The API-first ingress-as-a-service platform | ngrok at KubeCon 2023

In this exclusive VMblog video interview as part of our KubeCon + CloudNativeCon US 2023 coverage, we speak with Alan Shreve, Chief Executive Officer at ngrok.

Watch as we learn more about ngrok and their technology offerings and what they have planned for KubeCon attendees. Hear about the problems they solve, how they are unique, and what big trends and themes they are interested in as we head into 2024. Stick around to the end and watch a demo!

ngrok is a secure unified ingress platform that combines global server load balancing, reverse proxy, firewall, API gateway, and Kubernetes Ingress Controller to deliver applications and APIs across every stage of the development lifecycle from any cloud, datacenter, or home network. ngrok brings secure ingress to your test/dev environments, external networks you don't control as well as apps and APIs in production. Over 5 million developers use ngrok for testing webhooks and previewing apps and the world's top technology brands - including Microsoft, GitHub, Okta, Shopify, Zoom, and Twilio - advocate ngrok as a key integration partner. ngrok is venture backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue.

You can visit their website: http://ngrok.com/

Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro 0:19 - Welcome to Alan Shreve, Chief Executive Officer at ngrok 0:40 - Background on ngrok 2:04 - How does ngrok fit within the KubeCon ecosystem? 3:07 - What problems do you solve? And what are the use cases? 5:05 - A deeper dive into the technology and what's unique or differentiated 8:29 - Any new announcements being made at the show? 10:16 - Talking trends and themes heading into 2024 11:17 - Demo 16:40 - Wrap up ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1KISLqkScU