How To Measure the ROI of Developer Tools
There’s been a growing emphasis in the cloud native community on investing in tools that improve developer experience. Platform engineering, accompanied with the rise of projects like Backstage, is all about making developers more productive by…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam highlighted the evolution of cloud native practices, particularly in platform engineering, and the growing focus on inclusion and accessibility within the community. This year’s conference emphasized that technical success…
Challenges The organization faced vendor lock‑in and rising costs from multi‑tool sprawl and uncontrolled telemetry ingestion/retention. Hybrid visibility was limited: legacy platforms and Kubernetes estates were observed separately, dashboards proliferated, and alerting was largely reactive, generating…
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, 2026—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…