With over 10,000 in-person attendees, 58% of whom were new to the conference, and 2,000 on the waitlist to attend in person, KubeCon Europe 2023 reflects the rising importance of this new platform. It is not just about development, but rather all about the drive to adapt to the digital age of applications. It also means adapting IT infrastructure to support the new apps and new development. Call it containers, container-native, or Kubernetes – it is the next platform.