The relatively recent move towards more centralised platforms stems from a desire to exert greater control following an era of sprawl introduced by DevOps.  Yet on reflection, using the word “control” is likely not only unnecessary but also wrong. In the end, control is one solution that can be applied towards the cost and risk reduction outcome organisations are most concerned with, which can be better summarised as coherence.

Despite all of the investment in portals, templates, and Kubernetes operators, organisations are realising that investing in tech implementation feels productive, while actually, they are just stuck on a treadmill of refactoring automation.

The multi-vendor collaboration and Kubernetes SIG home demonstrates real momentum for kro. Each cloud provider recognises the value of a portable, Kubernetes-native model for grouping and orchestrating resources, and the importance of reducing manual dependency management for platform teams.