At KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, Broadcom announced VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) 3.6 and submitted the Velero backup project to the CNCF Sandbox. VKS 3.6 brings Kubernetes 1.35 support, RHEL 9 compatibility, declarative performance tuning, and improved upgrade safety for enterprise platform teams.
Broadcom lets it be known that it is among the top five long-term contributors to CNCF projects. That position, the company says, is reflected in VKS’s continued CNCF-certified Kubernetes releases. The Velero Sandbox application was filed in February, kicking off a process that will bring the project under vendor-neutral governance. Widening the contributor base and aligning governance with CNCF standards are the stated goals.
“As organizations scale their cloud native workloads, the focus is shifting from simple orchestration to long-term resilience and data management,” says Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF. “By joining the CNCF Sandbox, Velero…