22-25 April 2026
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Shiva Gurumurthy

Shiva is Senior Bus. Dev. Manager at AMD, working to drive adoption of AMD server CPU product (EPYC) in the Database and Analytics market. Entering his 25th year at AMD, he has held various roles in the GPU and CPU divisions, starting out as performance engineer for various compute-heavy applications like video, Image processing, analytics and machine learning and transitioning to a business/marketing role in 2020. Shiva holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, and has an MBA from Santa Clara University. Outside of work, he enjoys playing/watching sports (volleyball, badminton) and listens to a lot of music.

Sessions for 2026

The Roadmap for One SQL: Edge to PaaS to SaaS
 

Join us for an in-depth session on the future of Microsoft One SQL—from on-premises to Azure and into Microsoft Fabric. Discover our unified, AI-ready relational database that powers modernization and next-gen AI apps. See how SQL delivers consistency, performance, and innovation everywhere you need it!

Choose the Right Azure Virtual Machines to Improve SQL Query Throughput
 

Don’t know where to start when it comes to choosing where to run SQL Server on Azure? Join this session to learn about the latest infrastructure for SQL on Azure. Get tips on how to quickly identify the VMs best suited for high performance with lower costs. Suited for DBAs who want to continuously improve the developer and end user experience while also keeping FinOps happy.

Amp Up Your SQL Server Infrastructure for AI
 

Cutting edge innovations and thoughtful optimizations go hand-in-hand as AMD and Microsoft collaborate to bring you best-in-class solutions with record-shattering performance and easy-to-use built-in AI features of SQL Server 2025. Learn how modernizing your infrastructure with AMD EPYC CPU-based platforms can greatly enhance query response times, reduce energy and license costs, and provide overall TCO savings for your deployment. Session will include performance and TCO comparisons, and a demo of hybrid vector search using SQL Server 2025, running on AMD EPYC CPUs.

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