Explore the critical topic of data consistency in cloud native environments through this insightful 48-minute conference talk presented by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Delve into the challenges and solutions for maintaining data integrity across distributed systems, microservices, and containerized applications. Learn about various consistency models, eventual consistency, and strong consistency, and their implications on system design and performance. Discover best practices for implementing data consistency mechanisms, such as distributed transactions, consensus algorithms, and conflict resolution strategies. Gain valuable insights into real-world examples and case studies that demonstrate effective approaches to ensuring data consistency in complex cloud native architectures. Enhance your understanding of this crucial aspect of cloud native computing and acquire practical knowledge to improve the reliability and scalability of your distributed systems.