The average grocery store has 65 to 80% inventory accuracy. One in 10 products is out of stock at any moment. For an industry operating on razor-thin margins and competing against digital-native challengers, that data gap is existential. In this episode, Kevin Johnson, CEO of Focal Systems, sits down with Joseph to explore how his team is using computer vision, data streaming, and stateful stream processing to close that gap at scale.

Welcome to the April 2026 Snow Report — your monthly rundown of the latest from Snowflake. This month we're covering major product launches, recapping two landmark events, and loading you up with everything on the calendar. In this episode: Cortex Code is Generally Available — Now live in the Snowsight UI and available to Windows users via the CLI. Build ML pipelines, run complex analytics, and manage admin tasks using natural language — all directly inside Snowflake.

HBase Meetup 2026: Innovations in Scalability, Caching, and Cloud Recovery Join engineers from Cloudera, HubSpot, and Salesforce as they dive into the latest architectural advancements for Apache HBase. This session covers critical updates designed to improve performance, reduce costs, and enhance data resilience in modern cloud environments. Highlights Chapters.

Agents need real access to do real work - but when MCP connects your AI to production systems like Kafka, who controls what it can touch? OAuth 2.1 is emerging as the answer.