Cloud Watch: “CNCF and Linux Foundation executives discuss the latest trends in cloud-native technologies and AI—Report from “KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026″”
The international technical conference on Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, “KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026,” is being held in Tokyo from July 28th to 30th (the 28th is mainly dedicated to related events). The theme this year...
July 30, 2026
Runtime Supply Chain Verification using the Node Resource Interface (NRI)
The widely used container supply chain verification tools today operate at the Kubernetes API layer as admission webhooks (such as Kyverno, OPA Gatekeeper, and Sigstore Policy Controller). They intercept pod creation, check signatures and attestations, and...
July 30, 2026 | Sascha Grunert
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Your Kubernetes health checks are accidentally waking your services. Here’s the fix.
Scale-to-zero breaks when health checks scale you back up. Learn how KubeElasti’s ProbeResponse lets Kubernetes services stay genuinely idle — while keeping load balancers and uptime monitors happy. Scale-to-zero sounds perfect on paper. Idle service. No...
July 29, 2026 | KubeElasti Maintainers
Subaru Wins CNCF End User Case Study Contest for Accelerating AI Development with Cloud Native Infrastructure
New architecture reduced AI container image pull times by 60x while automating workflows for next-generation driver assistance systems Key Highlights YOKOHAMA – KUBECON + CLOUDNATIVECON JAPAN — July 29, 2026 — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation®...
July 28, 2026
CNCF and SlashData Report Finds Japan’s Cloud Native Community Reaches Nearly 1 Million Developers
New research finds 100,000 of Japan’s AI developers now leverage cloud native technologies Key Highlights: YOKOHAMA – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan —July 29, 2026— The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud...
July 28, 2026
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Welcome CoHDI to the CNCF: Evolving Kubernetes into composable disaggregated infrastructures
We are thrilled to announce that CoHDI has officially been accepted as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox project! This acceptance into the CNCF Sandbox marks an important milestone in CoHDI’s journey. We would like...
July 28, 2026 | Hyde Sugiyama (Red Hat), Naoki Oguchi (FSAS Technology), Jin Hase (Fujitsu), Michele Gazzetti (IBM Research), Masaharu Kanda (NTT)
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Lima v2.2: Windows guests and TPM 2.0 emulation
Following macOS and FreeBSD guests in v2.1, Lima v2.2 takes the next big step: Windows guest support. With this release, a single `limactl` workflow can now boot Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Windows virtual machines. Lima v2.2...
July 28, 2026 | Ansuman Sahoo, Lima Project Maintainer
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How Japan’s 250% Training Surge is Shaping Global AI Talent
The first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan took place in Tokyo in June 2025 and kicked off a cloud native skills boom in the region. In the twelve months since the conference, Kubernetes exams taken in Japan...
July 28, 2026 | Christophe Sauthier, CNCF
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Kubeflow unveils new cloud native innovations to supercharge AI
The Kubeflow news coming out of Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 highlights several significant advancements and community initiatives. The Kubeflow project is rapidly advancing toward CNCF Graduation, emphasizing its evolution into a mature, production-ready ML ecosystem....
July 28, 2026 | Kubeflow