Editor's note
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2023 is a top event for developers and other IT professionals interested in trends and advances in cloud-native tech. This year's hybrid European conference took place in Amsterdam from April 18 to 21.
On April 18, colocated pre-event programming highlighted specific topics, such as Observability Day and Cloud Native Wasm Day. The regular conference ran from April 19 to 21 and featured keynotes, lightning talks, tutorials and community events. Sessions were divided into tracks such as Machine Learning + Data, Customizing + Extending Kubernetes and Diversity + Equity + Inclusion. Project meetings also took place for Kubescape, OpenTelemetry, Knative and other Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects.
This guide will update when KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023 is held in Chicago from November 6 to 9.
1What happened in Amsterdam?
This year's European KubeCon + CloudNativeCon featured numerous sessions on Kubernetes, as well as broader topics in cloud-native development, such as observability, cybersecurity and GitOps. Several sustainability-focused sessions highlighted the important role of the open source community in combating the climate crisis. Service meshes continue to be a hot topic in cloud-native development. Vendors unveiled service mesh products with multi-cluster and multi-cloud capabilities, though approaches to tools' underlying architectures varied. The conference saw a range of integrations from PaaS vendors designed to support server-side WebAssembly (Wasm), a key step in fulfilling the technology's potential for enterprise use cases.
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KubeCon highlights open source to combat climate change
Addressing climate change takes a community. At KubeCon Europe 2023, experts discussed how open source practices and projects can foster sustainability. Read Now
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Takeaways and emerging trends from KubeCon Europe 2023
An industry analyst shares key highlights and trends to watch from this year's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, including adoption of large language models and WebAssembly. Read Now
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Sidecarless eBPF service mesh sparks debate
As cloud-native service meshes expand beyond Kubernetes, open source community members raise concerns about the security and suitability of eBPF in sidecarless architectures. Read Now
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Veritas shows off software SAN for Kubernetes at KubeCON 2023
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Server-side Wasm boosts K8s bonds, devx ahead of key update
Early adopters await a WASI update this year before server-side Wasm can be ready for wider production use. For now, PaaS vendors have begun to bridge some of the gaps. Read Now
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2023: Container no-brainers
The Computer Weekly Open Source Insider team spoke with five cloud container orchestration specialists to find out what they think are the factors determining the state of Kubernetes (K8s) for developers and DevOps teams today. Read Now
2Catch up on CNCF news before the European conference
The CNCF currently supports more than 150 open source projects, with over 180,000 contributors, including widely used software like container orchestrator Kubernetes and monitoring tool Prometheus. The past year has been busy for the CNCF: In addition to seeing increases in both members and projects, the organization recently graduated GitOps-related projects Argo and Flux and hosted the first standalone CloudNativeSecurityCon North America event in February. To prepare for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023, here are some of the top CNCF-related stories since the last conference.
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What to expect from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023
TechTarget’s Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team are headed off to the Low Countries for the lowdown on all things cloud-native. Read Now
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GitOps hits stride as CNCF graduates Flux CD and Argo CD
Flux and Argo CD earned graduated status within CNCF after a year in which platform engineering adoption and DevOps advances put both in the enterprise spotlight. Read Now
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Server-side WebAssembly prepares for takeoff in 2023
Server-side WebAssembly is still a work in progress, but engineers at Adobe and BMW say it shows promise for fast, flexible app management among cloud and edge environments. Read Now
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SBOM graph database aims to be cloud security secret sauce
An open source consortium that includes Google plans to release a deployable beta of the GUAC project this month, a possible milestone for cloud-native SBOM. Read Now
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Cisco samples OpenTelemetry-based observability tool blends
Updates set to ship this week and next quarter will unify data collection for Cisco's observability and security tools and catch them up with full-stack competitors. Read Now
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Top takeaways from first CloudNativeSecurityCon
TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group offers the main takeaways from the first vendor-neutral, practitioner-driven conference for security. Read Now