I often find myself contemplating the practical usefulness of some of these "buzzier" trending terms in our industry, as I'm sure the rest of you are as well. Particularly, my recent focus has been on the actual utilization and usefulness of the "Platform as a Product" (PaaP) strategy ...
Platform Engineering
April 04, 2024
Recently, platform engineering has become the next big thing, sparking interest in its focus on developing self-service internal developer platforms (IDPs) for streamlined software delivery and lifecycle management ... In platform engineering, the platform is supported by layered services or tools, created and maintained by a dedicated product team, designed to help the needs of software developers by essentially stitching together components to create a frictionless developer experience ...
April 03, 2024
The continued maturity of platform engineering is shown by 43% of respondents reporting they have had a platform team for at least 3-5 years, according to the 2024 State of DevOps Report from Puppet. Key findings of the report include ...
December 06, 2023
Part 3 covers platform engineering and DevOps costs: This year saw hype around platform engineering. Next year I expect to see platform engineering becoming production-grade, led by hyperscalers and larger organizations integrating this function and sharing their experiences with the industry ...
November 13, 2023
The average developer tenure is less than two years, even for large tech companies with flashy perks. That's compared to an average employee tenure of 4.1 years across other industries. Clearly, something isn't adding up in the developer experience (DevEx). But what are non-technical leaders missing? ...
October 23, 2023
Platform engineering is quickly gaining traction within IT organizations, becoming an established practice for software development teams — 83% of respondents have either fully implemented platform engineering or are in some phase of implementation, according to Platform Engineering in 2023: Rapid Adoption and Impact, a new report from CloudBees ...
October 19, 2023
Gartner announced its list of 10 top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2024. This year's top strategic technology trends highlight those trends that will drive significant disruption and opportunity for CIOs and other IT leaders within the next 36 months ...
October 17, 2023
Platform engineering is the newest player on the scene. Whereas DevOps is a discipline defined by processes (that have been incrementally automated) to nurture communication and collaboration, platform engineering is a finite organization that is very task driven ...
October 16, 2023
Many experts believe the heyday of DevOps is coming to an end ... So, is it time to retire DevOps entirely? Only time will tell. But I staunchly believe it's misguided to count DevOps out just yet. Instead, practitioners should expect DevOps to do what DevOps does best: develop and grow with the market ...
September 18, 2023
Software engineering leaders are under continuous pressure to adopt modern architectures and technologies. To do this well, they need to know which trends have the greatest potential impact for their digital business efforts within an actionable planning horizon. Gartner announced the top strategic technology trends in software engineering for 2023 and beyond ...
August 02, 2023
There has been a lot of hype lately about Platform Engineering and we have even seen a premature obituary announcing the death of DevOps. This blog looks at the two practices and finds that they are not mutually exclusive. It also shows how much of the Platform Engineering has a reduced effect in Enterprise SaaS platforms ...
June 26, 2023
"Are we a high-performing engineering team?" This is a question that many organizations ask themselves each year ... Here are a few recommendations, based on CircleCI's latest State of Software Delivery Report, for how teams can achieve elite status through a holistic software delivery practice ...
May 31, 2023
Platform engineering as a replacement for DevOps has become a hot topic, with provocative critics stoking the controversy by pronouncing DevOps dead. The underlying reason for these pronouncements is that the once-radical DevOps model is at odds with the new cloud-native container management model to which the now-obsolete DevOps model is being applied. Let's take a closer look ...
May 23, 2023
Platform engineering is rising in popularity, and 93% of respondents report that platform team adoption is a step in the right direction, according to the 2023 State of DevOps Report: Platform Engineering Edition from Puppet by Perforce ...
December 06, 2022
Industry experts offer thoughtful, insightful, and often controversial predictions on how DevOps and related technologies will evolve and impact business in 2023. Part 2 covers BizDevOps and more on DevOps ...
