Multi-Cluster Istio Ambient Mesh at Scale

Lin is the Director of Open-Source at Solo.io. She has been a maintainer of Istio service mesh since 2017 and serves on the Istio Technical Oversight Committee. Previously, she served on the Istio Steering Committee for four years and was a Senior Technical Staff Member and Master Inventor at IBM for 15+ years. She is the author of the "Istio Explained" and "Istio Ambient Explained" books and has more than 200 patents to her name.

Ram Vennam is the Solutions Architect Director at Solo.io, where he leads technical engagements to help customers design and implement cloud-native connectivity solutions, including service mesh, API gateways, and Zero-Trust security. With over 14 years of experience, he specializes in Kubernetes, Istio, and cloud networking, enabling enterprises to build secure, scalable, and resilient architectures.