At Run Time: Driving Outcomes with a Platform Engineering Team

Platform engineering is gaining prominence due to the need for faster application deployment, which directly impacts business velocity. Valentina Alaria, Senior Director of Product at VMware, emphasizes that not all organizations pursuing platform engineering have the same goals, context, or pain points. They tailor solutions to each organization's specific needs. Some focus on rapid onboarding for junior developers, while others aim to reduce complexity, friction, and support larger development teams with fewer operational staff. Platform engineering aims to streamline collaboration between developers and operations engineers. Developers want portable code and the ability to focus on coding without...