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2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
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By Chris Aniszczyk  By consistently tracking open source project velocity, we are able to see the trends and technologies resonating with developers and end users. We have been tracking these trends since 2017; all previous blogs...
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What image formats should you be using in 2019?
What image formats should you be using in 2019?
Here are some succinct guidelines on which image formats to use on the web, in email, and in print, based on CNCF’s experiences: SVG: Use for logos SVGs are the preferred image format for logos as...
July 17, 2019 | Dan Kohn

Demystifying containers – part II: container runtimes
Demystifying containers – part II: container runtimes
This blog post was first published on suse.com by Sascha Grunert. This series of blog posts and corresponding talks aims to provide you with a pragmatic view on containers from a historic perspective. Together we will discover...
July 15, 2019

Diversity scholarship series: experiencing KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit in Shanghai
Diversity scholarship series: experiencing KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit in Shanghai
Guest post by Irvi Aini, originally published on Medium As someone who is still a newbie in the open source world, I often feel intimidated. At first, I wasn’t even sure whether I should contribute or...
July 10, 2019

A look back at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2019
A look back at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2019
We had an amazing time in Shanghai, and wanted to share an overview of the key highlights and news from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2019! This year we welcomed more than 3,500...
July 8, 2019

Diversity scholarship series: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2019
Diversity scholarship series: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2019
Guest post by Semah Mhamdi originally posted on Medium At the beginning of May in Barcelona, the sun shines, the birds sing … but the experts, they continue to work! Since the morning, a little more than...
July 3, 2019

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019 conference transparency report: another record-breaking CNCF event
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019 conference transparency report: another record-breaking CNCF event
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019 was a great success with record-breaking registrations, attendance, sponsorships, and co-located events for our annual European conference. With 7,700 registrations, attendance for this year’s event in Barcelona grew by 84% from last...
July 1, 2019

With Kubernetes, Spotify’s capacity planning went from almost an hour to seconds or minutes
With Kubernetes, Spotify’s capacity planning went from almost an hour to seconds or minutes
Spotify’s audio-streaming platform has grown to over 200 million monthly active users across the world since launching in 2008. Their homegrown container orchestration system called Helios was no longer efficient enough for their needs. Spotify wanted...
June 27, 2019

Demystifying containers – part I: Kernel Space
Demystifying containers – part I: Kernel Space
This blog post was first published on suse.com by Sascha Grunert. This series of blog posts and corresponding talks aims to provide you with a pragmatic view on containers from a historic perspective. Together we will discover...
June 24, 2019

TOC approves CNCF SIGs and creates security and storage SIGs
TOC approves CNCF SIGs and creates security and storage SIGs
Earlier this year, the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted to create CNCF Special Interest Groups (SIGs). CNCF SIGs are currently being bootstrapped in various focus areas and primarily led by recognized experts and supported by contributors. They...
June 24, 2019

Virtual cluster – extending namespace based multi-tenancy with a cluster view
Virtual cluster – extending namespace based multi-tenancy with a cluster view
Guest post by Fei Guo and Lei Zhang of Alibaba In this guest post, the Kubernetes team from Alibaba will share how they are building hard multi-tenancy on top of upstream Kubernetes by leveraging a group...
June 20, 2019

Linkerd benchmarks
Linkerd benchmarks
Originally published on linkerd.io by William Morgan. Update 5/30/2019: Based on feedback from the Istio team, Kinvolk has re-run some of the Istio benchmarks. The results are largely similar to before, with Linkerd maintaining a significant...
June 17, 2019

Diversity scholarship series: My KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe Experience 2019
Diversity scholarship series: My KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe Experience 2019
Guest post by Ines Cheikhrouhou, DevOps and Cloud consultant, Agyla originally published on Medium Hi, My name is Ines and I’m one of the lucky people who was sent an invite as a diversity scholar to Kubecon...
June 14, 2019

CNCF openness guidelines
CNCF openness guidelines
CNCF is an open source technical community where technical project collaboration, discussions, and decision-making should be open and transparent. Please see our charter, particularly section 3(b), for more background on CNCF values. Design, discussions, and decision-making...
June 11, 2019 | Dan Kohn

Apple joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation as Platinum End User Member
Apple joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation as Platinum End User Member
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which sustains and integrates open source technologies like Kubernetes® and Prometheus™, today announced that Apple has joined the CNCF as a Platinum End User Member. Apple has completely revolutionized personal...
June 11, 2019

Square: How Vitess enables ‘near unlimited scale’ for Cash App
Square: How Vitess enables ‘near unlimited scale’ for Cash App
Four years ago, Square branched out into peer-to-peer transactions via its Cash App. After doing so, users started increasing by the minute and they needed to come up with a long term solution for scalability. Vitess...
June 10, 2019

Reflections on the Fifth Anniversary of Kubernetes
Reflections on the Fifth Anniversary of Kubernetes
Guest post from the Kubernetes Project Five years ago, Kubernetes was released into the world. Like all newborns, it was small, limited in functionality, and had only a few people involved in its creation. Unlike most...
June 6, 2019

A look back at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Barcelona 2019
A look back at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Barcelona 2019
Hot off an amazing three days in Barcelona, here is a snapshot into some of the key highlights and news from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019! This year we welcomed more than 7,700 attendees from around...
May 31, 2019

Observability should not slow you down
Observability should not slow you down
Originally published on Medium by Travis Jeppson, Sr. Director of Engineering, Nav Inc In any application, the lack of observability is the same as riding a bike with a blindfold over your eyes. The only inevitable...
May 30, 2019

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is now valid for 3 years
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is now valid for 3 years
In 2017, CNCF launched the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam which has become one of the most popular Linux Foundation certifications to date. Over 9,000 individuals have registered for the exam and over 1,700 have achieved...
May 28, 2019 | Kaitlyn Barnard

Intuit wins CNCF End User Award
Intuit wins CNCF End User Award
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced Intuit as the winner of the top end user award. Thanks to our contributions to the cloud native community, Intuit is being recognized for how we leverage cloud...
May 21, 2019