Refactor README and blog content for clarity and consistency:

- Remove outdated references to service mesh projects and replace with cloud native terminology.
- Update privacy page description to emphasize privacy values.
- Clean up commented code in Web-based form section.
- Adjust project descriptions in various sections to reflect current focus on cloud native technologies.

Signed-off-by: Lee Calcote <lee.calcote@layer5.io>

Author: leecalcote

README.md

@@ -59,17 +59,6 @@
 <br />
 
 
-<p style="clear:both;">
-<h2><a href="https://layer5.io/landscape">Service Mesh Landscape</a></h2>
-<a href="https://layer5.io/landscape"><img src=".github/assets/images/buttons/landscape.webp"  
-style="float:left;margin:10px;" width="125px"
-alt="Service Mesh Landscape Ecosystem" align="left"/></a>
-The <a href="https://layer5.io/landscape">Service Mesh Landscape</a> is a comprehensive collection of prominent service mesh projects and offerings laid out in contrast to one another.
-<br /><br /><br />
-</p>
-<br />
-
-
 <p style="clear:both;">
 <h2><a href="https://layer5.io/projects/cloud-native-performance">Cloud Native Performance</a></h2>
 <a href="https://layer5.io/projects/cloud-native-performance">
@@ -121,18 +110,6 @@ alt="Learn Layer5" align="left" />
 </p>
 <br />
 
-
-<!-- <p style="clear:both;">
-<h2><a href="https://layer5.io/smi">Service Mesh Interface Conformance </a></h2>
-<a href="https://layer5.io/smi"><img src=".github/assets/images/smi-conformance/checklist.svg"
-style="float:left;margin:10px;" width="125px"
-alt="Service Mesh Interface Conformance" align="left" /></a>
-<a href="https://layer5.io/smi">SMI Conformance</a> includes all service mesh projects participating in the Service Mesh Interface specification. It is an easy-to-use, service mesh and SMI-specific tool to give service mesh projects and users a suite of repeatable conformance tests.
-<br /><br /><br />
-</p>
-<br />
- -->
-
 <p style="clear:both;">
 <h2><a href="https://layer5.io/projects/nighthawk">Nighthawk</a></h2>
 <a href="https://getnighthawk.dev/">

src/collections/blog/2020/2020-07-16-communitybridge-2020-teaching-service-meshes-to-be-compliant/index.mdx

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Meshery is the multi-service mesh management plane, offering lifecycle, configur
 
 
 We had found our solution. By leveraging the features provided in Meshery, we would be able to focus on the conformance validation and testing instead of sweating over the complexity in deployments. We can also use the performance management infrastructure to manage the conformance tests and their results. And so,  the tool will be developed as an integral part of Meshery to aid and abate SMI conformance woes.
-We are now enhancing Meshery to automate the process of verifying conformance against a standard set of tests against a sample workload designed specifically for SMI conformance testing. By the time we’re through, this capability of Meshery will allow each service mesh project to validate its conformance to each version of the SMI specifications and will provide a detailed report.
+We are now enhancing Meshery to automate the process of verifying conformance against a standard set of tests against a sample workload designed specifically for SMI conformance testing. By the time we’re through, this capability of Meshery will allow each project to validate its conformance to each version of the SMI specifications and will provide a detailed report.
 
 <h4> My Projects </h4>
 

src/collections/blog/2021/2021-10-01-pipelining-service-mesh-specifications/index.mdx

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
 <p align="center"><img src={smidashboard} className="image-center-shadow" style="width:70%" alt="smi conformance dashboard" /> <br />
 <i>Meshery's Service Mesh Interface Conformance Results</i></p>
 
-<p>Participating service mesh projects can also <a href="https://docs.meshery.io/functionality/service-mesh-interface#reporting-conformance">automatically report their conformance test results</a> to the <a href="https://meshery.io/service-mesh-interface">SMI Conformance dashboard</a></p>
+<p>Participating projects can also automatically report their conformance test results to the <a href="https://meshery.io/service-mesh-interface">SMI Conformance dashboard</a></p>
 
 <h2>Service Mesh Performance GitHub Action</h2>
 

src/collections/blog/2024/07-01-meet-the-maintainer-xin-huang/post.mdx

@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ import ForkLift from "../../../../assets/images/app/hero/forklift.svg";
 <div class="interviewer">
 <span>Layer5 Team:</span>
   <p>
-    Where do you see Service Mesh Performance, Nighthawk, and Meshery heading?
+    Where do you see Cloud Native Performance, Nighthawk, and Meshery heading?
   </p>
 </div>
 
 <div class="interviewee">
 <span>Xin:</span>
   <p>
-    Meshery has a great dream to manage all the popular service mesh projects. It's a great idea for infrastructure & platform managers who are confused with so many different projects to try and understand their differences.
+    Meshery has a great dream to manage all cloud and cloud native technologies. It's a great idea for infrastructure and platform engineers who are confused with so many different projects to try and understand their differences.
   </p>
 </div>
 

src/collections/events/2021/kubecon-china-2021/index.mdx

@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ Speakers:
   of the Service Mesh Working Group withing the CNCF TAG Network.{" "}
 </p>
 <p>
-  Listen to our introduction and get an in-depth understanding of the service
-  mesh projects being managed within the working group.
+  Listen to our introduction and get an in-depth understanding of the cloud native projects being managed within the working group.
 </p>
 <ul>
 <li><Link to="/community/members/lee-calcote">Lee Calcote</Link></li>
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ Speakers:
 
 <h2>Meshery Project Office Hours</h2>
 
-<p>Join the Meshery Project Office Hours at KubeCon China 2021 to learn more about the CNCF's latest service mesh project and its maintainers.</p>
-<p>Come and discover why Meshery is the easiest way to get started with 10+ service meshes!</p>
+<p>Join the Meshery Project Office Hours at KubeCon China 2021 to learn more about this CNCF project and its maintainers.</p>
+<p>Come and discover why Meshery is the easiest way to get started with cloud native technologies!</p>
 
 Speakers:
 <ul>
@@ -100,9 +99,9 @@ Speakers:
 <iframe width="50%" height="360px" style=" margin-bottom:3rem;" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GTZamP6r74A" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>
 </iframe>
 
-<h2>Service Mesh Performance Project Office Hours</h2>
+<h2>Cloud Native Performance Project Office Hours</h2>
 
-<p>Join the Service Mesh Performance Project Office Hours at KubeCon China 2021 and get introduced to the new standard of cloud native performance characterisation and to its open source maintainers.</p>
+<p>Join the Cloud Native Project Office Hours at KubeCon China 2021 and get introduced to the new standard of cloud native performance characterisation and to its open source maintainers.</p>
 <p>Learn what Service Mesh Performance is and how Meshery's implementation uses it to measure the performance of any service mesh available.</p>
 
 

src/collections/events/2022/kubecon-eu-2022/index.mdx

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ speakers: ["Ken Owens", "Lee Calcote", "Ed Warnicke"]
 
 Join Layer5 at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU Virtual 2022. Engage with us in our talks and booth!
 
-<h3>CNCF Tag Network and Service mesh Working Group Deep Dive</h3>
+<h3>CNCF TAG Network and Working Group Deep Dive</h3>
 <p>
-With the increasing prevalence of microservice-based distributed systems, this is true: the network, as a discipline, has never been so critical in the efficient operation of cloud-native deployments. Network primitives including load balancing, observability, authentication, authorization, policies, rate limiting, QoS, mesh networks, traditional infrastructure bridging, and so on are now being developed and invested by the entire industry, and are the focus of the Service Mesh Working Group withing the CNCF TAG Network. Listen to our introduction and get an in-depth understanding of the service mesh projects being managed within the working group.
+With the increasing prevalence of microservice-based distributed systems, this is true: the network, as a discipline, has never been so critical in the efficient operation of cloud-native deployments. Network primitives including load balancing, observability, authentication, authorization, policies, rate limiting, QoS, mesh networks, traditional infrastructure bridging, and so on are now being developed and invested by the entire industry, and are the focus of the working groups within the CNCF TAG Network. Listen to our introduction and get an in-depth understanding of the projects being managed within the working group.
 </p>

src/collections/programs/communitybridge/index.mdx

@@ -62,24 +62,17 @@ import communitybridge_logo from "./communitybridge-blue.webp";
         allowFullScreen />
     </div>
     <p>
-    <b>What is Layer5?</b>
+        <b>What is Layer5?</b>
     </p>
     <p>
-    While small, the Layer5 community represents the largest collection of
-    service mesh projects and their maintainers in the world. We build
-    projects to provide learning environments, deployment and operational best
-    practices, performance benchmarks, create documentation, share networking
-    opportunities, and more. Our shared commitment to the open source spirit
-    pushes Layer5 projects forward. New members are always welcome.
+    At Layer5, we champion developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery. We empower operators in reimagining how they manage modern infrastructure: collaboratively.
     </p>
     <p>
-        <b>Is it Open Source?</b>
+        <b>Open Source?</b>
     </p>
     <p>
-    Layer5 projects are open source software. Anyone can download, use, work
-    on, and share it with others. It's built on principles like collaboration,
-    globalism, and innovation. Layer5 projects are distributed under the terms
-    of Apache v2.
+        Layer5 projects are open source software. Anyone can download, use, work
+        on, and share it with others. It's built on principles like collaboration, globalism, and innovation. Layer5 projects are distributed under the terms of Apache v2.
     </p>
     <p>
         <b>Google Summer of Code Participation?</b>

src/collections/programs/gsoc-2019/index.mdx

@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ import gsoc_logo from "./gsoc.svg";
     <div>
     <ul>
         <li>
-            <b>What is Layer5 Community?</b>
-            <p>The Layer5 community represents the largest collection of service mesh projects and their maintainers in the world. We build projects to provide learning environments, deployment and operational best practices, performance benchmarks, create documentation, share networking opportunities, and more.
-            Our shared commitment to the open source spirit pushes Layer5 projects forward. New members are always welcome. </p>
+            <b>Layer5</b>
+            <p>At Layer5, we champion developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery. We empower operators in reimagining how they manage modern infrastructure: collaboratively.</p>
         </li>
         <li>
-            <b>Is it Open Source?</b>
+            <b>Open Source</b>
             <p>Layer5 projects are open source software. Anyone can download, use, work on, and share it with others.
             It's built on principles like collaboration, globalism, and innovation. Layer5 projects are distributed under the terms of Apache v2. </p>
         </li>

src/collections/programs/gsoc-2020/index.mdx

@@ -117,18 +117,13 @@ import gsoc_logo from "./gsoc.svg";
         allowFullScreen />
 </div>
 <p>
-    <b>What is Layer5?</b>
+    <b>Layer5</b>
 </p>
 <p>
-While small, the Layer5 community represents the largest collection of
-service mesh projects and their maintainers in the world. We build
-projects to provide learning environments, deployment and operational best
-practices, performance benchmarks, create documentation, share networking
-opportunities, and more. Our shared commitment to the open source spirit
-pushes Layer5 projects forward. New members are always welcome.
+At Layer5, we champion developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery. We empower operators in reimagining how they manage modern infrastructure: collaboratively.
 </p>
 <p>
-    <b>Is it Open Source?</b>
+    <b>Open Source</b>
 </p>
 <p>
 Layer5 projects are open source software. Anyone can download, use, work

src/collections/programs/gsod/index.mdx

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ import gsod_logo from "./gsod.webp";
 Project: API Docs for Meshery’s Service Mesh Patterns Playground - Layer5
 </h4>
 <br />
-<h3>About Layer5 and its projects</h3>
+<h3>Layer5</h3>
 
-<p>The Layer5 community represents the largest collection of service mesh projects and their maintainers in the world. Our inclusive and diverse community stewards projects to provide learning environments, create and implement cloud native industry standards, deployment and operational best practices, benchmarks and abstractions, and more. Our pay-it-forward mentality with every contributor (mentee or not) is a shared commitment by all maintainers (and MeshMates - contributor onboarding buddies) to the open source spirit that pushes Layer5 projects like Meshery forward. New members are always welcome.</p>
+<p>At Layer5, we champion developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery. We empower operators in reimagining how they manage modern infrastructure: collaboratively.</p>
 
 ### About Meshery
-<p>Meshery is the open source, service mesh management plane for enabling the adoption, operation, and management of any service mesh and their workloads. There are many service meshes available. Software-defined networking is difficult to understand. Meshery’s aim is to make the power of the network available to the rest of us.</p>
+<p>As a self-service engineering platform, Meshery enables collaborative design and operation of cloud and cloud native infrastructure.</p>
 
 <h3>About our Community</h3>