The platform under the model: How cloud native powers AI engineering in production
AI workloads are increasingly running on Kubernetes in production, but for many teams, the path from a working model to a reliable system remains unclear. The cloud native ecosystem – its projects, patterns, and community –…
F5 Elevates to Gold Membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Application delivery and security provider strengthens collaboration to drive secure, scalable cloud native innovation Key Highlights: AMSTERDAM—26 March 2026—The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that F5…
New global members join CNCF reflecting the rise of enterprise demand for scalable, cost-efficient cloud native technologies KUBECON + CLOUDNATIVECON EUROPE, AMSTERDAM—25 MARCH, 2025—The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native…
Cloud native agentic standards
An application, composed of one or more containers as dictated by system architecture, that operates either independently or as part of a distributed collaboration—interacting with at least one other entity (container) or achieving quorum-based consensus. It…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026: End User TAB recommendations and tips
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam will bring the cloud native community together with projects, vendors and end users in what is one of the largest open source events. In this post, we highlight sessions…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: Observability Day
Observability Day has become a cornerstone gathering for the cloud native observability community. The event evolved from FluentCon at KubeCon Europe 2022 in Valencia and Open Observability Day at KubeCon North America 2022, bringing together maintainers…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: OpenTofu Day
OpenTofu Day debuted at KubeCon Europe 2024 in Paris and has been held at every KubeCon since. As the infrastructure-as-code ecosystem reaches a clear inflection point with recent licensing shifts, industry consolidation, and changes to commercial…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: BackstageCon
BackstageCon began in 2022 as the first dedicated conference for the Backstage ecosystem, bringing together adopters and contributors around the open source developer portal platform originally created at Spotify. As cloud native adoption continues to scale,…
State of cloud native 2026: CNCF CTO’s insights and predictions
We’ve just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the foundation behind Kubernetes and so many other successful open source projects we all rely on. That alone was a good reason to…
Observability Summit North America returns May 21–22 in Minneapolis, convening practitioners, contributors, and engineers to advance open observability standards and practices Key Highlights SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18, 2026—The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable…