Elephant in the room - Sebastian Scheele and Fabian Deutsch

This talk explores the evolving virtualization landscape, emphasizing the modernization of applications through containerization and the pivotal role of Kubernetes as a unified platform for running both containers and virtual machines. The speaker discusses the challenges vendors face in adapting to the enterprise demands of virtualization workloads and highlights the importance of strategic planning in developing a next-generation virtualization platform. Key topics include the significance of lead time for teams to succeed in this transition, along with a crawl-walk-run approach for implementation. Sebastian Scheele, CEO and co-founder of Kubermatic, and Fabian Deutsch, an open source software specialist, bring their extensive expertise in Kubernetes and open-source ecosystems to this insightful presentation.