Hi – my name is Alexis Richardson and I’m the chairman of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation TOC – Technical Oversight Committee. The TOC is an elected board of nine people. Representing the interests of CNCF’s…
CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Mentorship 2025 Term 3
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is thrilled to congratulate the 2025 Term 3 (September – November) CNCF LFX Mentorship Program mentees who have successfully completed the program! This term saw a fantastic cohort of mentees working…
OpenTelemetry Collector vs agent: How to choose the right telemetry approach
As cloud-native architectures continue to mature, observability has become a foundational requirement rather than an optional add-on. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, OpenTelemetry continues to grow its contributor base and remains the second highest…
Platform engineering maintenance pitfalls and smart strategies to stay ahead
Platform engineering is a discipline that aims to increase the productivity of software engineering teams by designing, building, and maintaining internal platforms that abstract underlying infrastructure complexity and provide self-service capabilities. Kubernetes-based platforms are often complex…
New CNCF Annual Cloud Native Survey reveals near-universal adoption of Kubernetes Key highlights: SAN FRANCISCO, CA, January 20, 2026 —The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today released its…
Reclaiming underutilized GPUs in Kubernetes using scheduler plugins
The problem nobody talks about GPUs are expensive; and yours are probably sitting idle right now. High-end GPUs (for example, NVIDIA A100-class devices) can cost $10,000+, and in a Kubernetes cluster running AI workloads, you might…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Top sessions from the CNCF End User TAB
2025 brought significant developments in the cloud native landscape, with a strong focus on AI but new projects and end user reports in many other areas. As always, KubeCon is one of the key places we…
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Dragonfly’s Graduation
Dragonfly graduates after demonstrating production readiness, powering container and AI workloads at scale Key Highlights: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 14, 2026 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native…
OpenCost: Reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026
The OpenCost project has had a fruitful year in terms of releases, our wonderful mentees and contributors, and fun gatherings at KubeCons. If you’re new to OpenCost, it is an open-source cost and resources management tool…
Viettel Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a Gold Member
Viettel to contribute deep telecom and infrastructure expertise and foster open source collaboration SAN FRANCISCO—January 7, 2026 — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Viettel…