Why Broadcom gave Velero to the CNCF Sandbox — and what it means for Kubernetes data protection

Broadcom donated Velero to the CNCF Sandbox to encourage community trust and collaborative development.

The New Stack recorded a podcast with Broadcom and VMware representatives at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam.

Broadcom says the move reduces perceptions of proprietary control and plans to continue using and expanding Velero.

The company is emphasizing lifecycle management, long-term support, and integration with virtualization such as vSphere to ease Kubernetes operations.