The most widely deployed Kubernetes Ingress controller, Ingress NGINX, is going to be retired after March 2026. Only a handful of maintainers have been sustaining the project for years. It is impractical for a project of such stature and scope with such inadequate maintainership to reliably bear the security, scale, and governance requisites of modern applications.

Advances in large language models (LLMs) and their widespread accessibility have transformed both what software can do and how we build it. The use of LLMs has quickly evolved from simple single-turn interactions to AI agents that reason, use tools, manage state, and operate autonomously.

This event will explore the intersection of emerging technologies, including AI-driven governance, seamless data interoperability, and frictionless digital identity, with the UAE’s ambitious vision for a paperless, proactive government. This is more than a conference, it’s your roadmap to modernization in an AI-driven digital government era.

In the rapidly shifting landscape of identity security, consistency is the ultimate measure of excellence. Today, we are proud to announce that for the fourth consecutive report, WSO2 has been recognized as an Overall Leader in the January 2026 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for CIAM Platforms.

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