Author • Speaker • Instructor

Dean Lewis

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Dean Lewis is a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Isovalent - the company behind the open-source cloud native solution Cilium. Dean had a varied background working in the technology fields, from support to operations to architectural design and delivery at IT Solutions Providers based in the UK, before moving to VMware and focusing on cloud management and cloud native, which remains as his primary focus. You can find Dean in the past and present speaking at various Technology User Groups and Industry Conferences, as well as his personal blog.

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Navigating the Ingress-nginx Archival: Why Now Is the Time to Move to Cilium

Ingress-nginx is being archived, and Kubernetes teams need a secure, supported path forward. This post explains what the retirement means, compares your options, and shows how to migrate quickly to Cilium Ingress or adopt the Cilium Gateway API for advanced traffic management.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Isovalent Workshop London

Join us in London for a half-day, instructor-led workshop with hands-on labs and live demos where you will learn how to address Cloud Native challenges across networking, observability & security

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Richard Cunnigham, Sales Engineer

Red Hat Certifies Isovalent Networking for Kubernetes on OpenShift Hosted Control Planes

Isovalent Networking for Kubernetes is the first and only CNI certified for Red Hat OpenShift Hosted Control Planes (HCP). Learn how enterprises can deploy Cilium with OpenShift HCP and ROSA to achieve secure, observable, and scalable Kubernetes networking.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Isovalent Enterprise Load Balancer: Traffic Management for your Datacenter

See how Isovalent’s cloud-native Load Balancer brings modern traffic management to on-prem and datacenter environments, simplifying operations, reducing legacy overhead, and giving network teams more control.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Michael Kashin, Product Manager

Deploying Cilium on Red Hat OpenShift Hosted Control Planes

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Kubernetes Summer School 2025 - Recap

Discover key takeaways from Kubernetes Summer School 2025 with Cilium and the Isovalent Platform. Learn about the Isovalent Load Balancer, Gateway API, Hubble observability, and Egress Gateway, and access on-demand sessions with hands-on labs.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Technical Deep Dive: Isovalent Load Balancer

The Isovalent Load Balancer brings a software-first approach to service connectivity, replacing legacy appliances with eBPF-powered performance, Kubernetes-native configuration, and full observability. In this deep dive, we explore its two-tier architecture, packet path, deployment models, and real-world configuration examples.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Kubernetes Summer School: Session 4

Your Kubernetes cluster thrives on data, but how does it flow? Discover the complete journey: getting data to, into, around, and out of your cluster. Join Isovalent’s Kubernetes Summer School and master the story of data in and about Kubernetes clusters through four interactive, hands-on sessions!

  • Raphaël Pinson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Kubernetes Summer School: Session 3

Your Kubernetes cluster thrives on data, but how does it flow? Discover the complete journey: getting data to, into, around, and out of your cluster. Join Isovalent’s Kubernetes Summer School and master the story of data in and about Kubernetes clusters through four interactive, hands-on sessions!

  • Raphaël Pinson, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Cilium 1.18 - Expanded IPv6 Support, Encrypted Overlay, Ingress Bandwidth Controls, Policy Performance Improvements, and More!

Cilium 1.18 brings major enhancements across security, performance, and operational flexibility. This release introduces a more secure encrypted overlay with IPsec, enhanced IPv6 support and further improvements to load balancing, Gateway API, and IP address management ; reinforcing Cilium’s role as the foundation for modern Kubernetes networking.

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Dan Finneran, Principal Community Advocate

Isovalent Enterprise Load Balancer: Traffic Management redefined for Kubernetes

Watch this video to learn how Isovalent’s new cloud-native Load Balancer simplifies traffic management in Kubernetes environments by standardizing routing, boosting reliability, and streamlining operations for platform teams.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Michael Kashin, Product Manager

What’s New in Isovalent Networking for Kubernetes 1.17

Get a front-row seat to the latest enterprise-grade Cilium release. Watch to explore how Isovalent Networking for Kubernetes 1.17 helps platform teams harden security, improve scalability, and streamline operations in production Kubernetes clusters.

  • Dean Lewis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Michael Kashin, Product Manager