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2019 CNCF Annual Report
Staff Post 2019 CNCF Annual Report
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) annual report for 2019 is now available. The report highlights the growth of the community, events, projects, and more, over the past year. As CNCF celebrated its fourth birthday in 2019, we...
January 21, 2020

Using Containers and Kubernetes to Increase the Efficacy of Anomaly Detection
Member Post Using Containers and Kubernetes to Increase the Efficacy of Anomaly Detection
Guest post from Connor Gorman, Sr. Software Engineer, StackRox The maturation of the container ecosystem has coincided in parallel with the emergence of Kubernetes as the de facto orchestrator for running containerized applications. This new declarative and immutable...
January 21, 2020

Linkerd 2019 year in review
Project Post Linkerd 2019 year in review
I think it’s safe to say that 2019 was a huge year for Linkerd. It saw the project emerge from the “seems promising but let’s wait and see” phase and firmly into “okay, I need an excuse to try this out”...
January 20, 2020 | By Luc Perkins

CNCF webinars: fresh insights for the cloud native community
Staff Post CNCF webinars: fresh insights for the cloud native community
As we jump into 2020, we wanted to share a reminder and quick overview of CNCF’s webinar program. These webinars are hosted by members, CNCF incubating and graduated projects, and CNCF SIGs. Anyone can register to attend, and...
January 17, 2020 | By Kim McMahon

Kubernetes Message Queue
Member Post Kubernetes Message Queue
Guest post originally published in KubeMQ by Lior Nabat Background Most enterprises are adopting Kubernetes as a result of the endless benefits it offers. It is adopted for seamless container management; it provides high scalability and enhances communication / messaging....
January 16, 2020

Introducing the Kubernetes bug bounty program
Project Post Introducing the Kubernetes bug bounty program
We are happy to announce that the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is funding a new Kubernetes bug bounty program to reward researchers who find security vulnerabilities in Kubernetes’ codebase, as well as build and release processes. The program is...
January 14, 2020

Zendesk: ‘Kubernetes Seemed Like It Was Designed to Solve the Problems We Were Having’
Zendesk: ‘Kubernetes Seemed Like It Was Designed to Solve the Problems We Were Having’
Launched in 2007 with a mission of making customer service easy for organizations, Zendesk offers products involving real-time messaging, voice chat, and data analytics. All of this was built as a monolithic Rails app, using MySQL database and...
January 13, 2020

Keeping Cloud Native Well
Community Post Keeping Cloud Native Well
While the CNCF makes every effort to ensure the comfort, health, and happiness of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon attendees, there were some attendees at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Seattle 2018 who felt overwhelmed or unhappy. Some of those attendees were...
January 10, 2020

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Conference Transparency Report: The biggest KubeCon + CloudNativeCon to date
Staff Post KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 Conference Transparency Report: The biggest KubeCon + CloudNativeCon to date
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019 was our largest event to date with record-breaking registrations, attendance, sponsorships, and co-located events. With nearly 12,000 attendees, this year’s event in San Diego saw a 49% increase in attendance over last...
January 9, 2020

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification is now valid for 3 years
Staff Post Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification is now valid for 3 years
Announced in May 2018, the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) program was designed as an extension of CNCF’s Kubernetes training offerings which already includes certification for Kubernetes administrators. By adding this exam to the CNCF certification line-up, application...
January 9, 2020 | By Kim McMahon