KubeCon 2025 Spotlight: Aviatrix, ControlTheory, SolarWinds, Yugabyte -Security, Observability, More

As KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America heads to Atlanta, VMblog hears from four innovative companies transforming the cloud-native landscape. From advanced Kubernetes security to AI-powered observability and distributed databases, these vendors are showcasing cutting-edge solutions designed to help organizations navigate the complexities of modern application development.

In this spotlight video, we hear directly from leaders at Aviatrix, ControlTheory, SolarWinds, and Yugabyte about their latest innovations and what attendees can expect when visiting their booths at the conference.

Aviatrix - Booth 1352 - https://aviatrix.ai/
Scott Leatherman from Aviatrix discusses the company's mission to secure cloud-native applications through innovations in Kubernetes and serverless firewalls. Aviatrix differentiates itself with full-stack visibility and security from layer 4 through layer 7, delivered as part of a cloud-native security fabric. Unlike solutions that bolt on security as an afterthought, Aviatrix builds it into the fabric from day one, covering all compute types including virtual machines, containers, serverless functions, and AI runtimes with a unified control plane. The company's Kubernetes firewall enables frictionless CI/CD environments with pervasive cloud network security. Attendees are encouraged to meet CTO Anirban Sengupta, who previously ran GKE development for five years.

ControlTheory - Booth 1570 - https://www.controltheory.com/
Co-founder and CEO Bob Quillin introduces ControlTheory's exciting announcements for KubeCon, including their newly open-sourced Gonzo, a real-time log analysis terminal UI that has garnered over 2,000 GitHub stars in just two months. The company will be live previewing Dstl8, their enterprise monitoring and observability solution that distills telemetry at the edge and uses agents to correlate patterns, detect issues, and explain incidents. Powering Dstl8 is Möbius, ControlTheory's multi-layer continuous AI platform. Gonzo offers developers and SREs real-time log tailing with K9-style dashboards, heat maps, and AI-powered insights, while Dstl8 provides continuous AI analysis and root cause explanations at enterprise scale.

SolarWinds - Booth 630 - https://www.solarwinds.com/
Pramodh Chandrachary, senior product marketing manager at SolarWinds, addresses the ongoing challenge of achieving clear, connected visibility across services, clusters, and hybrid environments. SolarWinds Observability provides a unified end-to-end view across Kubernetes clusters, applications, infrastructure, databases, and digital experience in one platform. The solution is built on open telemetry standards rather than proprietary agents, allowing teams to instrument once and stay future-proof. Their auto-instrumented Kubernetes monitoring integrates fully with OpenTelemetry and enriches data with topology, business context, and AI ops intelligence to convert raw telemetry into actionable insights for troubleshooting and optimization. Watch VMblog's Video Q&A with SolarWinds ahead of KubeCon 2025: https://vmblog.com/archive/2025/11/04/solarwinds-at-kubecon-2025-full-stack-observability-agentic-ai-hybrid-cloud-monitoring.aspx

Yugabyte - Booth 1030 + Distributed SQL Summit (November 10th) - https://www.yugabyte.com/
Chief Marketing Officer Ajay Khanna invites attendees to Yugabyte's 7th annual Distributed SQL Summit, co-located with KubeCon on November 10th at the Omni Hotel. Yugabyte DB is an AI-ready, multi-model distributed PostgreSQL database designed for business-critical applications, including GenAI apps requiring built-in resilience, seamless scalability, and flexible geo-distribution. This year's summit theme, "Distributed Postgres for the AI Era," will explore how AI impacts architectural choices and how PostgreSQL, PG vector, and extensions enable developers to build GenAI applications and modernize legacy systems. The full-day event features speakers from financial institutions, e-commerce companies, retailers, and hyperscalers, with technical deep dives, lightning talks, and networking opportunities.

Don't miss these innovations at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 in Atlanta!