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03/17/2025

Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is taking on what might be called the toughest job in the industry. Now the question is can he turn the Intel ship around and make it a chip innovator again?

Read my latest story at ChannelE2E to learn what several tech analysts think about the new hiring and gain their insights on what Tan can bring to the company.

Lip-Bu Tan just took on the hardest job in the industry. Can he turn the Intel ship around?

02/28/2025

Getting the word out about the huge promise of platform engineering is being done the old-fashioned way at PlatformEngineering.org -- through the efforts of one Ambassador member at a time.

Under a new Platform Engineering Community Ambassador Program started in December the organization is now connecting experts to share knowledge, mentor newcomers, and drive innovation at the edge of developer productivity. The amount of institutional knowledge in this group is already impressive and will gain even more strength in the months to come.

Read all about it in my latest story for TThe New Stack

https://thenewstack.io/42-experts-one-mission-advancing-platform-engineering/

Platform engineering experts unite through PlatformEngineering.org's Ambassador Program to share knowledge, mentor newcomers, and drive innovation at the edge of developer productivity.

02/19/2025

Japanese cybersecurity vendor Trend Micro is in acquisition talks with private equity suitors including Bain Capital, Advent International and EQT Group AB, according to a report by Reuters.

In my latest story for ChannelE2E, several IT analysts share their views on the potential acquisition and what it could mean for Trend Micro and for MSPs that work with the company.

Analysts weigh in on the latest rumors that Trend Micro will be acquired by private equity.

02/05/2025

Citrix is bolstering the endpoint security in its products to better serve MSPs and business users through the acquisition of GmbH. Unicon is the creator of the eLux secure endpoint operating system.

Through the deal, Citrix aims to dramatically bolster the endpoint security capabilities and features in its virtual apps and desktop delivery technology platform.

Read about it in my latest story for ChannelE2E.

Citrix's Unicon buy delivers a beefed up endpoint management solution for partners and customers.

01/09/2025

When a platform engineering project runs into inevitable challenges, finding useful advice and tips to help solve the problems and get things back on track can make a huge difference to the success of your platform engineering efforts.

In my latest story for The New Stack I speak with two industry platform engineering leaders who share their advice on how to deal with five of the most common pitfalls that they say can arise when companies bring in a platform engineering strategy and implementation.

Among their suggestions are emphasizing organic platform engineering adoption by the members of a company's developer teams and suggesting clear communication over forced compliance when bringing in PE for your developers.

Read more about their helpful advice on these issues in my story below for The New Stack. Thanks for reading. 🙂

Industry experts outline potential traps and practical solutions in implementing platform engineering, emphasizing organic adoption and clear communication over forced compliance.

11/19/2024

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10/30/2024

A Brazilian credit union, Sicredi, has made the transition from old established development systems to a platform engineering approach that is transforming its operations for its employees and customers.

Sicredi moved to platform engineering so it could meet the demands from customers for new fintech features that customers wanted to use. By upping its software development game big time, Sicredi met the demand and is driving innovations for its customers and employees.

Read all about it in my latest story for The New Stack.

Demand for new fintech features from customers of the Brazilian credit union meant that Sicredi had to up its software development game big time.

10/02/2024

ConnectSecure, a vulnerability management platform for MSPs, is launching a Microsoft 365 (M365) Assessment Module to help MSPs gain deeper insights and visibility into the Microsoft 365 configurations of business and enterprise customers.
This is my latest story for ChannelE2E. Thanks for reading.

Bellini Capital-backed ConnectSecure is launching vulnerability scanning tools for Microsoft 365.

09/03/2024

Companies looking to incorporate platform engineering into their software development processes would do well to present these internal developer platforms as products to their dev teams and IT administrators.

The reason? Because approaching platform engineering projects as products that will be supported, updated, and well adopted is a critical part of making sure they will be a success inside companies.

That's the advice from Daniel Bryant of Syntasso, who spoke with me for my latest platform engineering story I wrote for The New Stack. Check it out here and let me know what you think about his advice.

Adopting a platform engineering strategy is only the start of the process. Turning it into a valuable product that your developers will adopt and support is a critical part of the journey.

08/29/2024

Open source PostgreSQL database infrastructure vendor Supabase
is sharing intriguing details about how it navigates its own platform engineering strategy for its 50 developers in my latest story for The New Stack.

Platform engineering is making useful impacts on software development inside companies around the world and Supabase is using this to its advantage as it competes with Google’s Firebase.

Supabase shares its platform engineering experiences and insights as it further refines and builds out its open source PostgreSQL database infrastructure application that competes with Google’s Firebase.

07/31/2024

Starting August 6, an all-new professional certification in Platform Engineering will be offered by PlatformEngineering.org to deliver a full training regimen in this growing IT admin role.

Read my latest tech story on The New Stack.

https://thenewstack.io/get-certified-in-platform-engineering-starting-aug-6/

The new certification coursework from PlatformEngineering.org is one of the first of its kind to deliver a full training regimen in this growing IT admin role.

07/19/2024

For platform engineering to be a success inside enterprises, IT admins must carefully plan and implement the best combinations of software tools to build internal development platforms for their diverse developer teams. Here are some of the key things to watch for as companies embrace this process.

Learn more in my latest software development story for The New Stack.

For platform engineering success, IT admins must start by selecting and providing the best combinations of tools for the developer teams inside their operations.