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<p>In this episode, our host Karsten&nbsp;Hohage&nbsp;talks with our guests Juergen Walter, Pallavi Priyadarshini and Karsten Schnitter about OpenSearch. OpenSearch is an open-source search,&nbsp;analytics&nbsp;and observability suite which has been enhanced with significant AI capabilities.&nbsp;</p>



<p>This episode&nbsp;showcases&nbsp;SAP&#8217;s&nbsp;current use of OpenSearch&nbsp;for observability on their Business Technology Platform and the project&#8217;s evolution from Elasticsearch, community-driven development, and AI advancements.&nbsp;Key contributions like FIPS compliance and&nbsp;OpenTelemetry&nbsp;integration are also covered.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Learn how&nbsp;OpenSearch is shaping the future by combining advanced full-text search, observability, and analytics capabilities—all community-driven and completely open source.&nbsp;</p>



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<p><strong>Pallavi Priyadarshini</strong></p>



<p>As Director of Search, Pallavi Priyadarshini leads Search at the OpenSearch Project and Amazon&#8217;s OpenSearch Service, including its managed and serverless offerings. She also serves on the Technical Steering Committee of the OpenSearch Project, helping guide the open-source platform&#8217;s technical direction.</p>



<p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://url.sap/wmg2jo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/pallavipr/</a>&nbsp;</p>



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<p><strong>Juergen Walter</strong></p>



<p>Jürgen Walter is an observability expert in SAP BTP observability driving ingestion and usage, certifications, and stability topics for SAP Cloud Logging and other services. He is a member of the newly formed OpenSearch Observability TAG and contributed improvements for OpenSearch ingest.</p>



<p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://url.sap/ovn0gq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/juergen-walter/</a></p>



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<p><strong>Karsten Schnitter</strong></p>



<p>Karsten Schnitter is a software architect working in the observability area of the SAP Business Technology Platform. He is responsible for SAP Cloud Logging and other logging services for SAP BTP. Karsten is also a member of the technical steering committee at the OpenSearch Project.</p>



<p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://url.sap/3q2me4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-schnitter-7b85b174/</a></p>



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<li>SAP Cloud Logging at Discovery Center: <a href="https://url.sap/6k54j6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/serviceCatalog/cloud-logging</a></li>



<li>OpenSearch Main Page: <a href="https://opensearch.org/">https://opensearch.org/</a></li>



<li>Github Project: <a href="https://url.sap/odcnps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://github.com/opensearch-project</a></li>



<li>Case Study: OpenSearch@SAP: <a href="https://opensearch.org/blog/case-study-sap-unifies-observability-at-scale-with-opensearch-and-opentelemetry/">https://opensearch.org/blog/case-study-sap-unifies-observability-at-scale-with-opensearch-and-opentelemetry/</a></li>



<li>OpenSearchCon North America 2025 |&nbsp;YouTube Playlist: <a href="https://url.sap/wk5m42" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzgr9zSpws14nCUmupVPypGXq87rcFp5Y</a></li>



<li>Cloud Foundry: <a href="https://url.sap/kqj1nr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://podcast.opensap.info/open-source-way/2022/09/28/cloud-foundry-a-one-size-fits-all-solution-for-application-development/</a></li>



<li>Kyma: <a href="https://url.sap/adiglx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://podcast.opensap.info/open-source-way/2020/12/23/project-kyma-an-easy-way-to-extend-enterprise-applications/</a></li>
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<li><strong>SAP Open Source Program Office</strong>
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<li>Innovation at SAP |&nbsp;SAP Open Source: <a href="https://url.sap/6l0xjq" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.sap.com/about/company/innovation/open-source.html</a></li>



<li>SAP Community |&nbsp;SAP Open Source: <a href="https://url.sap/h38bbt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://community.sap.com/topics/open-source</a></li>



<li><a href="https://twitter.com/sapopensource" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">SAP Open Source Twitter (@sapopensource)</a></li>



<li>Email us: <a href="mailto:ospo@sap.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ospo@sap.com</a></li>
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<li><strong>Additional Downloads</strong>
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<li>Download the <a href="https://sap-podcast-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/open-source-way/25-10-opensourceway-51.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">transcript</a> as PDF file</li>
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<li><strong>Try out an open-source podcast player</strong> – find a list <a href="https://podcastindex.org/apps?appTypes=podcast+player%2Copen+source" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">here</a> (list not maintained by SAP)</li>
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Host:</strong></h4>



<p id="block-8a35e260-02e9-46d4-b577-8f76035e8027"><strong>Karsten Hohage –&nbsp;</strong>Product Expert in Technology and Innovation (T&I)</p>


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