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 Welcomes 12 New Silver Members Emphasizing a Growing Need for Observability and Automation
New global members join CNCF to strengthen community contributions in observability, cloud infrastructure, and cloud native AI SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 17, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for…
How to build a cost-effective observability platform with OpenTelemetry
The Challenge Managing millions of concurrent connections during global events like flash sales and online voting requires resilient, scalable observability. At STCLab, we operate platforms such as NetFUNNEL and BotManager that support up to 3.5 million…
CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe returns 23-26 March in Amsterdam, bringing the global community together to drive the future of cloud native computing SAN FRANCISCO, December 10, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds…
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Solution: Turning compliance challenges Into a secure, scalable network As regulatory requirements tightened, UW–Madison needed a network layer that could deliver fine-grained control without sacrificing performance. The team migrated from Calico to Cilium, gaining an eBPF-powered…
Building microservices the easy way with Dapr
Ambassador post originally published on Medium by Dotan Horovits Microservices have been with us for nearly two decades, but it’s still far from easy to develop at scale, in a polyglot environment. The Dapr project, the…
From chaos to clarity: How OpenTelemetry unified observability across clouds
Modern applications rarely live in a single place anymore. One organization’s application footprint was spread across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with some workloads still running on-prem. This multi-cloud approach gave them resilience and flexibility, but it…
Announcing Kyverno release 1.16
Kyverno 1.16 delivers major advancements in policy as code for Kubernetes, centered on a new generation of CEL-based policies now available in beta with a clear path to GA. This release introduces partial support for namespaced…
Helm Marks 10 Years With Release of Version 4
Major update introduces new features while maintaining Helm’s role in Kubernetes application management Key Highlights KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, ATLANTA, GA – November 12, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable…
Honorees span end users, maintainers, mentors, and long-time contributors, reflecting the strength and diversity of the cloud native ecosystem Key Highlights ATLANTA, KUBECON + CLOUDNATIVECON NORTH AMERICA—November 12, 2025— The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which…