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Platform engineering is a growing practice within technology organizations, pivotal in managing application development and delivery complexity. Gartner states, "By 2026, 80% of software engineering ...

Michael Hickey is an Editor at Manifest. Ask IT experts about DevOps, and they’ll tell you it’s evolving thanks to platform engineering. The shift in software development philosophies addresses the ...

Gartner says “by 2026, 80% of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering teams” with the goal of providing a frictionless, self-service experience so developers can ...

For years, organizations have celebrated the developer as the engine of innovation. They have invested in faster laptops, ...

Announcements at Google Cloud Next '26 and recent industry perspectives highlight a move toward integrated, secure, and AI-ready enterprise platforms. New capabilities focus on streamlining developer ...

The term platform engineering is enjoying a surge in popularity. Yet the value of the term risks collapsing under the weight of its own popularity, hugged to death by over-eager marketing folk keen to ...

Spark data pipelines. The company also announced an oversubscribed $12 million Series A financing led by GreatPoint Ventures, with participation from Dynatrace and existing investors StageOne Ventures ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to ...