Cloud Native Now: “CNCF Chief: AI Inference Will Drive Increased Cloud Native Software Consumption”
The executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is predicting that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) inference models is about to spur a massive increase in the consumption of cloud-native software.
February 13, 2026
Community Post
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-located Event Deep Dive: Telco Day
Cloud Native Telco Day returns to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 as a full-day co-located event bringing together telecommunications and cloud native communities for deep technical exchange and real-world collaboration. Originally launched in 2022 in Valencia,...
February 13, 2026 | Co-Chairs, Gergely Csatari & Philippe Ensarguet
Community Post
Security Slam Returns for 2026 — Now Open to All Open Source Projects
The CNCF Technical Advisory Group for Security & Compliance is excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Security Slam at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, in partnership with Sonatype and OpenSSF. The event will run from Friday, February...
February 11, 2026 | Eddie Knight, Sonatype
Staff Post
What CNCF Project Velocity in 2025 Reveals About Cloud Native’s Future
Ten years into CNCF’s journey, one thing hasn’t changed: we still rely on real signals—open source contributions, real-world deployments, and community energy—to understand where we’re headed. Cloud native is now invisible infrastructure, quietly powering our everyday...
February 9, 2026 | Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF
Member Post
Cluster API v1.12: Introducing in-place updates and chained upgrades
Cluster API brings declarative management to Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, allowing users and platform teams to define the desired state of clusters and rely on controllers to continuously reconcile toward it. Similar to how you can use...
February 9, 2026 | Fabrizio Pandini, Broadcom
Project Post
Dragonfly v2.4.0 is released
Dragonfly v2.4.0 is released! Thanks to all of the contributors who made this Dragonfly release happen. New features and enhancements load-aware scheduling algorithm A two-stage scheduling algorithm combining central scheduling with node-level secondary scheduling to optimize...
February 5, 2026 | epower
Project Maintainer Post
Conversing with Large Language Models using Dapr
Imagine you are running a bunch of microservices, each living within its own boundary. What are some of the challenges that come into mind when operating them? This is where Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) comes into...
February 4, 2026 | Siri Varma Vegiraju, CNCF Project Maintainer
Mentorship Post
CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Mentorship 2025 Term 3
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is thrilled to congratulate the 2025 Term 3 (September – November) CNCF LFX Mentorship Program mentees who have successfully completed the program! This term saw a fantastic cohort of mentees working...
February 4, 2026 | Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship & Documentation at CNCF
Staff Post
The Best of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon: Watch the video!
We’re excited to launch a new video celebrating the energy, people, and community that make KubeCon + CloudNativeCon what it is. One of the most powerful things about KubeCon + CloudNativeCon is the sheer scale and diversity of...
February 3, 2026 | epower
Member Post
OpenTelemetry Collector vs agent: How to choose the right telemetry approach
As cloud-native architectures continue to mature, observability has become a foundational requirement rather than an optional add-on. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, OpenTelemetry continues to grow its contributor base and remains the second highest...
February 2, 2026 | Neel Shah, Developer Advocate at Middleware