Kubernetes (K8s) transforms IT infrastructure to be more efficient and powerful — but that’s just the means to reach a wider goal of harnessing cloud-native capabilities for innovation across the organization. With Kubernetes, organizations can revamp high-priority efforts such as AI/ML while opening the way to new applications at the edge. Platform teams can tap K8s automation and flexibility to provide application teams with the resources they need to work more effectively; Kubernetes is the key to a future with workload affinity. This report looks at the ways that Kubernetes underpins a new era of innovation based on cloud-native technology powered by real examples.