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…
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…
The solution: A unified GitOps framework The turning point came when we decided to stop managing clusters and start engineering a platform. We chose Argo CD as the centerpiece of our strategy, moving toward a declarative,…
HolmesGPT: Agentic troubleshooting built for the cloud native era
If you’ve ever debugged a production incident, you know that the hardest part often isn’t the fix, it’s finding where to begin. Most on-call engineers end up spending hours piecing together clues, fighting time pressure, and…
Using Istio to manage high-traffic services
At STCLab, we operate high-traffic SaaS platforms that require real-time traffic control and bot mitigation. . Handling millions of concurrent connections and identifying malicious bots in real-time requires exceptional infrastructure stability. To achieve this, we rely…
CNCF On-Demand: Calico Whisker UI, NFTables, & Staged Policies on Calico v3.30
In this session Peter Kelly, VP of Engineering at Tigera, gives a comprehensive overview of the latest features and updates in Project Calico Open Source (releases 3.30 and 3.31). This session covers major advancements in network…
How to integrate Kairos architecturally into an edge AI platform
Remote sensing in agriculture requires complex systems that are able to communicate with various external devices like GPS and cameras, and use machine learning and AI inference to provide insights to the grower regarding their orchard,…
Building platforms using kro for composition
Recent industry developments, such as Amazon’s announcement of the new EKS capabilities, highlight a trend toward supporting platforms with managed GitOps, cloud resource operators, and composition tooling. In particular, the involvement of Kube Resource Orchestrator (kro)—a…
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…
My first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon: A journey through community, inclusivity, and neurodiversity
Stepping into my first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, held this year in November in Atlanta, Georgia, felt like entering a world I had been following from afar for years; a world full of brilliant minds, bold ideas,…