Anandhi Bumstead

Anandhi Bumstead, Director of Software Engineering at AWS, shares insights on OpenSearch’s fascinating evolution from a fork of Elasticsearch to a project under the Linux Foundation. She discusses the importance of neutral governance and community engagement, enhancing its versatility across analytics and security. Performance boosts are notable, with the latest release showing 6.5x faster query performance. Anandhi emphasizes the need for open source innovation, calling for community contributions to further elevate OpenSearch’s capabilities, especially in AI integration.