This document summarizes Cheryl Hung's presentation on navigating the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) end user community. The CNCF fosters open source cloud native projects and has over 400 members, including end user companies. The end user community helps members navigate the ecosystem, hire engineers with cloud native skills, and align their organizations with cloud native technologies. Members can get involved by becoming an end user supporter or member, attending events like KubeCon, and participating in technical committees. The goal is to ensure end user needs are met within the open source community.

1. Cheryl Hung, CNCF Director of Ecosystem
May 22, 2019
Navigating the Cloud Native
Community for End Users

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1. What is the End User Community?
2. How does it work?
3. How do you get involved?
Agenda

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CNCF mission
Foster and sustain open source, vendor-neutral
projects around cloud native

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Non-profit, part of Linux Foundation,
founded December 2015

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400+ Members and Growing
Platinum Members
End User Supporters
Gold Members
End User Members Academic/Nonprofit

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400+ Members and Growing (Silver 1)

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400+ Members and Growing (Silver 2)

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8 staff

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In practice

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● Community
In practice

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● Community
● Documentation, translation
In practice

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● Community
● Documentation, translation
● Security audits
In practice

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In practice
● Community
● Documentation, translation
● Security audits
● Legal and certification

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In practice
● Community
● Documentation, translation
● Security audits
● Legal and certification
● Marketing, PR and events

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● Consultancy
But, the CNCF doesn’t do:

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● Consultancy
● Support
But, the CNCF doesn’t do:

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But, the CNCF doesn’t do:
● Consultancy
● Support
● Feature roadmaps

19. What is the End User Community?

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Technical
Oversight
Committee
Governing
Board
End User
Community
Marketing
Committee

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• use cloud native technologies internally
• do not sell any cloud native services
externally
Excludes vendors, consulting and training
partners.
End users

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CNCF End User Community
Plus 9 non-public members

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End User Community Membership Growth

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Hired October 2018
Understand end user
needs
Ensure that end users are
active and engaged in
the community

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The CNCF helps end users:

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The CNCF helps end users:
1
Navigate
the
ecosystem

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The CNCF helps end users:
2
Hire
engineers
1
Navigate
the
ecosystem

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The CNCF helps end users:
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Align with
cloud
native
Hire
engineers
1
Navigate
the
ecosystem

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But isn’t everything open?

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But isn’t everything open?
Closed mailing list and calls - vendor
neutral zone

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But isn’t everything open?
Closed mailing list and calls - vendor
neutral zone
You don’t need to join to use or
contribute!

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“We actively engage in teaching
and outreach of Cloud Native
concepts within the Academic
and Research communities. We
are working on integrating those
methods into student programs to
get them learning them earlier in
their education.”
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Navigate
the
ecosystem

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5 free tickets to KubeCon (2 if less
than 300 employees)
Engage with peers
● Developer Experience SIG
● Finance, Telecom User Groups
Engage with projects
End User Partner Summit
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Navigate
the
ecosystem

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“We've spoken at multiple
conferences about our use of
CNCF projects, including
successes and our failures. We host
meetups in New York and
Stockholm, employ a CNCF
ambassador, and are publishing a
case study with CNCF on our
Kubernetes use.”
2
Hire
engineers

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Awareness
● Increase number of KubeCon
talks from end users
● Case studies
● End user booth at KubeCon
● Media and analyst meetings at
KubeCon
2
Hire
engineers

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“Joining CNCF as an end user
community member gives us the
ability to participate in
conversations. Those lead to the
ability to participate in the
technical oversight committee
which defines the future direction
of the project and that’s very
important for us to have a voice.“
3
Align with
cloud
native

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3
Align with
cloud
native
Run for Technical Oversight
Committee and Governing Board
Open Source Program Office
● TODO Group
Education
● Legal Summit
● Open Source Leadership Summit

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“It’s not an option to not do open
source.
If we don’t get involved with cloud
native and take the lead, we will fall
behind our competitors.”

39. How do you get involved?

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End user use cloud native technologies
internally, but do not sell any cloud native
services externally
Excludes vendors, consulting and training
partners.
Are you an end user?

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EU Supporter
cncf.io/endusersu
pporter
EU Member
cncf.io/lfmember
ship
Programs
chung@linuxfoundation.org
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EU Supporter
cncf.io/endusersu
pporter
EU Member
cncf.io/lfmember
ship
Programs
Annual cost $4500 / $1800
(< 300 employees)
$500 - $370,000
(Silver, Gold, Platinum)
chung@linuxfoundation.org
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Cheaper to be an End User
Supporter ($4500) than to buy
5 KubeCon tickets ($5500)!

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Be part of the CNCF End User Community
Plus 9 non-public members

45. Thanks!
Slides at oicheryl.com