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What is platform engineering?

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In response to this shift, platform engineering is growing in popularity. The practice of platform engineering has evolved alongside the increasing complexity of cloud environments. The result is a cloud-native approach to software delivery. Why is platform engineering important?

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How observability, application security, and AI enhance DevOps and platform engineering maturity

Dynatrace

DevOps and platform engineering are essential disciplines that provide immense value in the realm of cloud-native technology and software delivery. Observability of applications and infrastructure serves as a critical foundation for DevOps and platform engineering, offering a comprehensive view into system performance and behavior.

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Enhancing Kubernetes cluster management key to platform engineering success

Dynatrace

While Kubernetes is often considered the operating system of the cloud, the scale and complexity of Kubernetes cluster deployments are creating new challenges for IT teams. Five of the most common include cluster instability, resource and cost management, security, observability, and stress on engineering teams.

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Platform engineering: Empowering key Kubernetes use cases with Dynatrace

Dynatrace

Today, speed and DevOps automation are critical to innovating faster, and platform engineering has emerged as an answer to some of the most significant challenges DevOps teams are facing. It needs to be engineered properly as a product or service, and it needs automation, observability, and security in itself.”

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Path to NoOps part 2: How infrastructure as code makes cloud automation attainable—and repeatable—at scale

Dynatrace

Infrastructure as code is a way to automate infrastructure provisioning and management. And it’s a crucial step toward achieving cloud automation on the path to NoOps. In this blog, I explore how Dynatrace has made cloud automation attainable—and repeatable—at scale by embracing the principles of infrastructure as code.

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The platform engineer role: A game-changer or just hype?

Dynatrace

As organizations become cloud-native and their environments more complex, DevOps teams are adapting to new challenges. Site reliability engineering first emerged to address cloud computing’s new performance needs. Understanding the platform engineer role DevOps is a constantly evolving discipline.

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What is chaos engineering?

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But with the complexity that comes with digital transformation and cloud-native architecture, teams need a way to make sure applications can withstand the “chaos” of production. Chaos engineering answers this need so organizations can deliver robust, resilient cloud-native applications that can stand up under any conditions.