17 new companies join over 570 other members and supporters to further advance cloud native technologies

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU Virtual – August 18, 2020 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that 17 new members and end user supporters have joined the Foundation to continue driving cloud native technology innovation.

According to CNCF’s Q4 2019 State of Cloud Native Development report released earlier this month, there are currently 6.5 million cloud native developers around the worldwide – a considerable 1.8 million increase since Q2 2019. As organizations continue to invest in cloud native technologies, the report also revealed that globally more than half of backend developers use containers.

“Our community continues to grow and innovate together as our environment changes and organizations face new challenges,” said Priyanka Sharma, general manager of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. “We are thrilled about the sustained momentum in this ecosystem and to welcome these new members to CNCF.”

These new members will also join CNCF at / for the upcoming 2020 KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events, including KubeCon + CloudNativeCom EU – Virtual from August 17-20, 2020, and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA – Virtual from November 17 – 20, 2020.

About the newest Silver Members:

With the addition of these new members, there are now over 140 organizations in the CNCF End User Community. This group regularly meets to share adoption best practices and feedback on project roadmaps and future projects for CNCF technical leaders to consider.

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About Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry’s top developers, end users, and vendors, and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 500 members, including the world’s largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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