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KubeCrash 2024: Free Virtual Conference on Open Source Platform Engineering

KubeCrash 2024: Free Virtual Conference on Open Source Platform Engineering

KubeCrash, a free virtual conference focused on open-source platform engineering, is back for another round! This year’s theme is building the ultimate internal developer platform (IDP). The conference will feature technical sessions on various building blocks and best practices to tailor an IDP to your organization’s needs, boosting developer productivity and operational excellence. Register today…

Mojo Takes a Big Leap Forward: Embracing Open Source!

Mojo Takes a Big Leap Forward: Embracing Open Source!

Mojo Embraces Open Source: Building a Language Together Modular is excited to announce a major milestone for Mojo, their innovative programming language: the core modules from the Mojo standard library are now open-source! This decision underscores Modular’s belief that open-source collaboration is the key to unlocking Mojo’s full potential. Why Open Source? A Better Future…

Falco, Cloud-Native Security Tool for Kubernetes, Graduates from CNCF

Falco, Cloud-Native Security Tool for Kubernetes, Graduates from CNCF

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) recently announced a major milestone: the graduation of Falco, a powerful open-source tool designed for real-time threat detection in Kubernetes and cloud-native environments. This graduation signifies Falco’s maturity, stability, and growing importance within the cloud-native security landscape. From Sandbox to Graduation: A Journey of Security Innovation Falco’s journey began…

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Events 2024

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Events 2024

The year is just getting started, and the CNCF has a number of exciting events coming up! Don’t miss out on sponsorship opportunities, Call for Proposal deadlines, and registration details for these Spring and early Summer events: GitOpsCon North America StrimziCon OTel Community Day Secure AI Summit powered by CloudNative (co-located with CloudNativeSecurityCon) CloudNativeSecurityCon More…

K8GB – Kubernetes Global Balancer

K8GB – Kubernetes Global Balancer

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) ensures users are directed to the closest and healthiest servers in your geographically dispersed applications. Traditionally, GSLB solutions involve complex, proprietary network hardware and software managed by siloed network teams. This can be expensive and cumbersome, especially for modern, cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes. Introducing k8gb: Open Source, Cloud-Native GSLB…

Oracle Releases Java 22 with Foreign Function and Memory API, Unnamed Variables and More

Oracle Releases Java 22 with Foreign Function and Memory API, Unnamed Variables and More

Oracle released Java 22, the latest version of the Java programming language and virtual machine. This is the first non-LTS release since JDK 21 and includes 12 JEPs (Java Enhancement Proposals). Key Features of Java 22: Predictions for JDK 23 While only one JEP has been officially targeted for JDK 23, several JEP candidates are…

Effortless Scalability: Orchestrating Large Language Model Inference with Kubernetes

Effortless Scalability: Orchestrating Large Language Model Inference with Kubernetes

In the dynamic landscape of AI/ML, deploying and orchestrating large open-source inference models on Kubernetes has become paramount. This talk delves into the intricacies of automating the deployment of heavyweight models like Falcon and Llama 2, leveraging Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) to manage large model files seamlessly through container images. The deployment is streamlined…

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Building Meta’s GenAI Infrastructure

Announcing two 24k GPU clusters, Meta marks a significant investment in its AI future. Details on hardware, network, storage, design, performance, and software, crucial for high throughput and reliability in various AI workloads, are shared. These clusters, utilized for Llama 3 training, underscore Meta’s strong commitment to open compute and source, built atop platforms like…