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In the December edition of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart office hours, we discuss the version 3.6 release, the upcoming releases and features, and we include special guest, Matt Nolf, to tell us about Database Observability.

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Explore how RFID is evolving from a foundational inventory tool into a strategic powerhouse for modern retail loss prevention. Learn how to harness information-based strategies to reduce shrink, enhance visibility, and drive profitability across your operations. Join Randy Dunn, Director of RFID Business Development at Zebra Technologies, as he dives deep into the multifaceted capabilities of RFID technology. Drawing on his extensive background in asset protection, Randy unpacks how RFID provides the critical data retailers need to address loss in today's complex landscape.

Clint Sharp explains why a common model like OCSF is critical for the future of AI. Agents need standardized data to analyze information effectively on your behalf. He contrasts the traditional manual workflow of checking Slack, tickets, and wikis while asking colleagues with a future where AI fuses this human context with machine data. Instead of just search results, AI agents will hand you examined hypotheses so you know exactly where to take your investigation.

Clint Sharp demonstrates how Cribl Search leverages AI to streamline incident investigation. Starting from a Slack channel, the AI builds an interactive notebook, analyzes order processing logs, and identifies suspicious traffic spikes. It connects high CPU usage to a recent Jenkins deployment, hypothesizing a supply chain attack, and ultimately recommends a rollback. This isn't a far off concept. It is the future of operations arriving right now.

This week on New Feature Friday, Senior Technical Writer Sally Stumbo walks you through two powerful additions to the Cortex docs: Solutions and Guides. These new sections are designed to help you move faster with clearer, end-to-end examples for real engineering use cases.

Join us as Diego teaches how to build, optimize, and refine high-performing queries, including using key operators and the new Query Agent for natural-language searches.

Discover how Jira Plans simplifies release management, helping you coordinate complex projects with confidence. In this video, Product Manager Joe Nguyen demonstrates how you can use releases in Jira Plans to track progress, manage timelines, and ensure every release delivers value to your customers. Achieve smoother, more predictable releases that boost business outcomes. Timestamps.

Kyle McCullough, Co-Founder & CTO at OpsHelm, former Head of Infrastructure Engineering at ProdPerfect and Lead Engineer at Vivid Seats, joins host Hugh Evans to explore what it takes to build real-time, multi-cloud streaming infrastructure at scale. As Co-Founder and CTO of OpsHelm, Kyle shares how his team processes hundreds of terabytes of cloud events daily, maintaining sub-second visibility while reducing streaming costs by 78% after migrating from MSK and NATS to Aiven Diskless Kafka.