Author • Speaker • Instructor
Thomas Graf
CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Thomas Graf is the CTO of Cisco Security and Vice President Engineering for Multi-Cloud Products and a recognized leader in the fields of networking, security, and open-source technology. As the Co-Founder and CTO of Isovalent, he played a pivotal role in advancing eBPF-based networking and security solutions before the company's acquisition by Cisco.
With a deep background in Linux kernel development, Thomas previously served as a technical lead for Red Hat’s kernel team, where he contributed to foundational innovations in networking and security. As a pioneer in networking and security, Thomas has driven key advancements such as eBPF that have influenced the broader industry.
As one of the creators of Cilium, a widely adopted open source project for Kubernetes networking and security, Thomas has been at the forefront of the cloud-native movement, enabling enterprises to build secure, high-performance infrastructure at scale.
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Cilium Mesh Introduction & AMA
An introduction and ask-me-anything session on the brand new Cilium Mesh capability with Martynas Pumputis, Cilium Mesh Maintainer, and Thomas Graf, Co-Founder & CTO of Isovalent.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Martynas Pumputis, Principal Software Engineer
Cilium Mesh - One Mesh to Connect Them All
Cilium Mesh - One Mesh to Connect Them All. Connect Kubernetes, VMs, and Servers across Cloud, On-Prem, and Edge.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium now Available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium now Available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
How to Supercharge Red Hat OpenShift with eBPF using Cilium
In this video, Thomas Graf (Isovalent CTO and Co-Founder and co-creator of Cilium) and Brandon Jozsa (Associate Principal SA at Red Hat) present the core concepts of eBPF and Cilium and why and how you might want to use it on your Red Hat OpenShift Environment.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium 1.12 Release Webinar
Join Thomas Graf, CTO and Co-Founder of Isovalent to learn more about the latest and greatest open source and enterprise features of Isovalent Cilium Enterprise 1.12.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
CiliumCon Europe 2023 Schedule
CiliumCon Europe, April 18, Amsterdam, Co-located with KubeCon. Line-up includes end-users from Sky, New York Times, Bloomberg LP, Datadog, and Robinhood Markets.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium's Evolution: The Story So Far
Part one in a three part series, Exploring Cilium: The Evolution, Technical Deep Dive, and Real-world Use Cases.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium 1.13 - Gateway API, mTLS datapath, Service Mesh, BIG TCP, SBOM, SNI NetworkPolicy, …
Announcing Cilium 1.13 - Gateway API, mTLS datapath, Service Mesh, BIG TCP, SBOM, SNI NetworkPolicy - and many more features!
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Microsoft and Isovalent bring eBPF-based Networking and Security to Azure
Microsoft and Isovalent enter a strategic partnership to bring eBPF-based Cilium and Tetragon to Azure and AKS.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Announcing Azure CNI Powered by Cilium
Microsoft selects Isovalent and Cilium to power Networking and Security for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Tech Talk: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise and Cilium 1.12: Features and Updates
Everything around the set of updates and features of Isovalent Cilium Enterprise and Cilium OSS.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security
Cilium 1.12 - Ingress, Multi-Cluster, Service Mesh, External Workloads, and much more
Cilium 1.12 Release Announcement - Sidecar-free service mesh datapath, Envoy CRD, Ingress controller, Tetragon, Multi-Cluster Service Affinity, and more.
Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security