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• Residential and business service strategies Mitch Simcoe (Sr. Director IPO Solutions | Ribbon) & Terry Chevalier (Found and Managing Director | Sunstone Associates)

The world of agentic AI is evolving fast–but so is the noise surrounding it. As AI agents promise to revolutionize workflows and decision-making, IT and business leaders are left wondering: What's real, what's hype, and what's worth investing in? In this candid and practical session, we'll break down the current landscape of agentic AI and help you navigate it with clarity. Agenda.

Bridging East and West in today’s digital landscape takes more than connectivity – it requires navigating regulations, geopolitics, and the rise of AI. In this episode of Uplink, Elena Chernykh, Head of Europe Enterprise Sales at CITIC Telecom CPC, joins Michael Reid to discuss how enterprises can thrive in a world where data sovereignty and AI demands are reshaping infrastructure.

Learn how Kentik's automated traffic cost workflow provides instant visibility into network traffic costs, enabling you to optimize spend, improve margins, and make smarter business decisions. In this demo, you'll see practical examples like evaluating costs by AS group and downstream customer, helping network, finance, and commercial teams take immediate, actionable steps to reduce costs and boost efficiency.

Sentry logs is now generally available for all users. Serge walks us through how to quickly set it up in a Next.js app.

Still logs, just more useful.

Technology moves quickly and while the spotlight has shifted to dynamic, cloud-based systems, many organizations have legacy applications and infrastructure that they must maintain. In this fireside chat, Datadog’s Matt Moore (Principal Observability Strategist) will host James Flores (Enterprise Systems Engineer) at Australian Community Media to discuss their journey of modernization and bridging legacy systems with the cloud using a bit of ingenuity and observability.

Keeping tabs on cloud spending across multiple organizations and vendors, including Datadog, can be tough and costly. If you're not tracking expenses, you're also missing other critical insights. The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) faced this when moving to Datadog, needing to monitor costs across numerous organizations and over 180 Azure subscriptions. After a rapid migration, new cost reports quickly revealed more than just financial benefits. Unusual spending patterns often highlighted incidents, bugs, or security issues, offering early warnings about internal system problems.

Data sovereignty is crucial for businesses today, driven by government regulations and increasing customer demand for control over their online privacy and information. To better serve our Australian customers, Datadog recently opened our AP2 datacenter in Australia.

When one of dotnet Technologies’ clients was hit with ransomware - just weeks after onboarding MDR - the experience became a turning point in how they deliver security. In this real-world case study, dotnet leaders share how an unpatched firewall opened the door, why EDR alone wasn’t enough, and how MDR gave them the visibility and SOC expertise needed to stop the attack before it spread further. Watch this session to learn.