Devnexus 2026 - The Modern Spring Workflow Enterprise Ready Delivery & AI Boosted Coding with Tanzu

This talk covers the complexities of bringing Spring applications to production and maintaining their reliability, emphasizing the importance of security, compliance, upgrades, and performance. The speakers, Chris Sterling and Cora Iberkleid, discuss how the VMware Tanzu Platform streamlines the workflow for teams creating modern Spring applications. They showcase features like the VMware Tanzu Application Advisor, which automates Spring Boot upgrades, and the Tanzu GenAI Service that provides secure access to approved large language models. Additionally, the session highlights Tanzu Spring Extensions for operational consistency and the Tanzu Java Buildpack, which enhances startup times and memory efficiency, enabling teams to deliver enterprise-ready applications with increased speed and confidence.