Craft 2023 - Jim Barton
Jim Barton
Field Engineer at Solo.io
About Jim Barton

Jim Barton is a Field Engineer for Solo.io whose enterprise software career spans 30 years. He has enjoyed roles as a project engineer, sales and consulting engineer, product development manager, and executive leader of tech startups. Prior to Solo, he spent a decade architecting, building and operating systems based on enterprise open-source technologies, at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and Zappos. After two years of COVID-driven, Zoom-encrusted isolation, Jim especially enjoys sharing with and learning from three-dimensional people at technical conferences around the world.

Talks
The Future of Service Mesh: Sidecars, Sidecarless, or Both?
Topics:
Software Delivery Craft Matters
istio
ambient
servicemesh
Level: General
In schedule:
Pink Stage
May 18, 11:55 - 12:40 CET

Istio is the most widely used service mesh platform in the world for large-scale production deployments. In September 2022, Google and Solo.io announced the release of Istio Ambient Mesh to the community. Ambient offers a revolutionary data-plane architecture that allows service mesh users to ditch sidecars. It slashes operational complexity and enables incremental mesh adoption, all while reducin...

Getting Started with Istio Ambient Mesh: An Interactive Tutorial
Topics:
Software Delivery Craft Matters
istio
ambient
servicemesh
Level: General
In schedule:
Green stage
May 19, 15:40 - 17:40 CET

Istio is the most widely used service mesh platform in the world for large-scale production deployments. In September 2022, Google and Solo.io announced the release of Istio Ambient Mesh to the community. Ambient offers a revolutionary data-plane architecture that allows service mesh users to ditch sidecars. It slashes operational complexity and enables incremental mesh adoption, all while reducin...