 - Solo.io</p><div><p>We recently announced Istio&rsquo;s new ambient mode, which is a sidecar-less data plane for Istio and the reference implementation of the ambient mesh pattern. <a href=/v1.24/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/>As stated in the announcement blog</a>, the top concerns we address with ambient mesh are simplified operations, broader application compatibility, reduced infrastructure costs and improved performance. When designing the ambient data plane, we wanted to carefully balance the c