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Before HRMS, Astera's HR data lived across several different platforms with no single source of truth. Sudais (Growth Strategist) sits down with Rabeeah Alvi (Country Head) and Omar Ashraf Khan (Developer, HRMS), to talk about how Astera uses ARIA in HR, through HRMS, Astera's in-house HR system. New to the series? CHAPTERS.

Mike Tarallo from Qlik highlights new AI features in Qlik Talend Studio designed to streamline data integration jobs. Key capabilities include automatic job documentation, intelligent field mapping, natural language SQL generation, AI-assisted troubleshooting, and custom routine creation. The natural language job builder enables users to describe their desired job, allowing the AI to construct it fully. These enhancements aim to help developers work more efficiently and reduce repetitive tasks.

In this Opening Keynote, CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy and EVP of Product Christian Kleinerman share how Snowflake powers the Agentic Enterprise, delivering efficient intelligence on one open, governed foundation. Through live cross-functional demonstrations and Fortune 500 executive insights, they will demonstrate how business and technical teams can effectively take action where work happens.

Kong AI Gateway 2.0 can be installed on Kubernetes in about five minutes using Kong Operator, Helm, and a self-managed control plane in Konnect. This walkthrough starts with a two-node cluster, creates a new AI Gateway in the Konnect UI, and installs Kong Operator with Helm. It then generates a personal access token, applies the API auth secret, and deploys the data plane through custom resources. You’ll see how to configure replicas, image, and load balancer ports in the YAML. This is the first video in the Kong in 5 series for Kong customers and users.

Akshi, Senior Engineering Manager at Pandora, explains why platform engineering succeeds only when reliable API infrastructure is paired with developer experience, trust, and intelligent governance. For platform leaders, API architects, and engineering teams building API and AI platforms, this talk turns adoption into a measurable product problem: reduce friction, create paved roads, and design guardrails that help both humans and AI agents move safely.