VSHN Returns as Sponsor of Cloud Native Zürich 2026

We have been supporting the Cloud Native community for many years and are excited to once again sponsor Cloud Native Zürich in 2026.

Over the years, Cloud Native Zürich has become one of the most important cloud native community events in Switzerland – bringing together platform engineers, Kubernetes practitioners, developers, operators, architects, startups, enterprises, and open source enthusiasts from across the ecosystem.

At VSHN, supporting and helping grow the cloud native community has always been an important part of who we are. From sponsoring and attending community events, to organizing the Cloud Native Computing Switzerland Meetups, to contributing to open source projects and Kubernetes ecosystems – community has always mattered to us.

That is why we are very happy to be back as sponsors again this year.

Meet Us at Our Booth

If you are attending Cloud Native Zürich, make sure to stop by our booth.

We are looking forward to many great discussions around:

• Kubernetes & OpenShift
• Platform Engineering
• Digital Sovereignty
• Cloud Native Operations
• Servala – Sovereign App Store
• APPUiO
• Codey
• Open Source & European cloud ecosystems

Or simply stop by for a chat and good conversations. And of course, you can once again win a nice LEGO set at our booth. 😉

👉 Event website: Cloud Native Zürich

Servala sponsors the Sovereignty Track

This year, Servala is also sponsoring and helping shape the dedicated Sovereignty Track at Cloud Native Zürich 2026.

The track brings together talks and discussions around sovereign cloud infrastructure, open ecosystems, digital sovereignty, and practical cloud native approaches for independent infrastructure strategies.

👉 Read more about the Sovereignty Track at CNZ on Servala

Tobias Brunner: How to build a Sovereign App Store

At VSHN we’d been running managed services for Swiss companies for years before we noticed something obvious.

Our customers loved how we operated their PostgreSQL or their OpenShift, but they couldn’t reach it the way they reached AWS: through a marketplace, a self-service portal, a few clicks. So we set out to build one. That’s how Servala started.

In this talk I’ll walk you through how Servala came to be, what it is today, and where we want to take it next. On paper it’s a marketplace for sovereign managed applications like PostgreSQL, GitLab, Keycloak, and Nextcloud, deployed on European cloud providers and operated by managed service providers you can name and trust. In practice, it’s growing into an ecosystem of CSPs, ISVs, MSPs, and implementation partners who’ve decided that sovereignty is worth working on together.

I’ll also be honest about why this work feels urgent right now, and about what it will take for a sovereign app store to succeed: open standards, real choice, partners who show up, and customers willing to bet on something other than the default.

Panel Discussion: Digital Sovereignty – Perspectives from the Ecosystem

Markus Speth will be moderating the panel discussion “Digital Sovereignty – Perspectives from the Ecosystem”.

Digital sovereignty is widely discussed across technology, business, and society – yet what it means in practice is still evolving.

In this panel, participants share perspectives and experiences from different angles, exploring how digital infrastructure is shaped and how approaches in this space are developing.

Panelists representing the various stakeholders in the ecosystem:

• Implementation Partner: bespinian, Lena Fuhrimann
• Cloud Provider: Switch, Roman Bachmann
• Managed Service Provider: VSHN, Tobias Brunner
• Software Vendor: Red Hat, Simon Reber
• Society: Digitale Gesellschaft, David Sommer

Aarno Aukias talk: Running LLMs the Cloud-Native Way: Kubeflow, vLLM, LiteLLM and llm-d on Kubernetes

LLMs do not have to be consumed only through hyperscaler APIs. With Kubernetes and open source tools like Kubeflow, vLLM, LiteLLM, and llm-d, platform teams can build their own cloud-native LLM stack with more control over cost, data locality, model choice, and operations.

At VSHN, we believe AI platforms should be operated like other critical cloud-native workloads: automated, observable, reproducible, secure, and portable across infrastructure.

This session shows how an open-source LLM stack can be built on Kubernetes and why that matters for sovereignty, compliance, and long-term operational control.

Not Just a Sponsor, But Also on Stage

We are especially excited to not only participate as a sponsor with our booth this year, but also to actively contribute to the program – as speakers and moderators of the Sovereignty Track.

Through talks, discussions, and the panel around digital sovereignty, we want to help bring topics like open source, sovereign cloud infrastructure, and independent digital ecosystems further into the cloud native community.

We are also especially looking forward to seeing keynote speaker Thomas Zurbuchen live again.

Get Your Ticket with 20% Discount

Want to join Cloud Native Zürich 2026?

Use our discount code:

VSHN-20

and get 20% off your ticket purchase.

Cloud Native Zürich is one of the best opportunities in Switzerland to connect with the local and European cloud native ecosystem, discover new ideas, meet maintainers and practitioners, and exchange experiences around Kubernetes, platform engineering, AI, security, operations, and digital sovereignty.

Whether you are deeply technical, leading platform teams, building products, or simply interested in where the cloud native ecosystem is heading – this event is absolutely worth attending.

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