API World + CloudX + DataWeek 2025: Full Schedule

1:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): O11y Like a B.O.S.S - The Modern Observability Stack

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT

Noam Levy, groundcover, Field CTO

Observability isn’t just about collecting metrics, events, logs, and traces - it’s about how we architect the stack to handle them efficiently and effectively.
Traditional SaaS-based observability solutions come with major challenges: unpredictable costs, fragmented tooling, and vendor lock-in.
In this session, we’ll introduce the B.O.S.S paradigm - Bring your own cloud, One-stop shop, Standardized, and Self-reliant - outlining a modern approach to observability that prioritizes cost efficiency, data sovereignty, open standards, and next-generation technologies like eBPF.
We’ll discuss real-world applications, common pitfalls, and how this paradigm is shaping the future of cloud-native observability.

Speakers

Noam Levy

Field CTO, groundcover

Noam Levy is the Field CTO and a founding engineer at groundcover, focused on how we approach cloud-native observability. Originally a web developer, he spent the past decade growing into a platform engineer and a solution architect.Noam works closely with customers to better understand... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, Service Monitoring and Observability (CloudX), SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Optimizing CI/CD for Hybrid and Cloud Environments with DevOps and AI

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Kellyn Gorman, Redgate, Advocate and Engineer

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into software development, optimizing CI/CD pipelines for hybrid and cloud environments requires a balance between automation, security, and governance. This session explores how to leverage DevOps best practices and tools to build scalable, secure, and AI-enhanced CI/CD solutions that support the entire development lifecycle—from code commit to production deployment.

We’ll cover key DevOps principles, recommended tools for automation, testing, and deployment, as well as strategies for integrating AI-driven capabilities to enhance efficiency, detect anomalies, and improve decision-making. Additionally, we’ll discuss how to mitigate AI-related vulnerabilities in the DevOps pipeline, ensuring model integrity, data security, and compliance. Attendees will learn how to implement GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and progressive delivery techniques while maintaining control over AI-powered automation. Whether you're incorporating AI into your CI/CD workflows or securing an existing pipeline, this session will provide actionable insights to streamline development while minimizing risks.

Speakers

Kellyn Gorman

Advocate and Engineer, Redgate

Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer with Redgate, with a long history in multi-platform technology. An Oracle ACE Director alumnus, she has been awarded over the years for her technical contributions and community volunteerism through many organizations... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX), IT Operations and Enterprise Management (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

3:00pm PDT

PRO WORKSHOP (CloudX): Achieve Your Platform Engineering Goals with an Open Source Strategy

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Anil Inamdar, NetApp Instaclustr, Global Head of Data Services

Platform engineering has become one of the hottest topics in software development, and with good reason. It bridges the gap between pie-in-the-sky claims about accelerating application development (and ROI), and the boots-on-the-ground reality of most software teams, which are often already stretched thin while being asked to support increasingly ambitious business goals. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to platform engineering, it’s becoming increasingly clear that open-source software and projects are absolutely vital to its success.

This CloudX session will dig into how open source can fuel platform engineering success, with discussion around:

- How open source gives you the means to start small. You can identify key gaps in your platform and developer experience and look for reliable open-source options to deliver those needs.

- How open source technologies can help you make adoption, testing, experimentation, and exploration easier for developers—a must for a successful platform approach.

- Specific advantages that open source can deliver to platform engineering, including portability, dev talent recruitment security, and pluggability.

Speakers

Anil Inamdar

Global Head of Data Services, NetApp Instaclustr

Anil Inamdar is the Global Head of Data Services at NetApp Instaclustr. Anil has 20+ years of experience in data and analytics roles. Joining Instaclustr in 2019, he works with organizations to drive successful data-centric digital transformations via the right cultural, operational... Read More →

Wednesday September 3, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX

Talk Type PRO Workshop Day (Wed)
Tracks CloudX, SRE / DevOps and Platform Engineering (CloudX)
In-Person/Virtual In Person

2:00pm PDT

PRO Session (CloudX): Productize Your DevOps (Or “What I Really Learned from Playing with Legos”)

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

CloudX -- Main Stage

Casey Morton, Pinnacle Solutions Group, Principal Consultant

In the early days of my career, a mentor once said to me "Everything is a product". He went on to say, "Its less about selling your software and more about creating well-defined (and documented), composable modules or Lego bricks..." This is a lesson that I keep close to my heart over 20 years later. In this session, we'll talk about how this mantra can apply to nearly everyone in IT and then we'll look at it, specifically as it applies to DevOps. What does it mean to "productize" something? Why does it matter? Why should I design for reuse even if I probably never will?We will talk through a couple of examples to better illustrate how to apply this to your daily work. Maybe its your CI/CD pipeline. Maybe its Terraform or Bicep scripts. Maybe its Helm Charts. Let's take a look at these very different scenarios and see how Productized DevOps can make your life easier and help make you more successful.

Speakers

Casey Morton

Principal Consultant, Pinnacle Solutions Group

I am a seasoned veteran of 20+ years as an IT Professional. I have worked with numerous development teams ranging from 4 developers to 200+. I started my career as an application developer. Starting with my very first college internships, nearly every team I was on, somehow I always... Read More →

Thursday September 4, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
CloudX -- Main Stage

CloudX