Broadcom has deep roots as one of the leading contributors to CNCF open source as it continues to extend its support for Kubernetes and other projects as organizations improve and grow their cloud native infrastructure. With the VMware donation of Velero this month, more open-source community and user organizations can integrate their needs more easily when contributing to the project, and with the addition of CNCF support as well. That aspect should help the project serve the larger community’s needs as its direct governance control shifts away from Broadcom. At the same time, for Broadcom, this strengthens its position as a full-stack Kubernetes provider across cloud-native and private cloud spaces.And yet, the adoption and management of Kubernetes remains a challenge for many, if not most, organizations. As a leading contributor to the Kubernetes project — the CNCF’s largest — Broadcom recognizes Kubernetes as the industry standard, but how is Broadcom working to reduce that operational overhead for enterprises?In this episode of The New Stack podcast with Dilpreet Bindra, senior director, engineering, VMware by Broadcom, we look at how Broadcom is extending its support for Kubernetes and key projects for cloud native. The podcast was recorded live in Amsterdam during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026.Open source contributions speak for themselves, whether making a technical PR or pull request or relinquishing less governance and control over a project by donating it to the CNCF. In Broadcom’s case, the donation of Velero to the CNCF Sandbox is intended to foster industry-wide trust, encouraging collaborative growth while removing the perception of proprietary control.“We really don’t want people to mistrust the open source project and believe that it’s somehow a VMware thing even though it hasn’t been a VMware thing for quite some time.”“Once we decided to donate Velero as a CNCF sandbox project, we got this resounding, ‘Yeah, this makes complete sense when the community voted on it,'” Bindra tells The New Stack. “We really don’t want people to mistrust the open source project and believe that it’s somehow a VMware thing even though it hasn’t been a VMware thing for quite some time.“We want to make sure that people are free to view that as a CNCF thing and not just a VMware thing. “I think it will help Velero evolve into the type of data protection solution, the industry standard data protector solution that we want it to be… we plan to use it even broader than its current definition.”“I think it will help Velero evolve into the type of data protection solution, the industry standard data protector solution that we want it to be… we plan to use it even broader than its current definition.”Broadcom addresses the “Kubernetes challenge” by focusing on lifecycle management, long-term support, and tight integration with existing virtualization infrastructure, such as vSphere, Bindra said.The post Why Broadcom gave Velero to the CNCF Sandbox — and what it means for Kubernetes data protection appeared first on The New Stack.