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Tuesday, March 19 • 12:15 - 12:40
Revolutionizing Mesh Layers: Transitioning from Istio to Cilium at the New York Times - Ahmed Bebars & Pete Saia, The New York Times

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Networking isn’t an easy task to achieve, and with scale, that can grow out of control quickly. We are always looking to improve the performance and ensure the traffic passes through the most efficient route but with more capabilities. Adding a service mesh to ensure better availability and many other features can be a bit tricky. We will discuss the intricacies of the shared platform mesh layer design. We will dive into our decision to explore the evolution of Cilium, which was initially used only as a Container Network Interface (CNI) but has now become a feature-rich, multi-region mesh layer. Ahmed and Pete will discuss the strategic decisions and implementation processes that allowed Cilium to replace many of Istio seamlessly. This has resulted in a scalable architecture and a significant performance and resource optimization boost. The audience will learn how the team strategically leveraged Cilium to unlock new possibilities in managing their platform mesh layer.
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Ahmed Bebars

Staff Software Engineer, The New York Times
Ahmed Bebars is a staff software engineer on the Delivery Engineering Cloud Runtime team at The New York Times. He focuses on building a secure, scalable, and extensible Kubernetes runtime. The platform enables service teams to build and deploy their applications rapidly while his... Read More →
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Pete Saia

Staff Software Engineer, The New York Times
With over 15 years in web technologies and startup growth, Pete is a seasoned expert at the New York Times on the Cloud Runtime team. Pete works on the building and optimizing the developer platform for the company.

Revolutionizing Mesh Layers Transitioning from Istio to Cilium pdf
Tuesday March 19, 2024 12:15 - 12:40 CET
Pavilion 7 | Level 7.3 | Room S01
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