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Service mesh was a good start. But the industry needs something more comprehensive. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, HAProxy's Baptiste Assmann presents a new architectural vision: Universal Mesh — a boundary-first approach that unifies North-South and East-West traffic management into a single platform, without sidecar overhead.

This is how PayPal reduced latency by 24% while increasing security and convergence across their business units. By utilizing a Universal Mesh built on the foundation of HAProxy, they were able to build a private connectivity layer despite major IP overlaps.

Looking back at 2025, we can’t help but smile. More than just breakthrough technology, this year was defined by incredible collaboration. From the energy at our biggest HAProxyConf ever to the daily feedback that keeps us sharp, your engagement drives every innovation. We tackled some heavy lifting this year, but seeing how those solutions are already making a real difference for your infrastructure made it all worthwhile.

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Learn how PayPal Genesis scales with HAProxy Fusion via dynamic configuration, rapid deployments, and automated service discovery for 10,000 test environments. HAProxy is the company behind HAProxy One, the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform, and HAProxy, the most widely used software load balancer. Leading platforms and cloud providers trust HAProxy to simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.

Learn how PayPal solved multi-cloud connectivity challenges using HAProxy to build Meridian, achieving 24% latency reduction and seamless integration across AWS, GCP, and Azure with overlapping IP spaces. HAProxy is the company behind HAProxy One, the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform, and HAProxy, the most widely used software load balancer. Leading platforms and cloud providers trust HAProxy to simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.

HAProxy is the company behind HAProxy One, the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform, and HAProxy, the most widely used software load balancer. Leading platforms and cloud providers trust HAProxy to simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.

HAProxy is the company behind HAProxy One, the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform, and HAProxy, the most widely used software load balancer. Leading platforms and cloud providers trust HAProxy to simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.

HAProxy is the company behind HAProxy One, the world’s fastest application delivery and security platform, and HAProxy, the most widely used software load balancer. Leading platforms and cloud providers trust HAProxy to simplify, scale, and secure modern applications, APIs, and AI services in any environment.