Live at KubeCon 2026: Kubernetes Storage, Portworx & OpenShift

Recorded live at KubeCon 2026, Johan van Amersfoort (Chief Evangelist and AI Lead at ITQ) sits down with Erik Zandboer (Cloud Native Architect at Portworx) to explore one of the biggest challenges in Kubernetes: stateful workloads and storage.

While Kubernetes has become the standard for container orchestration, it was never designed for stateful applications. So what happens when organizations start running databases, AI workloads, and business critical applications on Kubernetes?

From scaling limitations of CSI to disaster recovery, hybrid cloud storage, and AI driven architectures, this episode breaks down how platforms like Portworx extend Kubernetes to support real world workloads.

In this episode they discuss:

Why Kubernetes struggles with stateful workloads
The limitations of CSI and when they become visible
How Portworx enables scalable, Kubernetes native storage
The role of OpenShift as a broader developer platform
Storage architectures for AI workloads (block vs object storage)
Disaster recovery and multi cluster replication
How abstraction layers improve performance and flexibility across environments

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About Erik Zandboer

Cloud Native Architect at Portworx

He works as a Cloud Native Architect at Portworx, supporting organizations across EMEA in accelerating Kubernetes and cloud native adoption. His focus is on designing modern application platforms and data services, with a strong emphasis on connecting technology to business outcomes. He has broad expertise in Kubernetes, platform engineering, DevOps, multi cloud, and enterprise storage. Previously, he held senior solution architect roles at Dell Technologies and EMC Corporation, working on cloud and enterprise modernization initiatives.

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