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CNCF Cloud Native Survey 2021: Part 2 is open now!
Staff Post CNCF Cloud Native Survey 2021: Part 2 is open now!
The Cloud Native Survey 2021 – Part 2 is now open! We want to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who completed Part 1. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us and the whole of #TeamCloudNative. We...
August 11, 2021

Avoiding Kubernetes cluster outages with synthetic monitoring
Member Post Avoiding Kubernetes cluster outages with synthetic monitoring
Guest post originally published on Infracloud’s blog by Ruturaj Kadikar What is synthetic monitoring? Synthetic monitoring consists of pre-defined checks to proactively monitor the critical elements in your infrastructure. These checks simulate the functionality of the elements. We...
August 10, 2021 | By Ruturaj Kadikar

Application consistency in Kubernetes
Member Post Application consistency in Kubernetes
Guest post by Zerto Gone are the days that a backup of a virtual machine is enough for backing up an entire application. Applications, especially modern, cloud-native applications, span across virtual machines, containers and cloud services. Backing up...
August 9, 2021

What is OpenTelemetry and why is it the future of instrumentation?
Member Post What is OpenTelemetry and why is it the future of instrumentation?
Guest post originally published on New Relic’s blog by Lavanya Chockalingam of New Relic This blog is the first part in the Understand OpenTelemetry series. Part 1 begins with an overview of what OpenTelemetry is and why this open standard is the future of...
August 6, 2021 | By Lavanya Chockalingam

Cloud Native WebAssembly
Community Post Cloud Native WebAssembly
Guest post originally published on Medium by Michael Yuan WebAssembly was originally created for the browser. But like Java and JavaScript before it, once it gained support from the community (esp standardization and toolchain support), WebAssembly has become...
August 5, 2021 | By Michael Yuan

Inside the Numbers: The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021
Staff Post Inside the Numbers: The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021
As part of our commitment to transparency within the cloud native community, we are providing an inside look into the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon schedule to life. Note that...
August 4, 2021

Keeping KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Los Angeles 2021 Safe for Onsite Attendees
Staff Post Keeping KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Los Angeles 2021 Safe for Onsite Attendees
We are looking forward to connecting with many of you in the cloud native community in Los Angeles (after quite a long hiatus!) at the upcoming KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 from October 11-15.  In order to...
August 4, 2021

gRPC in action – Example using Java microservices
gRPC in action – Example using Java microservices
Guest post by Nikhil Mohan, Senior Technology Architect at Infosys In this article, we will implement a Java based microservices solution  with gRPC as the integration technology. The solution is a Movie  Finder application that provides a personalized movie ...
August 4, 2021

Edge stream data processing based on KubeEdge and Kuiper
Edge stream data processing based on KubeEdge and Kuiper
Guest post by KubeEdge Maintainers Introduction: KubeEdge is an open-source edge computing platform. Based on the native container orchestration and scheduling capabilities of Kubernetes, KubeEdge achieves functionalities such as cloud-edge synergy, edge computing, edge device management, and edge...
August 3, 2021

Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020
Staff Post Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020
Back in 2017, we provided insight into the top 30 highest velocity open source projects at the time and the findings were very interesting. This year, we want to look at both CNCF’s project velocity as well as...
August 2, 2021 | By Chris Aniszczyk