his career as a medical officer in the Royal Dutch Airforce, with a focus on pharma. After the air force, he continued in pharma, followed by time working in clinical pharmacology. While there, he transitioned to IT by learning UNIX and MUMPS, and developed a system... Read More →

Wednesday November 6, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, DevSecOps

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, DevSecOps (CloudX), CloudX: DevOps Summit, Deployment Strategies (CloudX)
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

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Boosting Developer Productivity: Implementing Efficient Pipelines with Helm & CI/CD

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

CloudX -- Stage 1

Sanyogeeta Lawande, Ford Motor Company, Software Engineer

In today's fast-paced development environment, efficiency is key. In this talk, we will explore the implementation of efficient CI/CD pipelines to ensure that testing on the development branch is smooth and unblocked. By leveraging Helm and advanced pipeline strategies, developers can enjoy a more seamless integration process, reducing bottlenecks and enhancing productivity. Learn practical techniques and best practices to optimize your development workflow, enabling your team to deliver high-quality software faster and with greater confidence.

Speakers

Sanyogeeta Lawande

Software Engineer, Ford Motor Company

Sanyogeeta is a seasoned Software Engineer specializing in scaling and optimizing complex, high-volume data systems. Currently, she is shaping the future of automotive telemetry at Ford, previously at Autonomic LLC in Palo Alto, CA, where she has scaled telemetry streaming services... Read More →

Wednesday November 6, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CI/CD (CloudX), CloudX: DevOps Summit, CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, Deployment Strategies (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

9:30am PST

OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Surging Supply Chain Attacks: Risks and Defenses

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST

CloudX -- Main Stage

Richard Clark, JFrog, Senior Solutions Architect

As supply chain attacks continue to evolve and proliferate, there is a critical need for organizations to fortify their defenses. Especially with the ever growing usage of open source technology in today’s software landscape, open source vulnerabilities have become a prime target for attackers seeking widespread impact. In this session, Richard Clark, Senior Solutions Architect at JFrog will emphasize the importance of proactive measures, including educating developers to use reputable tools, and adopting software composition analysis to safeguard against the growing menace of supply chain vulnerabilities.

In this session, Richard will also discuss:
How software bills of materials or SBOM standards, such as CycloneDX and SPDX, enhance visibility into software dependencies;
The rapid adoption of faster release cycles in business operations and how it heightens vulnerabilities in supply chain management;
The importance of collaboration between security teams and developers.

Speakers

Richard Clark

Senior Solutions Architect, JFrog

Richard is a Senior Solutions Architect with JFrog. He is also an entrepreneur/inventor, having previously run a startup in the Internet of Things space, where he holds technology patents and has been a key member of several M&A startups. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and traveling... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am PST
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX: DevOps Summit, DevSecOps

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, DevSecOps (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

10:30am PST

OPEN SESSION (CloudX): 5 Steps to VEX Success: Managing the End-to-End Workflow

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST

CloudX -- Main Stage

Cortez Frazier Jr., FOSSA, Principal Product Manager

If you work in vulnerability management or DevSecOps programs, you’re probably familiar with the painful condition known as CVE overload. Each year, tens of thousands of new vulnerabilities are reported, which causes stress and late nights for the teams tasked with remediating them.

And that’s not to mention the herculean tax of distinguishing between potential vulnerabilities and confirmed vulnerabilities. The reality that most vulnerabilities are only potentially exploitable (as determined by the deployed context of each package) also means remediation often results in a lot of wasted time and effort.

A proposed solution is VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange): a set of formats that communicates vulnerability impact status, whether a vulnerability is exploitable in its deployed context, and mitigation steps. In theory, VEX (when used alongside other prioritization inputs) makes it possible to remediate more efficiently. But as with most security frameworks, efficacy depends on proper implementation.

This talk will cover five steps to leveraging VEX throughout the vulnerability remediation lifecycle, from the time a vulnerability is disclosed to the time you publish and distribute a VEX statement. We’ll cover the tools and workflows teams need to know to effectively use VEX in their organizations.

Speakers

Cortez Frazier Jr.

Principal Product Manager, FOSSA

Cortez Frazier Jr. is the product lead for FOSSA’s SaaS and on-premises enterprise applications. FOSSA is a developer tool (in the software composition analysis category) for managing open source license compliance and security vulnerabilities.Before joining FOSSA, Cortez served... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 10:30am - 10:55am PST
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX: DevOps Summit, DevSecOps

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, CloudX, DevSecOps (CloudX), CI/CD (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:30am PST

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Infrastructure in a Flash: Deploy via Code in Under 30 Minutes!

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST

CloudX -- Stage 1

Jagrut Sharma, Adobe, Senior Software Engineer

Unlock the power of managing infrastructure through code in this dynamic session! You'll dive into the fundamentals of infrastructure as code (IaC) with a focus on AWS CloudFormation. Step-by-step, you'll learn how to write your first template to efficiently create, update, and delete cloud resources.

By the end of this hands-on workshop, you'll have added a valuable skill to your repertoire and be equipped with the knowledge to further explore the vast possibilities of infrastructure as code. Join to enhance your technical skillset and embark on a journey of continuous innovation in cloud infrastructure management.

Speakers

Jagrut Sharma

Senior Software Engineer, Adobe

Jagrut Sharma is a senior software engineer at Adobe, where he leads the architecture and development of services enabling innovative machine-learning solutions and use cases. With over 20 years of experience in technology, Jagrut has contributed to a wide variety of projects across... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Infrastructure-as-Code

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure (CloudX)
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

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference OPEN Session, CloudX, Observability (CloudX), CloudX: DevOps Summit, Expo Challenge
In-Person/Virtual In Person

1:30pm PST

OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Unlocking the Promise of AIOps: Leveraging AI to Realize Full-Context Operations

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST

CloudX -- Main Stage

Fred Koopmans, BigPanda, Chief Product Officer

Context is fundamental to well-run tech operations: With the right context, IT teams can better understand their systems, interpret real-time data quickly, and facilitate better incident management to achieve operational efficiency. But too often, gathering the necessary context is a lengthy, inconsistent, and elusive process. IT teams are forced to grapple with fragmented tools, siloed workflows, and inconsistent manual processes, which have turned context collection into a definitive pain point for the ITOps industry. Teams are losing out on precious time, money, and attention that should be directed towards digital transformation and innovation.

The tech industry has recently transformed thanks to the AI boom: ITOps is at a critical juncture where AI can enable faster, more efficient ITOps as well as deliver Full-Context Operations. Fred Koopmans, Chief Product Officer of AIOps platform BigPanda, will speak to the promise of Full-Context Operations – the process of unifying IT teams’ tools and processes with AI to provide the institutional knowledge needed to address every incident immediately. He’ll dive deep into the ways that teams can tangibly benefit from having the right context, outlining how the IT industry can leverage AI to collect comprehensive and contextual data to help operators achieve better incident resolution. Fred can share detailed proof points from developing BigPanda’s AI-powered assistant that was purpose-built for delivering full context in IT operations. With Full-Context Operations, the IT industry can finally fulfill the long-sought-after promise of AIOps, putting AI into practice to deliver unprecedented operational efficiency.

Speakers

Fred Koopmans

Chief Product Officer, BigPanda

Fred Koopmans, BigPanda's Chief Product Officer, is dedicated to driving innovation and collaboration, building trusted partnerships with customers, creating product roadmaps, and empowering individuals to achieve the extraordinary. He leads product strategy, product management, product... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:30pm - 1:55pm PST
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Automated Testing & Monitoring & Reporting

Talk Type OPEN Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, Automated Testing & Monitoring & Reporting (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud-Native Development, AI & ML (CloudX), OPEN Session
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PST

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Building Robust Networks: The Power of CI/CD in Network Validation

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST

CloudX -- Stage 1

Naveen Achyuta, Roblox, Network Reliability Engineer

While CI/CD practices are well-established in software development, the networking field is still adapting to these methodologies. This presentation demonstrates a method for validating network configurations in a lab environment, both pre- and post-deployment, to build confidence before implementing changes in production networks. Using open-source tools, custom scripts, and containerlab, we'll walk through each step of implementing a CI/CD pipeline. This approach not only enhances confidence in network deployments but also bridges the gap between traditional networking practices and modern DevOps methodologies.

Speakers

Naveen Achyuta

Network Reliability Engineer, Roblox

Naveen works as a Network Reliability Engineer at Roblox and lives in the Bay Area. After graduating with his master's degree, he initially worked as a network engineer at Comcast. He then transitioned to network software engineering to build network automation systems that streamline... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:00pm - 2:25pm PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD (CloudX), Automated Testing & Monitoring & Reporting (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:30pm PST

PRO SESSION (CloudX): Petabyte-Scale Deployments: Balancing Immutability and Flexibility

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST

CloudX -- Stage 1

Anup Ghatage, Salesforce, Lead Member of Technical Staff
Varun Shah, Salesforce, Software Engineer

At Salesforce, our team does Kubernetes deployments at the petabyte scale, with 100+ clusters, 10000+ pods, and 25+ PiB of provisioned storage and innumerable Kubernetes jobs. Operating at this massive scale necessitates an approach that reduces engineering toil. Maintaining such mammoth clusters while keeping security in mind is a whole different challenge.

We specifically talk about how and why we picked immutability and Infra-as-code as the cornerstone of our design and the challenges around it. Immutability provides security and scalability and eliminates config drift. Infra-as-code guarantees that changes to our infrastructure follow the same software lifecycle. but the trade-off is a lack of flexibility to adapt to changing requirements.

In this talk, we go over the unique design choices that help us manage, grow, and configure petabyte-scale deployments at Salesforce.

Speakers

Anup Ghatage

Lead Member of Technical Staff, Salesforce

Anup works on Salesforce's Infrastructure platform.Previously, he has worked on database internals, query processing and storage at SAP, Cisco Systems and other companies for more than 8 years. Anup holds a BS from the University of Pune and an MS from Carnegie Mellon University... Read More →

Varun Shah

Software Engineer, Salesforce

BE with a specialization in Computer EngineeringMS in Electrical EngineeringWorking on enterprise software since 2009 with companies like Brocade (now Broadcom) / VMware and currently with Salesforce.Using cloud native technologies to scale Salesforce software stack.

Thursday November 7, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm PST
CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Infrastructure-as-Code

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudX), CloudX: DevOps Summit, CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, Containers & Kubernetes (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Strategy Conference, Cloud Talent & Skills (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

11:00am PST

[Virtual] PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Building Observability on AWS

Tuesday November 12, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PST

VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

Speakers

Ulili Nhaga

Principal Cloud Application Architect, AWS

Tuesday November 12, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PST
VIRTUAL CloudX -- Stage 1

CloudX: DevOps Summit, Observability

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

12:00pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] PRO SESSION (CloudX):Beyond Bash: Nushell Opens Up Shell Scripting Paths for Kubernetes

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm PST

VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A

Ryota Sawada, Civo, Principal Engineer

The CNCF ecosystem has exploded with a diverse array of tools, each solving a unique problem. However, integrating multiple projects often leads to challenges requiring manual intervention and custom solutions, with shell scripting commonly used as a temporary stopgap. This approach, predominantly utilising Bash, frequently results in maintenance headaches such as poor code readability and debugging difficulties.

Nushell presents a modern take on shell scripting, offering a more intuitive syntax by dropping POSIX-compliance. It includes YAML friendly data model as a fundamental design, built-in commands equivalent to curl and jq, supports simple and clear module structures, and eliminates the confusion of single vs. double quotes.

We will have a quick look at Bash vs. Nushell difference, some example case of how Nushell data model makes it easier to deal with YAML configs, and extra automation and CI/CD ideas using its module and test capabilities.

Speakers

Ryota Sawada

Principal Engineer, Civo

Ryota is a Principal Engineer at Civo, overseeing the company's Kubernetes offerings. With over a decade of experience in the finance industry, he has a proven track record of designing payment processing systems from scratch, building platforms that embrace Kubernetes, Argo, Istio... Read More →

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm PST
VIRTUAL API World -- Workshop Stage A

CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD

Talk Type PRO Session
Track or Conference CloudX, CloudX: DevOps Summit, CI/CD (CloudX), CloudX: Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure, Virtual
In-Person/Virtual Virtual, Virtual Exclusive

12:30pm PST

[Virtual Exclusive] OPEN SESSION (CloudX): Clearing the Fog and Counting the Hidden Costs of your DevSecOps Journey

Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST

VIRTUAL API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

Darwin Sanoy, GitLab, Field CTO Office

Not having a DevSecOps Maturity Plan is like off-road racing in heavy fog.

This session lifts the fog to help you plan your way around hidden potholes, rocks, cliffs and trees.

An unplanned approach can end up adding substantial friction to the People, Process and Technology of DevSecOps.

In addition to your typical costs, the session will touch on economies of speed, value stream friction and the super-efficiency of aligning workflows with existing human habit loops.
 It will also discuss the frequent anti-pattern of comparing scaling-out DevSecOps capabilities to the cost of doing nothing, when it is well known that doing nothing is not really an option. 

Every DevSecOps maturity level carries costs - learn how smart choices can mean lower costs, less friction and better outcomes.

Speakers

Darwin Sanoy

Field CTO Office, GitLab

Darwin Sanoy has spent his career in strategy, architecture, engineering and coding for scaled provisioning and operations automation. His early career was in enterprise IT automation, mid-career was running a solo business for enterprise automation training and the last decade has... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:30pm - 12:55pm PST
VIRTUAL API World -- Expo Discovery Stage

CloudX: DevOps Summit, DevSecOps