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In 2024, what is the state of cloud native business value? We hear that it is marked by unprecedented growth and innovation, but is that what we are seeing? In this panel discussion hosted by the Cartografos Working Group, we provide an update on how organizations of all sizes are leveraging cloud native technologies to enhance agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. Key advancements go beyond technology alone. Panelists will discuss how cloud native is streamlining operations, accelerating time-to-market, realizing ROI through more efficient resource utilization and reduced operational overhead. Attendees will hear how cloud native can drive business goals including how cloud native platforms drive intelligent automation and data-driven decision-making. Attendees will hear how security and compliance frameworks have matured and how cloud native strategies are proving essential for competitive advantage and digital transformation across industries.
Colin Griffin is CEO at Krumware, and a Co-Chair of the CNCF Platforms Working Group. Colin Griffin is a software engineer by trade, specializing in cloud-native application and infrastructure development; with an emphasis on developer enablement and platform engineering. He founded... Read More →
Catherine Paganini is TAG Contributor Strategy Co-chair, CNCF Deaf & Hard of Hearing WG facilitator, CNCF Cloud Native Glossary founder, and Head of Marketing at Buoyant, the creator of Linkerd. A marketing leader passionate about open source, Catherine started her contributor journey... Read More →
Technical Architect and CNCF Ambassador, Independent
Simon Forster is a CNCF Ambassador and cloud native technology architect and engineer based in London. Simon has extensive experience working in heavily regulated financial institutions on the design, delivery and security of critical cloud native applications. He has a specific focus... Read More →
Danielle Cook has worked in the cloud native industry since 2016 helping organizations adopt the technologies that make cloud native enterprise ready. She co-authored and launched the CNCF Cloud Native Maturity Model in 2021, is a co-chair of the CNCF Cartografos Working Group and... Read More →
In today's complex Kubernetes environments, managing secrets securely is a challenge. Traditional methods often involve complex configurations with secret vaults, secret syncing and secret backups. Regardless of which fancy technology is used, secrets always come with a risk of being leaked. Most of the secrets used in traditional applications can be replaced by short-lived certificates. Applications can prove to be the owner of a certificate without sharing any secrets. In Kubernetes, cert-manager can be used to provision these certificates to all applications without sharing any secret information. Table of contents: - Do we actually need secrets? Comparing authentication methods: static secrets vs short-lived secrets and proof of ownership - How to issue certificates using cert-manager without using [S|s]ecrets - Compatibility and other challenges
As a teenager, Ash taught himself to program after wondering how exactly video games were made. That led to adventures trawling through open source codebases, sparking an interest in computers spanning from bare-metal machine code right up to scalable distributed platforms like Kubernetes... Read More →
Tim started working at Venafi as a software engineer after his graduation as computer science engineer at Ghent University. He learned about cert-manager and Venafi through a Google Summer of Code internship. His mission at Venafi is to advance his problem solving skills, whilst contributing... Read More →
The Kubernetes Steering Committee plays a crucial role in overseeing the non-technical aspects of the Kubernetes project and making important project-wide decisions. The committee has a wide scope of working and responsibilities. The committee has evolved over the years. In this session, let’s take a look at how the committee came to be created, the bootstrap era, how it works now and what’s in store for the future. We will have excerpts from our emeritus members who served to shape the goals and vision of the steering committee. We will explore how you can leverage our learnings to enhance the governance of your own cloud native projects. If you are eager to gain insights or have queries about the governance journey of the Kubernetes project, we encourage you to drop by and engage in an insightful discussion.
Maciej is a passionate developer with almost 2 decades of experience in many languages. Currently he's working on OpenShift and Kubernetes for Red Hat. Whereas at night he is hacking on side projects with python. In his spare time he enjoys reading a good book or taking photos.
The CNCF fosters a dynamic and inclusive ecosystem where individuals of all skill sets and regardless of experience can contribute to cloud-native technologies. Let us delve beyond the traditional "how-to contribute" approach and empower you to unlock your potential as a contributor. We’ll get into the core principles of open source, drawing from real-world examples from my experience. Highlighting its collaboration and the inclusive environment it offers. We'll share valuable resources and practical steps to teach you how to get started in the open-source community. Learn how to: - Find projects that align with your skills & interests. - Navigate the open-source collaborative environment. - Contribute with guidelines for beginners. - Leverage your unique perspective. - Use resources to find your contribution niche. This presentation equips you to confidently enter the rewarding world of open-source cloud-native development.
Co-Chair CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing WG, Web Developer, Women Blessing Women
As Co-Chair of the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group, where I channel my passion for creating a more inclusive tech world for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. My mission is to educate the tech community about the unique challenges and experiences of being deaf in this... Read More →
Riaan Kleinhans is a seasoned project manager with extensive experience in customer-facing roles, open-source projects, and community management. Currently, he serves as a Program Manager at the Linux Foundation, collaborating with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and the Confidential... Read More →
Learn new ways to get the most out of your internal developer portal (IDP) and improve developer experience and productivity together with the Backstage community. The project maintainers will walk through brand new framework features and resources designed to help you build plugins and integrations. By expanding what a Backstage portal can do, you add value to your own IDP while strengthening the Backstage open source ecosystem. You’ll also hear the latest updates from the different Project Areas and a roadmap for what’s coming next. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so here’s your chance to ask any burning questions!
Patrik is a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify and a core maintainer of Backstage. In 2019 he joined the team in Spotify’s platform organization that owned the Backstage platform, and worked together with the rest of the team to bring it out in the open. Before joining Spotify... Read More →
CloudEvents helps in the delivery of events by standardizing where common event metadata can be found in the messages carrying those events without the need to understand the schema of each event. But discovering which endpoints support those events, how to communicate with them, and finding the schema of the messages carrying those events can be challenging. This is where xRegistry can be used. xRegisty defines a core set of interoperable APIs for a generic "registry" that can be used to persist and query its contents to help discover resources and their metadata. On top of this extensible base registry model we are developing 3 domain specific registries: Endpoint, Message and Schema registries - specifically aimed at enabling the automation, tooling and code generation often needed in distributed systems development. In this session you will learn about CloudEvents, xRegistry and how we're trying to help users be more productive in an event-driven world.
Engineering Science Student, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
I'm a software engineer, and I love building cool things in open source. I like to seek out the most interesting and challenging problems which I think will have a large impact, and build creative solutions to them. I also like to share my passion for open source with others, and... Read More →
