KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024: Full Schedule

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November 12-15
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11:00am MST

Can You Put a Price Tag on Open Source? - Mario Fahlandt, Kubermatic & Bob Killen, CNCF

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 E

Earlier this year, the Harvard Business School released the paper titled “The Value of Open Source Software,” estimating the worldwide value of OSS at 8.8 trillion, and on average, it would cost companies at least 3.5x more to develop similar projects internally. Yet, many organizations and engineers struggle to understand or realize this kind of value from contributing to these projects. In this talk, Bob and Mario will discuss the many benefits individuals and companies can achieve by contributing to open source and guide you through the first steps to becoming a contributor. They will also cover how to develop a lightweight open source strategy and convince your organization that an open source first approach can yield great returns.

Speakers

Mario Fahlandt

Service Delivery Architect, Kubermatic

Mario is working as a Customer Delivery Architect @Kubermatic with the focus on planning and building concepts and architecture for Infrastructure in the cloud native world.He started the GDG Munich for Cloud and became a GDE in 2019. In the Kubernetes project he is involved in SIG-ContribEx... Read More →

Bob Killen

Senior Technical Program Manager, CNCF

Bob is a Program Manager at the Google Open Source Programs Office with a focus on Cloud Native computing. He serves the Kubernetes project as a Steering Committee member and chair of the Contributor Experience SIG. Bob comes from an academic background, spending 15 years at the University... Read More →

Can you put a price on open source KCNA24 pdf

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 E

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

11:00am MST

Open Source 2.0: The Maintainers' Perspective - William Morgan, Buoyant; Ashley Davis, Venafi; Deepthi Sigireddi, PlanetScale; Emily Omier, Emily Omier Consulting; Matt Bates, Cofide

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 B

Open source rules the world, and for a good reason: The code is generally better and more secure, bugs are fixed faster, and more. Virtually all modern applications run on it. But the landscape has changed since the early Linux days. Nights and weekends, volunteer-led projects are increasingly rare. Especially in the CNCF landscape, open source is maintained almost exclusively by companies that pursue a strategic goal, and they need a business justification for paying their engineers. So, who writes the code has changed, but the community's expectations — that it should be free — hasn't. While open source will remain free, the companies behind it must find ways to monetize it — whether through support, enterprise editions, or licensing models. Recent changes, including projects like Terraform, Flux, and Linkerd, highlight the need for a paradigm shift. Join this panel to hear from project maintainers why that is and the future they envision.

Speakers

Emily Omier

Consultant, Emily Omier Consulting

Emily Omier is a positioning consultant who helps open source startups accelerate revenue and community growth by clarifying the project and product's market category, unique value in the market and target user audience. She hosts The Business of Open Source podcast and writes a blog... Read More →

Matt Bates

Founder & CEO, Cofide

William Morgan

Linkerd Director, Buoyant CEO, Buoyant

William is a director on the Linkerd project and the co-founder and CEO of Buoyant, the creators of Linkerd. Prior to Buoyant, he was an infrastructure engineer at Twitter, a software engineer at Powerset, Microsoft, and Adap.tv, a research scientist at MITRE. He holds an MS in computer... Read More →

Ashley Davis

Staff Software Engineer, Venafi

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 →

Deepthi Sigireddi

Software Engineer, PlanetScale

Deepthi is the Technical lead for Vitess, a CNCF graduated open source project. She also leads the Vitess engineering team at PlanetScale which offers a database service built on Vitess. She brings over 20 years of experience building scalable systems to this role. She enjoys speaking... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 255 B

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

11:00am MST

The State of Kubernetes Optimization and the Role of AI - James Wilson, nOps; Haoran Qiu, Microsoft; Katie Gamanji, Apple; Jasmine James, Square; Josh Cypher, Sonos

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | 155 B

Featuring a diverse panel of experts, attendees will hear the latest in Kubernetes optimization. The session will encourage and engage attendees to challenge conventional wisdom and explore innovative approaches to optimization. Participants will leave with actionable knowledge and new perspectives they can apply to their own environments. Topics include: - Valuable insights into the current state of AI in optimization, highlighting both its potential and barriers to adoption - How and when AI can be used for real-time decision-making - Exploring the intersection of sustainability and optimization, emphasizing the importance of visibility in driving sustainable practices - The state of multidimensional pod autoscaling and potential to resolve conflicts between horizontal and vertical autoscaling - How new computing options and tools like Karpenter have the potential to disrupt the bin packing problem - How cloud-native projects can leverage new tools to track efficiencies

Speakers

Katie Gamanji

Sr Field Engineer, Apple

Katie is a cloud native leader and practitioner, currently in a Senior Field Engineer role at Apple and a TOC for CNCF. As a platform engineer, Katie contributed to Conde Nast and American Express platforms and at CNCF led the End User Community. Katie is the author of the Cloud Native... Read More →

Haoran Qiu

Research Engineer, Microsoft

Haoran Qiu is a Research Engineer at Microsoft Azure Systems Research. His research interests are in cloud efficiency, ML systems, and applying ML for cloud systems design and operation. Haoran was a recipient of ML and Systems Rising Star by MLCommons in 2023. Before joining Microsoft... Read More →

Jasmine James

Head of Development Infrastructure, Square

Jasmine James is an engineering leader at Square heading the Development Infrastructure for the Devices Platform overseeing CI Infrastructure, Developer Experience, and Test Rack teams aiming to streamline development and foster continuous feedback. She is passionate about diversity... Read More →

James Wilson

VP of Engineering, nOps

James has over two decades of experience in tech, with a strong focus in leading engineering teams in building cloud-based solutions. His expertise includes container orchestration, high-speed data transport, and cloud-native architectures. Currently, he leads the engineering team... Read More →

Josh Cypher

Senior DevOps Engineer, Sonos

Josh, a Senior DevOps Engineer at Sonos, has a diverse background in quality assurance and automation. Throughout his career, he has held roles such as tester, backend developer, automation engineer, engineering manager, and head of quality before specializing in DevOps and Kubernetes... Read More →

nOps KCNA24 Template.pptx pdf

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | 155 B

Operations + Performance

Content Experience Level Any

11:00am MST

Platform Engineering in Financial Institutions: The Practitioner Panel - Paula Kennedy, Syntasso; Chris Plank, NatWest Bank; Suhail Patel, Monzo; Jinhong Brejnholt, Saxo Bank; Rachael Wonnacott, Fidelity International

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

In the world of small and large financial institutions, platform engineering is a driver for shipping quickly, safely, and efficiently. This panel brings together seasoned practitioners from leading banks and financial institutions to share their firsthand platform experiences, successes, and challenges. - Discover how platform engineering can enhance developer experience, facilitate rapid innovation and drive efficiencies. - Delve into the complexities of navigating regulatory compliance, specifically when using open source technologies such as Kubernetes. - Learn from the experts' successes, setbacks and strategies (across technology and people), gaining actionable insights for successful implementation. Join us as we discuss the journey of adopting and deploying CNCF technologies at scale within the highly regulated financial sector. We’ll explore practical examples of both successes and incidents where things have gone wrong, providing the audience with valuable takeaways.

Speakers

Paula Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer, Syntasso

Paula is Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Syntasso; previous roles include Senior Director at VMware Tanzu, Pivotal and Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of CloudCredo. With 20+ years experience in IT, Paula champions community, diversity and inclusion and has a range of... Read More →

Suhail Patel

Senior Staff Engineer, Monzo

Suhail is a Staff Engineer at Monzo focused on building the Core Platform. His role involves building and maintaining Monzo's infrastructure which spans over two thousand microservices and leverages key infrastructure components like Kubernetes, Cassandra, Etcd and more. He focuses... Read More →

Jinhong Brejnholt

Global Head of Cloud & Container Platforms, Saxo Bank

Jinhong is an accomplished cloud and platform architect, deeply committed to advancing DevSecOps practices and cloud-native technologies. She holds an MSc in Software Development and Technology and is certified as a Kubernetes application developer, administrator, and security specialist... Read More →

Chris Plank

Enterprise Architect & Joint Product Owner, NatWest Bank

Chris Plank is a Enterprise Architect working for NatWest Bank in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has been leading a Platform as a Product initiative within the Bank over the last year looking to radically change the Banks approach to provisioning and maintaining services. Outside of work... Read More →

Rachael Wonnacott

Technical Product Owner, Kubernetes Platform, Fidelity International

Rachael has spent the last decade focused on platform engineering. She places a conscious emphasis on improving flow and is on the quest to smooth the application lifecycle for developers in the enterprise. With a background in astrophysics, Rachael brings her scientific approach... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Any

11:00am MST

CLBO: ClashLoopBackOff | Attendee Edition

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Halls A-C + 1-5 | Project Pavilion, Solutions Showcase

Come and watch a competition of two people using their technical ingenuity and creativity to solve a challenge put forth by the Scheduler (host). Time is limited and stakes are high, as this isn’t just a “live demo” for the masses. Over the course of twenty minutes, competitors will attempt to resolve a broken cluster, or deploy a service to production. At the end of the time, entries will be judged on four categories. Each category will be rated on Stability, Resiliency, Flexibility, and Observability.

Participants won’t know what challenge they’ll be given ahead of time but will be informed whether certain cloud resources or APIs will need to be enabled and available. Pre-creating any helpful scripts, code, or cloud resources is strictly prohibited. During the competition, the Scheduler will bounce between the participants’ screens, engage with the audience, and ask questions of the participants live.

Join us, root for our competitors, and feel free to engage live! If you'd like to participate in a challenge, you will be able to sign up on-site. (Note: Signing up does not guarantee you will be selected.)

Friday November 15, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Halls A-C + 1-5 | Project Pavilion, Solutions Showcase

Experiences, ClashLoopBackOff

Content Experience Level Any

11:55am MST

Building Massive-Scale Generative AI Services with Kubernetes and Open Source - John McBride, OpenSauced

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 250 AD

At OpenSauced, we power over 40,000 generative AI inferences every day, all through our in-house platform ontop of Kubernetes. The cost of doing this kind of at-scale AI inference with a third party provider API would be astronomic. Thankfully, using Kubernetes, the public cloud, and open-source technologies, we've been able to scale with relatively low costs and a lean stack. In this talk, John will walk through the journey of building a production grade generative AI system using open source technologies, open large language models, and Kubernetes. We'll also explore why we chose to build ontop of Kubernetes for our AI workloads over using a third party provider, and how we're running and managing our AI/ML clusters today. Additionally, we'll dive into the techniques we used to groom our Retrieval-Augmented-Generation pipelines for efficiency ontop of Kubernetes and other practical tips for deploying your own AI services at-scale.

Speakers

John McBride

Sr. Software Engineer, OpenSauced

John is a Sr. Software Engineer at OpenSauced where he also serves as Head of Infrastructure and AI engineer. He is the maintainer of spf13/cobra, the Go CLI bootstrapping library used throughout the CNCF landscape. In the past, he has worked on open source Kuberenetes platforms... Read More →

Kubecon 24 Building Massive Scale Generative AI Services with Kubernetes and Open Source John McBride, OpenSauced pdf

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 250 AD

AI + ML

Content Experience Level Any

11:55am MST

Accessibility at KubeCon: Deaf Voices in Cloud Native - Alfonso Torres, DeafTech; Jay Jackson, CallRevu; Destiny O'Connor, Women Blessing Women; Travis Johnson, Convo Communications; Rob Koch, Slalom Build

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

Never met a deaf person at a conference? That is not surprising. While there are lots of deaf engineers, until recently, most conferences — and virtually any other community activity — haven't been accessible to deaf community members. But for KubeCon, that all changed exactly a year ago! During this discussion, deaf panelists from various countries will shed light on their unique experiences being deaf in tech and the impact that making KubeCon accessible has had on their lives and hopes for the future. Attendees will learn why the technology space is a great fit for deaf individuals, the benefits and opportunities deaf professionals bring to the table, and what it takes to be an accessible and welcoming community. Panelists will also debunk common misconceptions and empower *you* to take steps toward a more inclusive cloud native ecosystem.

Speakers

Rob Koch

Principal, Slalom Build

A tech enthusiast who thrives on steering projects from their initial spark to successful fruition, Rob Koch is Principal at Slalom Build, AWS Hero, and Co-chair of the CNCF Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group. His expertise in architecting event-driven systems is firmly rooted... Read More →

Alfonso Balderas Torres

Founder, DeafTech

I am founder of DeafTech, an initiative dedicated to support the Deaf community in their professional development in the field of technology, through technology events, programming courses and conferences. In addition, I am co-founder of WorldDeafTech, an organization focused on creating... Read More →

Destiny O'Connor

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 →

Jay Jackson

Senior Software Engineer, CallRevu

Jay Jackson, a Senior Software Engineer at CallRevu, brings over 2 decades of experience in the tech industry. Jay has navigated this tech journey as a deaf individual, with American Sign Language (ASL) as his primary mode of communication and is passionate about exploring ways to... Read More →

Travis Johnson

Level 3 Engineer, Convo Communications

A Linux aficionado, Travis Johnson is a deaf Level 3 Engineer with 10+ years of experience in the VoIP industry, where he has gained deep knowledge of networking and scripting. A firm believer in lifetime learning, Travis continuously acquires new skills and certifications. Off work... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

Cloud Native Experience, Diversity + Equity + Inclusion

Content Experience Level Any

11:55am MST

Kubernetes Upgrades: Less Pain, More Gain (and Maybe a Little Swearing) - Jago Macleod, Google

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

Kubernetes upgrades are a major pain point for many users, often due to the complexity of managing multiple, independently versioned components. This talk will delve into the strategies and best practices for minimizing disruption and maximizing success during Kubernetes upgrades. We'll explore: - Common pitfalls and challenges faced during upgrades - Practical tips for smoother, more reliable upgrade processes - The risks of relying solely on Long Term Support (LTS) versions - Improving upgrade reliability for all Kubernetes users, regardless of their chosen platform Led by the head of both OSS Kubernetes and GKE Release and Upgrades at Google, this talk will provide valuable insights and actionable advice for anyone looking to create a sustainable and successful upgrade strategy. Whether you're a seasoned Kubernetes veteran or just getting started, this session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the complex landscape of Kubernetes upgrades.

Speakers

Jago Macleod

Engineering Director, Google

Jago Macleod is an Engineering Director at Google, where he leads much of the Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) team, which gives him the opportunity to work with some of Google Cloud’s largest customers. Prior to working at Google, Jago helped make the smart homes that... Read More →

KubeCon NA 2024 Kubernetes Upgrades pptx

Friday November 15, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Any

2:00pm MST

Gamifying Cloud Native: How to Design and Build an Educational Game for Your Project - Calum Murray, University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering & Zainab Husain, OCAD University

Friday November 15, 2024 2:00pm - 2:35pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

Have you ever struggled to explain what a Cloud Native project does? One of the challenges many cloud native projects face is that the abstractions they provide are not intuitive for new users. Since cloud technologies are often built on top of each other and use domain specific language, this problem compounds. Luckily, educational games can be made to help communicate these abstract concepts in a fun and engaging format! In this talk, we will explore how you can build an educational game for your project through the example of a game that the Knative community has built to teach Knative Eventing. We will walk through the steps other open source projects can follow to design their own educational game, including brainstorming strategies for deciding on key concepts and which metaphors/symbols to use to represent these concepts. These information design strategies can also be applied to create more understandable educational cloud native content in general!

Speakers

Zainab Husain

Knative UX Design Lead, OCAD University

Zainab Husain is a UX Design Researcher working at OCAD University. She completed her Masters in Engineering at the University of Toronto, focusing on Human Computer Interactions. Zainab is passionate about tools that improve collaboration between Engineers and Designers and is also... Read More →

Calum Murray

Knative Eventing Maintainer and UX Lead, University of Toronto, Canada

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 →

Knative Eventing Game pptx

Friday November 15, 2024 2:00pm - 2:35pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

2:55pm MST

Tick, TAG, TOC - Keeping Cloud Native Running - Karena Angell, Red Hat; Rajas Kakodkar, Broadcom; Alex Chircop, Akamai; Ricardo Aravena, Snowflake; Marina Moore, Edera

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

With only so many hours in the day, how does the cloud native community keep things running? Over 190 projects, thousands of contributors, and an array of groups all contribute to what we know as “cloud native” but there is more going on behind the scenes that keep the machine of cloud native running smoothly and driving the technical direction of the landscape. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from Chairs and Technical Leads of Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Runtime, Storage, App Delivery and the chair of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) on - How they are defining the roadmap for the future - The glue and oil of collaboration between advisory, oversight, and projects’ health - How you can time your engagement with these groups to have an outsized impact! This is not a maintainer track session. While they are separate tracks for specific CNCF TAG and TOC activities, this is meant to be your backstage pass to see how the CNCF landscape gets shaped!

Speakers

Marina Moore

Edera

Marina Moore has a PhD from at NYU where she performed research into software supply chain security. This research focused on real-world application through open source contribution. She is an open source maintainer and active in open source communities through the CNCF and OpenSSF... Read More →

Alex Chircop

Chief Architect at Akamai, Akamai

Chief Architect at Akamai. Previously a founder and CTO of Ondat (formerly StoraeOS), building software defined solutions for cloud native environments. Alex is also a co-chair of the CNCF Storage TAG (previously SIG). Before embarking on the startup adventure he spent over 25 years... Read More →

Ricardo Aravena

Cloud Native Lead, Snowflake

Ricardo Aravena is a Cloud Infrastructure Lead helping automate systems with cloud native technologies at Snowflake. He's an open source enthusiast, co-chair of the CNCF TAG-Runtime, Lead for CNCF Cloud Native AI Working Group and a CNCF Ambassador. He has been working in tech for... Read More →

Karena Angell

Senior Principal Chief Architect, Red Hat

Karena Angell is a Senior Principal Chief Architect at Red Hat focusing on cloud native application workloads for Kubernetes, open source software projects, as well as solutions for the 'open' hybrid cloud.

Rajas Kakodkar

Staff Software Engineer at Broadcom | Tech Lead CNCF TAG Runtime, Broadcom

Rajas is a staff software engineer at Broadcom and a tech lead of the CNCF Technical Advisory Group, Runtime. He is actively involved in the AI working group in the CNCF. He is a Kubernetes contributor and has been a maintainer of the Kube Proxy Next Gen Project. He has also served... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom B

Cloud Native Experience

Content Experience Level Any

2:55pm MST

The Key Value of etcd Over Custom Resources: Scalability - Jef Spaleta, Isovalent at Cisco

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | 155 B

Cilium defaults to using Kubernetes Custom Resources to hold Cilium specific internal state, however when the cluster is large enough, the Kubernetes API becomes a bottleneck on performance. To scale a cluster to hundreds of nodes, Cilium can be configured to use a dedicated external etcd instance. This talk will discuss the details of what the external etcd looks like from an operator perspective, and explore why Cilium uses an external etcd for enhanced scalability. It will cover how to manage a cluster by bypassing the Kubernetes API and interacting only with the cluster's etcd key-value store - and also why it might be a bad idea. Get a taste of what's possible by bypassing the Kubernetes API and interacting with the etcd API directly, and learn why Cilium has an option to use a dedicated etcd deployment, not shared by the Kubernetes API, for holding Cilium state and the scalability benefits it can bring to your cluster.

Speakers

Jef Spaleta

Technical Community Advocate, Isovalent at Cisco

Jef Spaleta has more than a decade of experience in the technology industry; as software engineer, open source contributor, IoT hardware developer, operations, and most recently as a community advocate at Isovalent.

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | 155 B

Operations + Performance

Content Experience Level Any

2:55pm MST

Modernization of Intuit Payroll Enterprise Using Event Driven Architecture - Hema Maarimuthu & Vigith Maurice, Intuit

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

Intuit's Quickbooks Online Payroll Enterprise, a critical application serving over 2 million customers, processes over a million transactions and $34 billion in payroll taxes. We're modernizing with a heavy investment in event-driven architecture for effective handling of financial data. This major transition extends beyond just the payroll platform; it involves decomposing complex systems across Intuit products using event-driven architecture and a focus on availability, scalability, and security is crucial. To address challenges like autoscaling for high throughput, low latency, better operational excellence, and development productivity, we have built our modernized platform on Numaflow, an open-source, Kubernetes native, language-agnostic platform. In our presentation, we will share our journey of modernizing our stack using event-driven serverless architecture on Numaflow and highlight the advantages it has brought to our developers and technology infrastructure.

Speakers

Vigith Maurice

Principal Engineer, Intuit

Vigith is a co-creator of Numaproj and Principal Software Engineer for the Intuit Core Platform team in Mountain View, California. One of Vigith's current day-to-day focus areas is the various challenges in building scalable data and AIOps solutions for both batch and high-throughput... Read More →

Hema Maarimuthu

Principal Engineer, Intuit

Hema is a Principal Software Engineer for Intuit's Online Payroll Infrastructure team in Mountain View, California. Hema’s current work involves leading cross-functional teams, strategizing, and driving operational excellence initiatives. Her major accomplishments include successfully... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 2:55pm - 3:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom H

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Any

4:00pm MST

Privacy in the Age of Big Compute - Sal Kimmich, Confidential Computing Consortium, Linux Foundation

Friday November 15, 2024 4:00pm - 4:35pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom A

In the age of big compute, the definition of privacy has transformed as re-identification from anonymized datasets has become easier. This session explores the challenges and solutions in navigating privacy concerns in high-dimensional data environments. Attendees will learn about the risks of re-identification, the importance of unicity in data sets, and how Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and Confidential Computing can mitigate these risks. Discover how these advancements can help protect sensitive data, ensure compliance, and foster a more secure data ecosystem in cloud-native environments.

Speakers

Sal Kimmich

Technical Community Architect, Confidential Computing Consortium, Linux Foundation

Sal is an advocate for open source, passionate about helping engineers, ethical hackers, and digital enthusiasts navigate modern software development. With over a decade of experience building cloud-native machine learning pipelines in healthcare and tech for good sectors, Sal now... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 4:00pm - 4:35pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom A

Data Processing + Storage

Content Experience Level Any

4:55pm MST

Goodbye etcd! Running Kubernetes on Distributed PostgreSQL - Denis Magda, Yugabyte

Friday November 15, 2024 4:55pm - 5:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom A

Kubernetes once favored Etcd as a database for all cluster data. Back then, relational databases lacked the availability and scalability characteristics required by Kubernetes. However, as Etcd encountered challenges with various Kubernetes workloads, relational databases continued to evolve. This session is a practical guide for deploying fault-tolerant and scalable Kubernetes clusters on distributed PostgreSQL. We’ll begin with Kine, which integrates into the Kubernetes architecture, enabling relational databases for cluster metadata management. Then, we’ll use Kine to deploy Kubernetes on a single-server PostgreSQL instance. After that, we’ll migrate to a multi-node PostgreSQL instance, allowing Kubernetes to tolerate zone and region outages and scale to thousands of nodes on demand.

Speakers

Denis Magda

Head of DevRel, Yugabyte

Denis started his software engineering career at Sun Microsystems and Oracle, where he built JVM/JDK and led one of the Java development groups. After learning Java from the inside, he joined the world of distributed systems and databases, where he has remained ever since. His experience... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 4:55pm - 5:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 1 | Grand Ballroom A

Data Processing + Storage

Content Experience Level Any