Istio at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025: Community highlights and project progress
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 lit up Atlanta from November 10–13, bringing together one of the largest gatherings of open-source practitioners, platform engineers, and maintainers across the cloud native ecosystem. For the Istio community, the…
Top 5 hard-earned lessons from the experts on managing Kubernetes
Kubernetes has transformed how modern organizations deploy and operate scalable infrastructure, and the hype around automated cloud native orchestration has made its adoption nearly ubiquitous over the past 10+ years. Yet behind the scenes, most teams…
Kgateway is an open source implementation of the Kubernetes Gateway API that unifies ingress, API gateway, service mesh, and AI gateway capabilities in a singular modular control plane. Built for performance and flexibility, it secures and…
OpenFGA Becomes a CNCF Incubating Project
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept OpenFGA as a CNCF incubating project. What is OpenFGA? OpenFGA is an authorization engine that addresses the challenge of implementing complex access control at scale in…
Why CNCF TAGs are the core of cloud native innovation (and where to find them at KubeCon Atlanta)
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 is just around the corner in Atlanta. While you’re mapping out your schedule for co-located events like Observability Day and Platform Engineering Day, don’t forget to connect with the groups…
The tools for overcoming the top 10 DevOps challenges
DevOps is a way of working that reduces waste. It uses smart tools and practices to build, test, and ship software faster. It makes teams quicker, systems stronger and problems smaller when done right. It’s not…
Jaeger at 10: Forged in Community, Reborn in OpenTelemetry
In the fast-paced world of software, reaching 10 years is a testament to a project’s resilience, utility, and community strength. Half a decade ago, we celebrated Jaeger’s fifth anniversary, marveling at its growth from a nascent…
How imagine learning reduced operational overhead by 20% with Linkerd
At Imagine Learning, we strive to empower educators and inspire breakthrough moments for over 18 million students across the United States. As a digital-first education solutions provider, our mission is to deliver robust, reliable, and secure…
OpenKruise v1.8 unlocking infinite possibilities in cloud-native application management
OpenKruise is an open-source cloud-native application automation management suite. It is also a current incubating project hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It is a standard extension component based on Kubernetes that is widely used…
Exploring cloud native projects in sandbox: 13 arrivals from 2024 H2
Originally posted on the Palark blog. This article covers the second half of the new Open Source projects accepted to the CNCF Sandbox last year. They were added as a result of the CNCF TOC (Technical…