Samantha Weston

Author: Samantha Weston

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  • With over 15 years of hands-on experience in operations roles across legal, financial, and technology sectors, Sam Weston brings deep expertise in the systems that power modern enterprises such as ERP, CRM, HCM, CX, and beyond. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of enterprise applications, from optimizing business processes and managing platforms to leading digital transformation initiatives.

    Sam has transitioned her expertise into the analyst arena, focusing on enterprise applications and the evolving role they play in business productivity and transformation. She provides independent insights that bridge technology capabilities with business outcomes, helping organizations and vendors alike navigate a changing enterprise software landscape.

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Application Development, Cloud-Native, Containerization, DevSecOps, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Open Source

Minimus Delivers Zero-CVE Container Images with Contractual Guarantees and Self-Service Customization

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Minimus delivers zero-CVE container images with contractual guarantees and customizable builds, reducing vulnerability risk and easing DevSecOps burden.... Read more.
Buoyant Adds MCP Support to Linkerd for AI Agent Governance and Extends Service Mesh to Windows
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, Open Source

Buoyant Adds MCP Support to Linkerd for AI Agent Governance and Extends Service Mesh to Windows

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Buoyant adds MCP support to Linkerd for AI agent governance and introduces full Windows compatibility, expanding service mesh capabilities for hybrid enterprises.... Read more.
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, Open Source

SpectroCloud Launches Palette AI to Compress GPU Deployment Cycles and Address Resource Hoarding

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
SpectroCloud Palette AI accelerates GPU deployment, cuts resource hoarding, and enables rapid, scalable AI infrastructure across cloud, edge, and on-prem.... Read more.
Splunk Reimagines Observability with OpenTelemetry Injecture and Decoupled Data Architecture
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Observability, Open Source

Splunk Pivots to Insights-Driven Observability with OpenTelemetry Injecture and Decoupled Data Architecture

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Splunk pivots from data storage to insights-driven observability with OpenTelemetry Injecture, a new decoupled data architecture, and AI-powered troubleshooting... Read more.
AI, Application Development, Data Analytics, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025

Airbyte Expands from Analytics Data Movement to AI Agent Enablement

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Airbyte evolves from analytics data movement to AI agent enablement, helping developers and teams deliver cleaner, governed data for autonomous AI workflows.... Read more.
AI, Application Development, Cloud, Cloud-Native, Infrastructure, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, Open Source

Vultr Launches VX1 Compute and Conversational Infrastructure Agent for AI-Driven Provisioning

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Vultr introduces VX1 compute with 82% better performance-per-dollar, global region expansion, and a conversational AI infrastructure agent that recommends, estimates,... Read more.
SUSE Extends Rancher Prime with AI Stack and Universal Proxy for Model Context Protocol Management
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, Observability, Open Source

SUSE Extends Rancher Prime with AI Stack and Universal Proxy for Model Context Protocol Management

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
SUSE expands Rancher Prime with a full AI stack, Universal Proxy for Model Context Protocol governance, OpenTelemetry-powered observability, virtual clusters for... Read more.
Application Development, Cloud-Native, DevOps, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, WebAssembly (Wasm)

Fermyon Advances WebAssembly Maturation with CNCF Contribution and Akamai Expansion

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Fermyon contributes Spin to the CNCF and expands Akamai-powered WASM functions from 2 to 24 regions, marking a major step in WebAssembly’s maturation. With Spin... Read more.
Chronosphere Pivots from All-in-One to Composable Observability with Partner Ecosystem and AI-Guided Troubleshooting
AI, Application Development, DevOps, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes, Observability

Chronosphere Pivots from All-in-One to Composable Observability with Partner Ecosystem and AI-Guided Troubleshooting

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Chronosphere shifts from all-in-one observability to a composable ecosystem with new ISV partners and AI-Guided Troubleshooting powered by a Temporal Knowledge Graph.... Read more.
ZEDEDA Extends Edge Platform with Kubernetes AppFlows and AI-Driven Operations
AI, Application Development, Edge Computing, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, Kubernetes

ZEDEDA Extends Edge Platform with Kubernetes AppFlows and AI-Driven Operations

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
ZEDEDA introduces Kubernetes AppFlows, bare-metal GPU support, and GenAI-powered operations at KubeCon NA 2025, extending its edge platform into full application... Read more.