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Jul 19, 2023
Join the DoKC Ambassador Program Today
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC) Ambassador Program! The DoKC Ambassador Program is designed to recognize individuals in the community who are actively participating in activities and engaging with other community members. It provides an opportunity for community members to take their involvement to the next level; play a more significant role in shaping the future of our community; and help educate other users who are on their journey running data on Kubernetes.

Jun 27, 2023
Kubernetes Operators and Data Pipelines
A summary of our discussion during our DoKC Town Hall held in June. Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC) Town Halls allow our community to meet one another, share end user journey stories, discuss DoK-related projects and technologies, and learn more about community events and ways to participate.

Jun 21, 2023
DoK Operators: Workload Reliability and Availability
On May 24, Akshay Ram and Michelle Au from Google led the DoK Operator Roundtable, representing both the Kubernetes project and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as a managed Kubernetes provider. DoK roundtables unite operator developers for an informal deep dive into challenges that come up when writing operators and using them in production. The goal of the roundtable was to explore challenges projects are facing when writing operators, and to find opportunities where the Kubernetes project could address those gaps.

May 31, 2023
May Data on Kubernetes Bay Area Meetup Report
The DoK Bay Area meetup held its first official meeting on May 17 at Bootup World in Menlo Park. Thanks to the hard work and support from Olyvia Rakshit and the team at Avesha, we were able to obtain a venue and meet for pizza, pop, and presentations on Kubernetes.

May 30, 2023
Recap: Data on Kubernetes First Town Hall
A summary of our discussion during our first DoKC Town Hall held in May: Improved DevX with DoK and best practices for deploying Spark on Kubernetes We held our first-ever community Town Hall on Thursday, May 18. Hosted by the Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC), Town Halls allow our community to meet one another, share end user journey stories, discuss DoK-related projects and technologies, and learn more about community events and ways to participate.

May 1, 2023
Data on Kubernetes Community @ KubeCon Europe 2023
By Melissa Logan We had an eventful and rewarding week with the Data on Kubernetes Community at KubeCon Europe in Amsterdam. From meetups to panels to hallway conversations, it was energizing and fulfilling to see how the DoKC came together to learn, share, and grow together.

Apr 13, 2023
Upcoming Data on Kubernetes Community Events
As we welcome a new season - for some of us spring has sprung and others are buckling down for fall. No matter which season you’re welcoming in, seasonal changes bring fresh opportunities. We are excited to announce new ways for us to gather as a community. We have some exciting DoK community events, including some big firsts for us.

Feb 2, 2023
Using Kubernetes for Healthcare Data
Healthcare organizations are transforming their applications and embracing digital platforms for efficient patient care. Edge computing plays a critical role in deploying innovative care that would not be possible without it.

Jan 4, 2023
Why we decided to migrate our Jaeger storage to ClickHouse
In this talk, OpsVerse co-founder Arul Jegadish explains why they decided to switch from using Jaeger storage backend to ClickHouse, and why they choose to run it on Kubernetes. He also shares tips and tricks to migrate and run it without problems.

Jan 3, 2023
Building a Digital Factory for the Sheet Metal Industry
CamData 3D, one of the newest projects of Kurago in partnership with Bystronic, provides a multi-tenant cloud service aiming to improve the digitization of the sheet metal industry. In this talk, Senior DevOps Engineer Elie Assi elaborates on why and how they choose to host their service in Kubernetes instead of virtual machines.

Dec 12, 2022
Graph in Kubernetes Panel
Graph databases are the fastest-growing data store in the world. According to Gartner, the application of graph processing and graph DBMSs will grow at 100 percent annually through 2022 to continuously accelerate data preparation and enable more complex and adaptive data science.

Nov 28, 2022
How to build a cloud-native event-driven app and deploy to Kubernetes
In the following tutorial, we will explore and learn the foundations of building an event-driven app based on a cloud-native approach. We will develop several cloud-native microservices, deploy them over a minikube cluster, and install Memphis, which is a cloud-native real-time data processing platform that will enable communication between the services. Finally, we will run the entire application on a Kubernetes cluster.