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KubeCon is just around the corner, and we’ve got a ton of exciting Linkerd content lined up! With 12 talks and plenty of opportunities to meet the team, this year’s event is not to be missed.

Calling all cloud native enthusiasts! KubeCrash is back for a brand new edition, this time focusing on the evolving landscape of Platform Engineering in 2024. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 9th, and prepare for a day packed with actionable insights and practical takeaways.

We had a blast connecting with the Linkerd community in beautiful Paris at KubeCon, and recordings of all talks are now live. The Linkerd crew was out in full force, spreading the word about how the CNCF-graduated service mesh provides critical security, reliability, and observability to Kubernetes clusters everywhere.

We are excited to announce KubeCrash Spring 2024, where we'll dive deep into platform engineering and how to build the ultimate internal developer platform (IDP).

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2024 is around the corner, and with it, lots of Linkerd goodness. Look forward to eight Linkerd talks (!), and come find us at the Linkerd kiosk in the Project Pavilion. This year, KubeCon Europe will be live in beautiful Paris — the city of love and Kubernetes.

Chicago was an exciting event for Linkerd. We had two big announcements: 1) Our partnership with Rancher/SUSE and 2) the upcoming 2.15 release with mesh expansion and SPIFFE support. Our team also got to talk about what's next for Linkerd, Rust and how it shaped Linkerd (and vice versa), and some of our community work.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2023 is around the corner, and with it, lots of Linkerd goodness. As at previous KubeCons, you'll find us at two booths: the Buoyant booth will be in the expo hall, and Linkerd will have a kiosk in the Project Pavilion.

This KubeCrash will dive deep into multi-cluster deployments at enterprise scale, using a single stateful demo app throughout the presentations. We’ll tie clusters into a single network, allow for automated cluster-wide certificate hierarchies, enable cost-effective cross-cluster communications, and set up Kubernetes guardrails to avoid misconfiguration-based app failure, all while using a distributed database to ensure surviving failures of individual pieces.

KubeCon and Linkerd Day Europe in Amsterdam wrapped a few weeks ago. This KubeCon was very special. We hosted the first-ever Linkerd Day, with 100% end user talks.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2023 is around the corner and, as usual, there is a ton of amazing Linkerd content. New this year is the introduction of Linkerd Day! The event will be held as a day zero conference at KubeCon EU in Amsterdam and is the only co-located event that is 100% vendor-talk-free! Be sure to add all these delightful nuggets of Linkerd goodness to your schedule today!

Yes, it's that time of the year again. KubeCon EU is just around the corner, so KubeCrash, the Amsterdam warm-up event, is here too! Join us on March 29 and 30 for a virtual, free, and 100% open source-focused conference.

KubeCon North America in Detroit wrapped a few weeks ago, and we’ve been pretty much full steam ahead since then with everything we took away from it! We were fortunate enough again to have a lot of great Linkerd content presented at the conference – if you missed the conference or weren’t able to see all these Linkerd talks, we have everything you need to get caught up below.

Believe it or not, it’s time for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2022 – and, once again, you’ll find a lot of great Linkerd content there! We’ve put together this Linkerd Community Guide to help make sure you don't miss any of these delightful nuggets of Linkerd goodness.

Are you a KubeCon geek who can't wait for Detroit to happen? No need to wait. Join us at KubeCrash, the KubeCon Detroit warm-up, for crash courses on cloud native tech by the maintainers of CNCF and other open source projects.

This year’s KubeCon in sunny Valencia was once again full of amazing Linkerd news! The CNCF’s service mesh micro-survey showed Linkerd usage skyrocketing, with 73% using or planning to use Linkerd in the next year. The world’s lightest, fastest, most secure service mesh is now fully managed. And …

Why not do good while learning about cloud native tech? Cockroach Labs, Fairwinds, Pulumi, and Jetstack, have teamed up to donate $2 for each virtual booth visitor to World Central Kitchen (WCK), a non-profit committed to providing meals in response to humanitarian crises. Working with restaurants …

Yep, it’s that time of the year again. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2022 is just around the corner and it’s packed with great Linkerd content! Whether you’re joining in person or virtually, there’s lots to watch and learn. To ensure you don’t miss all those delightful nuggets of Linkerd goodness, we...

The new virtual event for KubeCon “timezone-left-behinds” Are you a KubeCon nerd in the Americas who loves to attend KubeCon sessions but can’t go to Valencia this year? We have a consolation prize for you. During KubeCon EU, we are launching KubeCrash, a new virtual event featuring live crash...

Why not do good while learning about cloud native tech? Ambassador Labs, Jetstack, Civo, Weaveworks, Codefresh, and Buoyant have teamed up to donate $2 for each virtual booth visitor* to Black Girls Code, a non-profit committed to closing the opportunity gap for girls and women of color in the tech...

Yep, it’s that time of the year again. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2021 is just around the corner! Whether you’re joining in person or virtually, you can expect lots of great content and fun activities! This year you’ll find our team at three booths: the Buoyant booth (SU 6) in the expo hall, the...

What a conference. This year’s Kubecon + CloudNativeCon EU was the most Linkerd-heavy KubeCon yet, with double-digit talks, tons of buzz, and huge amounts of general excitement around the CNCF’s most popular service mesh. One remarkable thing was the sheer number of talks from Linkerd end users...

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2021 Virtual is just around the corner with an absolutely stellar lineup of Linkerd content from around the globe. This might be the most Linkerd-heavy KubeCon yet—a clear indication of the tremendous momentum behind Linkerd. As always, there are tons of user stories...

Service meshes are here — in production, and solving real-world problems! This year, KubeCon NA 2020 and the co-located ServiceMeshCon moved away from previous discussions about choosing a service mesh to focus on real-world implementation stories — a clear reflection of the momentum of the service...

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020 Virtual is just around the corner and, as usual, there’s a ton of great Linkerd content from around the globe. Here are a few of our favorite highlights. KubeCon Project Update Keynote On Wednesday, November 18 at 1:54pm EST, Constance Caramanolis will....

It might be virtual but this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 Virtual is just as jam-packed with Linkerd content as usual. So if you’re attending the event, be sure and check out these sessions and participate in the online conversation during and afterwards. Kubecon Project Update...

This week, the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in New York invited us to work with a hardcore group of architects and engineers who are eager to learn about service mesh and how Linkerd fits into their infrastructure. This workshop...

KubeCon has quickly become one of the most attended events in our industry, and for good reason: we want to learn about the technologies that are shaping the future of our work. This year in San Diego, Buoyant had the privilege of hosting the Linkerd in Production workshop with our partner Digital...

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in San Diego is chock full of Linkerd content, from talks to workshops to booths. Many of your friendly neighborhood Linkerd maintainers, contributors, and adopters will be there in person—if you’re attending, please come find us. We’d love to meet...

This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU in Barcelona is chock full of Linkerd content, from training to booths to the 10+ Linkerd talks! Many of your friendly neighborhood Linkerd maintainers, contributors, and adopters will be there in person – if you’re attending...

Linkerd will be in full force at this year’s KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon NA in Seattle. This will be the biggest KubeCon + CloudNativeCon to date with more than 7,000 attendees and over 200 scheduled breakout sessions. We’ve listed a selection of talks...

Earlier this month over 4300 attendees from around the world convened in Copenhagen to advance their cloud native and Kubernetes know-how at Kubecon EU. Based on the show floor buzz, a lot of customer conversations, and the many presentations on stage, it’s evident that the service mesh is rapidly...

It’s a wrap. We’ve reached the end of this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in Austin, TX. What a week we had! The unofficial theme of the conference quickly became the service mesh with some speakers dubbing 2018 as, “The Year of the Service Mesh”. Want to learn more about Linkerd?...