Support application development through Platform Engineering

Key evolutions reshaping application development 

Today's developers navigate far beyond writing code, driven by fundamental shifts across the entire development landscape.  

• Applications are migrating from on-premise deployments to cloud environments, trading simplicity for improved flexibility and scalability, yet requiring broader infrastructure expertise. 
• Simultaneously, monolithic architectures are giving way to containerized microservices that boost productivity and resilience while demanding proficiency in technologies like Kubernetes.  
• The shift from waterfall to DevSecOps methodologies accelerates delivery through continuous collaboration, yet burdens developers with operational responsibilities they're often unprepared for.  
• Meanwhile, stricter regulations have transformed security and observability from afterthoughts into core developer responsibilities.

Together, these forces create a perfect storm of complexity that can easily overwhelm development teams.  

The complexity challenge 

While versatile skills benefit developers, expecting expertise in cloud infrastructure, containers, and security alongside application development creates significant risks: 

• Outdated platforms due to missed updates and version upgrades 
• Fragmented toolsets from teams making isolated technology choices 
• Redundant effort reimplementing basic capabilities like observability and security 

Without dedicated infrastructure controls for security, patch management, and lifecycle management, development teams struggle to maintain stable, secure platforms.

To address these challenges, many organizations establish platform engineering teams that design and maintain internal developer platforms. These platforms abstract complexity by offering self-service access to infrastructure components, often delivered through reusable templates, automated workflows, and guardrails based on industry best practices. 

This Platform Engineering approach, delivers significant benefits for leadership: Enterprise architects gain reusable, adaptable solutions with standardized development practices across teams, reducing complexity and costs. CIOs benefit from improved reliability through best practices, proactive monitoring, and robust security—creating scalable foundations that accommodate growth with minimal disruption. 

Gartner identifies platform engineering as a top strategic trend, predicting 80% of large software organizations will establish platform teams by 2026 - up from 45% in 2022 (source: Gartner ID G00796939). 

Introducing Platform Engineering as a Service 

Building an effective platform engineering team presents significant hurdles. Finding experts with deep knowledge across infrastructure, networking, containerization, and cloud-native tooling proves challenging in today's competitive market. Moreover, ensuring business continuity requires multiple experts for each domain, resulting in large, costly teams. Even with the right talent in place, our experience shows that building a robust platform typically takes two to four years, precious time in today's fast-moving digital landscape. 

Cegeka's Cloud-Native Platform eliminates these barriers. Our Platform Engineering as a Service solution lets you focus on application development while we handle the infrastructure, container orchestration, and cloud-native tooling. 

Our standardized, automated platform -maintained by expert teams- delivers a stable and  consistent application environment without requiring large upfront investments. You gain immediate access to enterprise-grade capabilities while benefiting from continuous updates and security compliance, ensuring your platform stays current and secure without demanding your developers' time or attention. 

Ready to simplify your application development? Learn more about Cegeka's Cloud-Native Platform.