The SoftwarePlaza IT Podcast

In this episode of Software Plaza, we're joined by Emanuela Zaccone, AI and Cybersecurity Product Strategist at Sysdig, and Eric Carter, Director of Product Marketing at Sysdig, for part two of our deep dive into the future of agentic security. They walk us through Sysdig's new Headless Cloud Security product — an agentic approach that lets security teams use AI coding agents like Claude C...

Rohit Agrawal, Senior Staff Software Engineer at Databricks, shares how the traffic platform team scaled Envoy from 1,000 to billions of QPS, why they chose sidecarless proxying over Istio, and how dynamic modules are set to double throughput by eliminating sidecars entirely. If your team is wrestling with service mesh decisions at scale, this conversation is packed with hard-won lessons.

Mo’ath Qasim, VP of Engineering at Kubermatic, explains why enterprises are ditching VMware after Broadcom’s acquisition and migrating to KubeVirt-based virtualization on Kubernetes. He walks through the Kubermatic Virtualization dashboard, migration tooling, and how the platform delivers a familiar VMware experience with the power of Kubernetes underneath. If your team is rethinking your virtuali...

In this episode, Amod Gupta explains why AI-generated code is functionally correct but often insecure, why traditional scanners fall short in the age of agentic coding, and how Endor’s AURI platform provides a security intelligence layer that works alongside coding agents like Cursor and Claude Code. He walks through real-world incidents including dropped databases and production wipeouts, and sho...

Lauren Morris, Head of Product at Amazee, shares her journey from library science and improv to building AI infrastructure that puts data sovereignty first. She walks through Amazee’s AI Gateway — a multi-region, enterprise-grade API gateway for LLMs that keeps data within geographic boundaries — along with built-in cost controls, team-level governance, and observability across 30+ models from Ope...

Anand Narasimhan, CTO at S-Docs, joins the SoftwarePlaza podcast to discuss how the document automation and e-signature platform is transforming workflows for financial services, healthcare, and the public sector. As a native Salesforce application, S-Docs keeps customer data securely within the Salesforce boundary with no servers to manage and no data to leak, while delivering massive scale like...

Boaz Barzel, Field CTO at OX Security, breaks down how AI-accelerated development is quietly multiplying vulnerabilities at scale — and what OX is doing about it. He walks through VIBSEC, their vibe coding security tool that bakes security guidelines directly into the AI coding process, and their Agentic Pentester, which chains attack paths the way real adversaries do. If you’ve ever wondered what...

Xygeni Co-Founder & Chief Security Research Officer Luis Rodriguez joins us to unpack the growing threat of AI-powered supply chain attacks and why traditional appsec can’t keep up. Luis covers alert fatigue, the real complexity behind auto-remediation, and how Xygeni combines deterministic tooling with AI agents to fix vulnerabilities without breaking your build. If your team is drowning in s...

Crystal Morin, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at Sysdig, joins us fresh off the release of the 2026 Cloud Native Security and Usage Report - https://www.sysdig.com/2026-cloud-native-security-and-usage-report . She breaks down why human-driven security can no longer keep pace with AI-powered attackers exploiting vulnerabilities in under 20 hours, and what the shift to agentic AI means for defender...

Brian Singer, Co-Founder and CPO at Nobl9, joins us to unpack how agentic AI is dramatically accelerating code change rates, and why SLOs are the only governance mechanism that can keep pace. Brian covers Nobl9's new MCP server, SLO oversight dashboards, AI-powered code review, and a live Claude Code demo showing agents instrumenting, building, and deploying SLOs in real time. If your team is...

Dylan Etkin, CEO and Co-founder of Sleuth, joins us to break down how organizations can manage, distribute, and govern AI agent skills and MCPs at scale. Drawing on nearly 30 years in the industry — including key roles at Atlassian and Bitbucket — Dylan maps out the four stages of enterprise AI adoption and explains why most teams are flying blind. If you're serious about going agentic, this o...

Colleen Conti, Director of Product Marketing at A-LIGN, breaks down how modern audit management actually works — from navigating SOC 2, ISO 27001, and CMMC frameworks to juggling multiple compliance cycles at once. She walks through A-LIGN's Ascend platform, including their AI-powered Evidence Matching and Evidence IQ features, which are saving clients up to 15 hours of manual work per engagem...

Ramiro Berrelleza, Founder & CEO of Okteto, joins us for his third appearance on The SoftwarePlaza podcast to unpack how AI agents are reshaping software development — and where today's tooling is falling short. He digs into why agents fail without real runtime environments, introduces Okteto's new agentic workflow building blocks, and walks us through a live demo. If you want to under...

Joe Carder, Enterprise Architect at OpenLogic (a Perforce company), breaks down how OpenLogic provides long-term support across 400+ open source packages — including new LTS offerings for Kafka 3.8 and 3.9. He shares highlights from their 2023 State of Open Source report, digs into why open source is the silent foundation powering AI, and makes a compelling case for why enterprise leadership needs...

Filip Verloy, CTO EMEA & APJ at Rubrik X, Rubrik, joins us to unpack the real risks of agentic AI — from shadow AI and rogue agents deleting production data, to the identity challenges that come with autonomous systems. He walks through how Rubrik Agent Cloud uses an SLM-as-a-judge to govern, monitor, and block agent actions in real time — and even rewind mistakes. If you're running AI age...

Jim Bugwadia, Founder & CEO of Nirmata, joins us to explore how AI is reshaping Kubernetes policy management — from writing YAML to delivering real outcomes. Jim shares his journey from AI skeptic to true believer, unpacks the philosophy of "guardrails, not gates," and demos Nirmata's new Platform Assistant live. If you want to see what agentic, outcome-driven software actually l...

Jonny Rivera, Sr. Director of Product at ActiveState, breaks down why the "scanner-only" approach to open source security is leaving enterprises dangerously exposed. He covers supply chain risk, the hidden threat of transitive dependencies, multi-language coverage across 12+ ecosystems, and how tightening government regulations are forcing companies to take real accountability. If your t...

Ryan Schwartz, Senior Manager of Product Marketing at Abnormal AI, joins us to break down the evolving email security landscape and why traditional rule-based defenses are no longer enough. He unpacks how attackers have shifted from "breaking in" to "blending in" — using stolen credentials, token replay attacks, and AI-generated content to look indistinguishable from legitimate...

In this episode,  Natan Yellin , CEO of  Robusta , shares why platform engineering is no longer about building for developers—but for AI agents. As the creator of HolmesGPT, Natan explains how AI agents can now investigate incidents, review their own code, cut cloud costs, and even generate PRs autonomously. He dives into Robusta’s bold pivot from Kubernetes monitoring to an AI-driven reliability...

In this episode, we sit down with Lana Malikova, Channel Partnership Manager EMEA at Superhuman, alongside Kseniia Shalyhina, Solutions Architect at Superhuman. The conversation explores how Superhuman is uniting Grammarly, Coda, and Superhuman Mail into a single AI-powered platform for enterprise collaboration. Lana shares deep insights into channel partnerships, ecosystem strategy, and what it t...

Kat explains how security risks, mounting technical debt, and maintainer burnout made the shutdown unavoidable. The conversation explores what the retirement means for platform teams, why there is no true drop-in replacement, and what migration to alternatives like Gateway API really involves. The episode also offers insight into Kubernetes governance and the hard decisions required to protect cri...

In this episode, we speak with Gerrit Schumann, CEO & Co-Founder of mogenius, about treating internal developer platforms as real software products. Gerrit shares lessons from decades in software and cloud transformation, and explains why platform engineering must focus on reducing cognitive load for both developers and platform teams. The conversation explores Kubernetes maturity, GitOps with...

In this episode of the Software Plaza Podcast, Twain Taylor speaks with William Morgan, CEO & Co-Founder of Buoyant, the company behind the popular service mesh Linkerd. William shares hard-earned lessons on building a profitable business around open source, why “free” isn’t sustainable, and how Buoyant transitioned from VC-backed growth to profitability. The discussion also explores service m...

In this episode, we speak with Sanjay Kosuri, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Egnyte, about how AI is transforming the way organizations manage, understand, and act on content. Sanjay shares why content sits at the heart of every business decision and how Egnyte blends collaboration, intelligence, and governance into a single platform. The conversation explores generative AI, agent-based workf...

In this episode Nir Valtman, Co-Founder & CEO of Arnica, elaborates how application security is evolving in an AI-driven development world. Nir shares his journey as a security practitioner and the motivation behind building Arnica, an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform focused on real developer workflows. The conversation dives deep into AI-generated code risks, meaning-b...