KubeCon Europe 2026 | Universal Mesh: Connect and Secure Everything

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.

What you'll learn:
→ Why the "focus on the service" model creates more problems than it solves
→ How convergence and federation unlock what was previously unsolvable
→ Layer 7 routing, traffic splitting, and rewrites — without the sidecar tax
→ Consistent security and connectivity across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments
→ Built-in WAF, DDoS protection, and bot detection at the boundary
→ How to leverage infrastructure you already have instead of adding new layers

Universal Mesh brings HAProxy's legendary performance to your entire infrastructure — one platform for all traffic directions, maximum flexibility, and total edge security.

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🔗 Learn more about Universal Mesh:
https://www.haproxy.com/solutions/universal-mesh

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https://www.haproxy.com/products/haproxy-one

🔗 Request a demo:
https://www.haproxy.com/request-a-demo

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