Isovalent Enterprise Platform 26.05: Bringing Kubernetes, VMs, and Load Balancing Into One Operating Model

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eBPF Summit 2025: This Year, it’s a Hackathon!

This year for eBPF Summit 2025 we’re doing something a little different. Instead of the usual lineup of talks and keynotes, we'll be hosting a Hackathon, and we want to see you get creative!

• Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

• Duffie Cooley, Field CTO Isovalent & CNCF Ambassador

Isovalent + Cisco Live Protect: Instant CVE Protection for Network Infrastructure

Vulnerability management is a race against time. Cisco and Isovalent are closing that time window. Protect your fleet in moments, not months.

• Jeremy Colvin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Help Us Map The State of Kubernetes Networking

Share how you run Kubernetes networking. Take the 10-min survey and enter to win prizes - including a KubeCon North America 2025 pass.

• Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing 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

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

The Dan Kohn Scholarship Application Guide: Your Fast-Track to KubeCon

At Isovalent, we support the Dan Kohn scholarship fund because we believe every perspective makes the cloud-native ecosystem better. Inclusion isn’t an afterthought; it’s how great technology—and great communities—happen. Learn more about the Dan Kohn scholarship and how to apply.

• Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

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

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 Runtime Security Unifies Policy Management, Threat Detection, and Cisco Nexus Integrations with Tetragon v1.16!

Dive into the newest updates as Isovalent Runtime Security brings advanced policy management, threat detection, and Cisco Nexus integrations with Tetragon v1.16!

• Jeremy Colvin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Cisco Live 2025 San Diego - The Isovalent Recap

Isovalent made a major splash at Cisco Live San Diego 2025, marking a new chapter in its post-acquisition journey with Cisco. From launching the lightning-fast Isovalent Load Balancer to unveiling the Isovalent Network Bridge for VM migrations, and previewing Hubble Network Security Assessment for Kubernetes posture insights, innovation was front and center. The team also introduced Live Protect, a new eBPF-powered CVE shielding feature, and released a detailed Cisco ACI & Nexus integration guide. Alongside packed sessions, eBPF-heavy talks, and even a cruise around San Diego Bay, Isovalent’s presence was unmistakable.

• Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

Breaking Boundaries: Implementing the Enigma Machine in eBPF

Today we are marking the celebration of Alan Turing's 113th birthday by implementing the Enigma machine in eBPF.

• André Martins, Software Engineer

The Isovalent Load Balancer

We are delighted to announce the availability of the Isovalent Load Balancer, which is designed to distribute application traffic across heterogeneous environments (traditional data center/ on-prem, cloud-native, or self-hosted/managed Kubernetes).

• Thomas Graf, CTO & Co-Founder Isovalent, Co-Creator Cilium, CTO & VP Engineering Cisco Security