KubeCon EU 2026 drew a record 13,500 attendees to Amsterdam -- the largest open-source software meetup in history. Day 1 keynotes centered on AI infrastructure: NVIDIA joined CNCF as a Platinum member and donated its GPU driver as a standard reference for the Kubernetes DRA API, while new projects like AICR and LLM-D tackle the distributed inference challenge at scale. Virtualization & Cloud Review's Tom Fenton reports from the show floor.
The designation was based on end-user feedback for backup and data protection platforms.
Our 1-person SOC from Down Under explains how, as enterprise organizations outside the U.S. increasingly seek alternatives to American public cloud providers, Microsoft is responding with a spectrum of sovereign cloud options -- from country-specific Azure regions and national partner clouds to fully disconnected on-premises clusters running Azure Linux.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/31/2026
Tom Fenton's on-the-ground report from KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam reveals that enterprises are actively pursuing Kubernetes-based alternatives to legacy VM infrastructure -- with a pre-conference "VM on Kubernetes Day" event and vendor discussions with Cast AI and ZEDEDA highlighting real-world strategies for migration, cloud cost optimization, and edge AI deployment.
Running an LLM on a Raspberry Pi with Ollama is easy to set up in minutes, but practical performance depends heavily on choosing a smaller model tuned for low-power hardware.
This first article in a series explains the core AI concepts behind running LLM and RAG workloads on a Raspberry Pi, including why local AI is useful and what tradeoffs to expect.
Tom Fenton's benchmark data across the Pi 400, Pi 500, Pi 500+, and Pi 5 shows the Pi 500+ delivering the strongest all-around desktop performance with notable gains in CPU, graphics, and networking.</p>
A hands-on PoC with Microsoft Copilot Studio found that creating a basic agent was easy, but getting useful results from a SharePoint-hosted Excel tracker required extra connection setup and worked better only after separate worksheet tabs were split into distinct files.
New agentic AI offering targets release-note review, impact analysis and test planning for enterprise SaaS updates.
The Raspberry Pi 500+ upgrades the computer-in-a-keyboard concept with 16GB of RAM, a 256GB NVMe SSD, and a mechanical keyboard -- all built on the same Broadcom BCM2712 processor as the Pi 5 and Pi 500.
Rubrik and Microsoft announced an integration at RSAC 2026 connecting Defender's identity threat detection with Rubrik's automated rollback and recovery, covering Active Directory and Entra ID in hybrid cloud environments.
AWS and Google Cloud used GTC 2026 to detail new NVIDIA-based cloud offerings spanning GPU scale-out, inference, orchestration, and flexible consumption models, while related NVIDIA announcements added context for the company's broader AI cloud strategy.
Rubrik announced Rubrik Data Protection for Google Workspace, positioning it as a unified cyber-resilience offering for Gmail and Google Drive with recovery, policy and continuity features.
Enterprises face five hard truths when scaling AI from successful pilots to production -- governance gaps, AI agent sprawl, security as an afterthought, agent unpredictability, and the absence of shared architecture -- all lessons that mirror the chaotic early days of API development and demand the same solutions that eventually tamed it.
Edera's Micro VM platform isolates each Kubernetes pod in its own private Linux kernel using a Rust-based, Xen-derived hypervisor -- reducing the container attack surface by up to 95% while maintaining near-native performance
After splitting from VMware in 2024, Omnissa Horizon has evolved with expanded platform support including Nutanix AHV, modernized client interfaces, AI-powered tools, and flexible hybrid cloud deployment options while maintaining its enterprise VDI foundation.
Security expert Brien Posey outlined why the data layer is a prime target and shared practical protection principles: know what you have, limit access, encrypt data and use strong authentication.
Our 1-person SOC from Down Under explains how Microsoft Sentinel has rapidly evolved from its 2019 launch to become a leading cloud-based SIEM solution, now featuring advanced capabilities like graph databases, AI agents, data lake storage, and seamless XDR integration.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/02/2026
A Q&A recap from a December 4th, 2025 webinar covers key Kubernetes and cloud-native trends from KubeCon '25, including AI operations, security, observability, and enterprise adoption.
Tom Fenton explains why he's attending KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam despite having just attended the North America conference, highlighting the unique Euro-centric themes, networking opportunities with European maintainers, fresh AI-focused content, and the event's convenient logistics and comprehensive schedule.