Last week, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Battery Ventures hosted an interactive discussion on the explosive growth of open source software in San Francisco. Event slides can be found here.
In SF? Learn about open source and business with @pritianka at this panel! @CloudNativeFdn @nitrohq @batteryventures https://t.co/CEk6Rcpy0J pic.twitter.com/laiuE7SjNt
– OpenTracing (@opentracing) May 22, 2017
– OpenTracing (@opentracing) May 22, 2017
The evening’s event kicked off with CNCF Executive Director Dan Kohn welcoming the crowd, providing a summary of recent CNCF developments and showcasing the most recent Cloud Native Landscape.
[LIVE] from our event w/ @BatteryVentures, @dankohn1 is diving into @CloudNativeFdn #opensource projects like #Kubernetes @containerd & more pic.twitter.com/2oQAqLunY9
– CNCF (@CloudNativeFdn) May 23, 2017
Kubernetes at an “insane level” of attention by authors right now–Dan Kohn of CNCF at CNCF/@BatteryVentures event. @linuxfoundation
– Battery Ventures (@BatteryVentures) May 23, 2017
Battery Ventures’ General Partner, Dharmesh Thakker discussed the new Battery Open Source Software (BOSS) Index.
“Major global companies like Ticketmaster, Box, and eBay to name a few now rely on open source technologies like Kubernetes, containerd, OpenTracing and Node.js to run key segments of their infrastructure. These projects will be the substrate for businesses for years to come and it is essential to create a sustainable ecosystem around them to ensure widespread market adoption. CNCF appreciates Battery Ventures co-hosting the event with us, and thanks Dharmesh for leading an incredibly lively and entertaining panel discussion,” said Kohn.
Excited to hear @Dthakker02 discuss @BatteryVentures enterprise-IT track record & its BOSS open-source index at CNCF event @linuxfoundation
– Battery Ventures (@BatteryVentures) May 23, 2017
The Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin provided the first rule of the Linux Foundation.
The first rule of @linuxfoundation–you don’t talk about The Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin. @BatteryVentures/@CloudNativeFdn event.
– Battery Ventures (@BatteryVentures) May 23, 2017
[LIVE] from our event w/ @BatteryVentures, @jzemlin weighs in on @linuxfoundation & the #opensource ecosystem pic.twitter.com/yaVRIAE0JW
– CNCF (@CloudNativeFdn) May 23, 2017
And Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth provided a live demo of Machine as a Service.
[LIVE] from our event w/ @BatteryVentures, @Canonical‘s @sabdfl is offering a live “machine as a service” demo pic.twitter.com/ImEEqodO9W
– CNCF (@CloudNativeFdn) May 23, 2017
The evening’s main event was a diverse set of panelists – from senior technical and strategy experts – involved in popular projects like Kubernetes and OpenTracing, as well as early and venture-backed start-ups. Moderated by Thakker, the panel discussed the explosive growth and adoption of open source software, how this adoption is leading to startup growth and where enterprises are at in terms of cloud native adoption. Panelists included: Priyanka Sharma, OpenTracing; Janet Kuo, Kubernetes; Andy Randall, Tigera; Evan Kaplan, InfluxDB; and Yoav Landman, Jfrog.
“Our robust discussion really highlighted the challenges and opportunities of both building open-source communities, but also figuring out how to monetize them. Neither task is easy!” said Thakker. “But our panelists had some great insights about building active communities and partnering with organizations like CNCF to build an ecosystem and commercially viable businesses.”
[LIVE] panelists @evankaplan @janet_kuo @_yoav_ @andrew_randall @pritianka & @Dthakker02 are talking the explosive growth of #opensource pic.twitter.com/HbKwCA0W11
– CNCF (@CloudNativeFdn) May 23, 2017
Got to ❤️ this panel #OpenSource fuels explosive startup growth & goes #mainstream (2 women out of 5 panelists) #inclusive @CloudNativeFdn pic.twitter.com/0HO217kmMf
– ☁️ Patrick Reilly ☁️ (@preillyme) May 23, 2017
The @CloudNativeFdn panel by @Dthakker02 keeping things real! Covering where cloud-native really is w/ enterprises & splitting hype/reality. pic.twitter.com/yiBTOtbaum
– Niraj Tolia (@nirajtolia) May 23, 2017
Great point from @pritianka on how developers are influencing technology buying decisions in the Cloud Native world. @CloudNativeFdn pic.twitter.com/gWZFnh7ty5
– Abby Kearns (@ab415) May 23, 2017
But @Andrew_randall says he doesn’t see buying patterns of enterprises changing much, despite open source. @CloudNativeFdn/@BatteryVentures
– Battery Ventures (@BatteryVentures) May 23, 2017
Cloud native is here, and hype-y–but a “trough of disappointment” will happen before the real uptake/monetization begins: @evankaplan
– Battery Ventures (@BatteryVentures) May 23, 2017
I had a great time speaking at the @CloudNativeFdn panel moderated by @Dthakker02 @NitroHQ today. The creator of @ubuntu, @sabdfl was there! https://t.co/iocgqSC90c
– Priyanka Sharma (@pritianka) May 23, 2017
If you are interested in learning more about open source software and/or cloud native technology, please join us at these upcoming conferences:
Open Source Summit North America, September 11-13 in Los Angeles.
CloudNativeCon + KubeCon North America, December 6-8 in Austin.