In March 2016, the first-ever KubeCon Europe took place in London, England. Pre-event press from that year anticipated “hundreds” of attendees: Kubernetes was starting to grab the attention of the developer world, but the Cloud Native Computing Foundation community was still a niche group of open-source devotees.

Today’s ecosystem is very different. Kubernetes has spread open source into the enterprise as it moves beyond its hype cycle into mainstream use. In response, corporate end users such Audi, Boeing, Mercedes-Benz, Mastercard, IBM and JP Morgan Chase have become active members of the CNCF ecosystem.