Author • Instructor

James Laverack

Principal Customer Success Architect

James is a principal customer success architect at Isovalent and a software engineer and conference speaker with over a decade of industry experience. James is also an upstream contributor to multiple CNCF projects as well as a former Kubernetes release lead (v1.24 “Stargazer”).

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Cilium Up & Running: Live Book Circle with the Authors

In this session, authors Nico Vibert, Filip Nikolic, and James Laverack walk through the most important themes of the book, unpack the key ideas behind them and share real-world insights.

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Filip Nikolic, Senior Solutions Architect

  • James Laverack, Principal Customer Success Architect

Cilium: Up and Running

Learn how to deploy, operate, and secure Kubernetes networking with Cilium. Cilium Up and Running is a hands on guide covering architecture, network policy, multi cluster connectivity, observability, and production operations.

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Filip Nikolic, Senior Solutions Architect

  • James Laverack, Principal Customer Success Architect

Cilium: Up and Running

Cilium is now considered the de facto cloud native networking platform for Kubernetes, connecting, securing, and monitoring millions of applications across thousands of clusters. With such versatility and feature-richness, Cilium can be daunting to learn. This comprehensive guide breaks Cilium down, making it broadly accessible to the increasing number of users who’ll encounter the platform in their careers.

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Filip Nikolic, Senior Solutions Architect

  • James Laverack, Principal Customer Success Architect