Torsten Volk
@torstenvolk.bsky.social
Industry analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a TechTarget company, interested in everything that makes app developers more productive and of course in lots of other cool technologies. Obsessed with automating everything and trying every gadget.
All code commits to any of the 241 @cncf.bsky.social CNCF projects since the very beginning in 2014.
394K commits for Kubernetes so far, 165k for Cilium, 102k for OpenTelemetry and an impressive 82k for Backstage.
394K commits for Kubernetes so far, 165k for Cilium, 102k for OpenTelemetry and an impressive 82k for Backstage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
All code commits to any of the 241 @cncf.bsky.social CNCF projects since the very beginning in 2014.
394K commits for Kubernetes so far, 165k for Cilium, 102k for OpenTelemetry and an impressive 82k for Backstage.
394K commits for Kubernetes so far, 165k for Cilium, 102k for OpenTelemetry and an impressive 82k for Backstage.
My quick take on the $180 Million funding round for @n8n.io : www.techtarget.com/searchapparc... @omdiahq.bsky.social #AI #LLM #Funding #LowCode
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My quick take on the $180 Million funding round for @n8n.io : www.techtarget.com/searchapparc... @omdiahq.bsky.social #AI #LLM #Funding #LowCode
Machine Data trained LLMs and automatically generated dashboards for issue prevention. Very interesting Splunk .conf25 -> BLOG POST: www.techtarget.com/searchdatama... #Highlights #Splunk #Cisco #AICanvas #Observability
September 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Machine Data trained LLMs and automatically generated dashboards for issue prevention. Very interesting Splunk .conf25 -> BLOG POST: www.techtarget.com/searchdatama... #Highlights #Splunk #Cisco #AICanvas #Observability
Red Hat analyst summit in London: 1) virtualization and 2) AI -> not necessarily in that order.
Theme: Disruption Needs Choice
Key products: RHEL10, vLLM, llm-d, Lightspeed and of course OpenShift.
Combination of open source and enterprise-grade support. @omdiahq.bsky.social #ESG #RedHat
Theme: Disruption Needs Choice
Key products: RHEL10, vLLM, llm-d, Lightspeed and of course OpenShift.
Combination of open source and enterprise-grade support. @omdiahq.bsky.social #ESG #RedHat
September 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Red Hat analyst summit in London: 1) virtualization and 2) AI -> not necessarily in that order.
Theme: Disruption Needs Choice
Key products: RHEL10, vLLM, llm-d, Lightspeed and of course OpenShift.
Combination of open source and enterprise-grade support. @omdiahq.bsky.social #ESG #RedHat
Theme: Disruption Needs Choice
Key products: RHEL10, vLLM, llm-d, Lightspeed and of course OpenShift.
Combination of open source and enterprise-grade support. @omdiahq.bsky.social #ESG #RedHat
You can say what you want about Broadcom's app modernization and cloud strategy, but look at this stock growth. #VMwareExplore
August 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You can say what you want about Broadcom's app modernization and cloud strategy, but look at this stock growth. #VMwareExplore
"90% of enterprises have committed to VCF" -> "you are not alone. Everybody is moving this way" #VMwareExplore @vmware.bsky.social @broadcom.bsky.social @omdia.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"90% of enterprises have committed to VCF" -> "you are not alone. Everybody is moving this way" #VMwareExplore @vmware.bsky.social @broadcom.bsky.social @omdia.bsky.social
"It is insane, I've been doing it since 25 years and I'm still loving it" -> intro #VMware Explore keynote. -> analysis of the latet announcements to follow -> #ESG @broadcom.bsky.social @vmware.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"It is insane, I've been doing it since 25 years and I'm still loving it" -> intro #VMware Explore keynote. -> analysis of the latet announcements to follow -> #ESG @broadcom.bsky.social @vmware.bsky.social
In case someone is interested in how to crash MacOS no matter how much RAM you have: Accidentally load a 50+GB size video into another video (instead of loading the intended 5MB photo). It's impressive how the power button becomes the only way out :-).
July 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In case someone is interested in how to crash MacOS no matter how much RAM you have: Accidentally load a 50+GB size video into another video (instead of loading the intended 5MB photo). It's impressive how the power button becomes the only way out :-).
The sphere is nice and all, but the Palazzo needs to clean its windows :)
June 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The sphere is nice and all, but the Palazzo needs to clean its windows :)
Morpheus, OpsRamp and Zerto are three components of the HPE Cloud Ops Software Suite. #HPEDiscover #HybridCloud
June 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Morpheus, OpsRamp and Zerto are three components of the HPE Cloud Ops Software Suite. #HPEDiscover #HybridCloud
Freaking amazing FX at #HPEDiscover keynote. Very innovation focused. Clear purpose of HPE advance how people live and work.
June 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Freaking amazing FX at #HPEDiscover keynote. Very innovation focused. Clear purpose of HPE advance how people live and work.
HPE Discover keynote about to start! #HPEDiscover #AIFactory
June 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
HPE Discover keynote about to start! #HPEDiscover #AIFactory
Top swear words and top company names in the linux kernel code. Very cool web app by vidarholen. Guess the top swear word and company BEFORE opening the chart :-).
June 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Top swear words and top company names in the linux kernel code. Very cool web app by vidarholen. Guess the top swear word and company BEFORE opening the chart :-).
Very curious to give Gemini 2.5 pro a go this week. Let's see if Google has finally started catching up... #GenAI #GoogleCloudNext
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Very curious to give Gemini 2.5 pro a go this week. Let's see if Google has finally started catching up... #GenAI #GoogleCloudNext
GKE Inference Gateway is an interesting announcement today at #GoogleCloudNext -> optimizing LLM performance and resource consumption on Google's GKE managed #Kubernetes offering. #ESG -> integration between AI and cloud infrastructure is key.
April 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
GKE Inference Gateway is an interesting announcement today at #GoogleCloudNext -> optimizing LLM performance and resource consumption on Google's GKE managed #Kubernetes offering. #ESG -> integration between AI and cloud infrastructure is key.
The 5 Key Trends from KubeCon 2025 in London in 14 short videos: www.linkedin.com/pulse/turboc... #CloudNativeCon #Kubernetes #Virtualization #Observability #Hybrid
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The 5 Key Trends from KubeCon 2025 in London in 14 short videos: www.linkedin.com/pulse/turboc... #CloudNativeCon #Kubernetes #Virtualization #Observability #Hybrid
Wow, #OpenManus certainly is the fastest project I have ever seen making it to 30k github stars. Very impressive. #AI github.com/mannaandpoem... #ESG
March 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wow, #OpenManus certainly is the fastest project I have ever seen making it to 30k github stars. Very impressive. #AI github.com/mannaandpoem... #ESG
Quick take: Innovations and Acquisitions in App Modernization in Feb/Mar 2025 -> Includes agentic ai, operational resilience, mlops, virtualization and cloud native apps side-by-side, graphql, mlops and more www.linkedin.com/pulse/innova... #ESG #InformatTechTarget
March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Quick take: Innovations and Acquisitions in App Modernization in Feb/Mar 2025 -> Includes agentic ai, operational resilience, mlops, virtualization and cloud native apps side-by-side, graphql, mlops and more www.linkedin.com/pulse/innova... #ESG #InformatTechTarget
Wow, at least MapQuest seems to have some integrity. #GulfofMexico -> seems like a little thing to get hung up on considering what's going on right now, but seeing the name changes on Google Maps and Apple Maps is surreal.
February 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Wow, at least MapQuest seems to have some integrity. #GulfofMexico -> seems like a little thing to get hung up on considering what's going on right now, but seeing the name changes on Google Maps and Apple Maps is surreal.
Just wow. Both Apple and Google succumbed. I have no words for this.
February 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just wow. Both Apple and Google succumbed. I have no words for this.
Great time at @dynatrace.com #perform2025 in Vegas this week. Working on a summary from a developer’s perspective. #ESG #observability #devsecops
February 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Great time at @dynatrace.com #perform2025 in Vegas this week. Working on a summary from a developer’s perspective. #ESG #observability #devsecops