CNCF End User Case Study: Penn State's COVID Test Scheduling with Linkerd

Explore how Penn State leveraged cloud-native technologies, particularly Linkerd, to schedule 68,000 COVID tests in this 27-minute CNCF End User Lounge talk. Discover the university's cloud-native journey, including their technology stack choices and experiences with various CNCF projects. Learn about cluster growth management, multi-tenant deployments, automation strategies, and the impact on developer experience. Gain insights into application deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting in a cloud-native environment. Understand the rationale behind choosing Linkerd and hear perspectives on the future of cloud-native technologies, including security considerations.

Introduction
When did you start your cloudnative journey
What technologies and companies do you use
Did you get the chance to attend kubecon
How did cloud native technologies help Penn State
Why did Penn State choose Linkerd
What other options did you consider
How has that changed anything for you
What other CNCF projects did you explore
How did you handle cluster growth
Multitenant cluster deployment
Cluster automation
Cloud native technologies
Developer experience
Application deployment maintenance and troubleshooting
Experience as an end user
Future of Cloud Native
Security
Why Linkerd
Outro