… By integrating these insights, platform teams can design systems that are more resilient, scalable, and usable , while contributing to a healthier, more diverse cloud-native ecosystem . Looking forward KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026 demonstrated that platform engineering is evolving. …
… In practice, most production Kubernetes platforms settle on the same core stack of 20–30 cloud native tools. …
… The combination of: k0s lightweight Kubernetes k0rdent multi-cluster orchestration OpenStack private cloud infrastructure creates a powerful platform engineering stack . …
… Erick Bourgeois is Director and Head of Kubernetes Platform Engineering at RBC Capital Markets, managing 50+ Kubernetes clusters across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. …
… Suggested topics for proposals include: AI / Machine Learning / Agentic AI / Data Systems AI Infrastructure / Accelerators / Performance Engineering Platform Engineering / Cloud Native Architecture Application Development / Developer Experience Operations / Observability / Reliability Security / Pr… …
… The cloud’s flexibility for AI training and deployment overcomes barriers like cost and scaling, making it an ideal platform for complex models. In essence, AI turns cloud native infrastructures into smarter, more resilient hubs that drive business value through automation and intelligence. …
… The choice for some of the platform teams has been Envoy Gateway which future-proofs cloud-native infrastructure architectures with support for standardized networking, observability and authentication. …
… Microcks solves this by providing an open source, cloud native platform for API mocking and testing. …
… Conclusion Distributed tracing is foundational to operating cloud‑native platforms at scale, but tooling alone is insufficient. …
… Pavan Madduri is a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at W.W. Grainger and a CNCF Golden Kubestronaut. He specializes in architecting massive, self-healing multi-cloud infrastructure and pioneering ‘Agentic Ops’ for enterprise Kubernetes environments. …
