Grafana Labs, after ceasing contributions to the Cortex project, is focusing on Grafana Mimir, an open-source long-term storage solution for Prometheus, capable of scaling to over a billion metrics. At the upcoming virtual KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, Grafana Labs will have a significant presence with team members delivering talks on various topics, including Jaeger, Prometheus, Cortex, and the newly formed CNCF special interest group on observability. These sessions aim to explore the basics and advanced usage of technologies like Jaeger and Prometheus, scaling strategies using Cortex, and the future roadmap of these projects. Additionally, Prometheus maintainers from Grafana Labs will be available at the Prometheus booth in the Expo Hall to discuss updates and developments in the project. The event encourages participation and engagement with the cloud-native community.