With the release of Kubernetes 1.10 in March, developers and users familiar with the project will have plenty to discuss when the community gathers in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 2 through 4 for KubeCon, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference. The first update in 2018 revealed a stronger focus on security, networking and storage, themes that will most likely be part of the discussion among more than 4,000 projected attendees in Denmark.

“This is going to be our biggest event in Europe yet,” said Aparna Sinha (pictured, right), group project manager of Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine at Google. “I expect some big announcements.”

Sinha spoke with Jeff Frick (@JeffFrick), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, at the SiliconANGLE Media studio in Palo Alto, California. She was joined by Wendy Cartee (pictured, left), senior director of cloud-native applications marketing at VMware Inc., and they discussed the benefits of attending KubeCon and how participants can get the most from the conference. (* Disclosure below.)

Adding container layer to data center

The CNCF conference attracts a mix of developers interested in contributing to the Kubernetes project, as well as users seeking to deploy technologies, such as VMware’s vSphere server virtualization software or infrastructure solutions like vSAN, in the enterprise.

“They are looking at how to transform and add containers as another layer on top of their software-defined data center to bring some of these newer technologies into their environment,” Cartee said.

KubeCon brings together a diverse set of developers and users who are in regular contact via meetups and globally connected conference calls during the year. “It’s a really good event to meet maintainers, meet contributors, and become one yourself,” Sinha said. “I think one of the reasons it’s so diverse and so many people are involved is because Kubernetes enables a benefit that is meaningful in enterprises large and small.”

One of the more valuable learning opportunities at KubeCon is the Contributor Summit, which will take place just prior to the conference start, according to Sinha. “That’s the thing that’s flying under the radar,” she said. “It’s a free event, and if you want to learn how to contribute to Kubernetes, that’s where a lot of the training will be.”

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s CUBEConversations. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Neither CNCF nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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