We Surveyed ~500 People Doing Platform Engineering. Here’s What We Learned.

The 2024 State of DevOps Report: The Evolution of Platform Engineering is live! In this episode, we’re taking you behind the scenes with the authors of the report and one of the people who helped run the survey.

Join us as host Ben Ford, report authors Margaret Lee and David Sandilands, and project manager Stephanie Fairchild pull back the curtain on the 2024 State of DevOps Report. What are the characteristics of successful platforms? Why is the new practice driving a surge in security? Where is platform engineering going next? Learn more in this episode!

GET THE 2024 STATE OF DEVOPS REPORT

Speakers:

• Ben Ford, Community Lead at Puppet by Perforce  
• Margaret Lee, Manager of Product Management at Puppet by Perforce
• David Sandilands, Principal Solutions Architect at Puppet by Perforce
• Stephanie Fairchild, Senior Manager at ClearPath Strategies

Highlights:

• Why the State of DevOps Report pivoted to cover platform engineering last year
• What we wanted to find out this year
• The big takeaways from the 2024 report
• Our predictions for the next year of platform engineering

Links:

• Download the 2024 State of DevOps Report: The Evolution of Platform Engineering
• Email Margaret at Margaret.Lee@perforce.com
• Find Ben on Mastodon, Twitter, and in the Puppet Community Slack as binford2k
• Find David on Twitter
• Check out another episode with Ben, Margaret, and David about how return-to-office plans are shaping platform strategies

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