This document discusses Kubernetes and Istio. It provides an overview of Kubernetes as a container orchestration engine and cluster management system. It then discusses the rise of microservices and some of the complexities they introduce. It introduces Istio as a service mesh that takes care of communication and policies between microservices to help manage this complexity. Key components of Istio like Pilot, Mixer, and Envoy are described. Examples of capabilities like intelligent routing, failure handling, and fault injection are provided. A demo application and platform is used to demonstrate Istio's observability, monitoring, and traffic shifting features.