Recap: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2023

Thanks to everyone who joined us in Chicago this month at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2023. We had a chance to have many meaningful conversations about Kubernetes and container security, the latest in the open source ecosystem, and of course—Calico! Here are some highlights from the conference.

Calico at KubeCon

We had a ton of visitors at our booth this year and were happy to catch up with old friends as well as meet new ones. Tech problems for business needs, such as how to provide fixed IPs to workloads for communication outside of the Kubernetes cluster instead of architectural debates about the underlying dataplane, was a popular topic of discussion. Another was runtime security at the workload level (default-deny/zero trust). The issue of visibility into workload communication at scale overlaid with effective security policies also came up often. We were all too happy to show how Calico can help!

Cruise Party

Those who joined us for our private cruise party enjoyed a guided architecture tour of the spectacular Chicago lakefront. The evening went swimmingly and offered our guests a chance to unwind and network while enjoying great food and an open bar, against a backdrop of glittering skyscrapers.

2023 Calico Swag

This year, we took it up a notch with our swag and brought an exclusive collection of trendy T-shirts, vibrant stickers, chic bags, and cool sunglasses with us to the conference.

Tigera leadership

Members of Tigera’s leadership team were on site at the conference to chat with visitors about strategic direction and exciting new developments. President & CTO, Ratan Tipirneni, Chief Revenue Officer, Fahad Rizqi, and Chief Customer Officer, Pervez Sikora, had engaging discussions with visitors to our booth and those who attended our events during the conference.

Calico Open Source news

During KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2023, we announced upgrades to Calico Open Source and Calico Cloud centered around the security, performance, and scalability of Kubernetes deployment. Highlights include:

• Security Score and Recommended Actions to maximize container security
• Streamlined operations with Windows HostProcess Container
• Performance and scalability with IPv6 support for Calico eBPF dataplane
• Enabling multi-cluster deployments with cluster mesh on VxLAN

Check out our press release for all the details: Tigera Introduces Powerful Enhancements to Calico Open Source and Calico Cloud to Elevate Security, Scalability and Performance. To see what others had to say, see coverage of our news in TFiR, Global Security Magazine, Silver Linings Info, IT Digest, and CIO Influence.

It was great meeting with everyone, and we look forward to seeing you at the next conference!

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