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The Forecast: Beyond DevOps: Platforms, Multi-cloud Reality, and the Edge Convergence

Cloud strategy is entering a new phase. This episode will teach you how platform engineering, multi-cloud realities, and edge convergence are reshaping modern operations — and how to position your organization for what’s next.

Beginner
19m

Created by James Willett

Last Updated Nov 06, 2025

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The Forecast: Beyond DevOps: Platforms, Multi-cloud Reality, and the Edge Convergence

Cloud strategy is entering a new phase. This episode will teach you how platform engineering, multi-cloud realities, and edge convergence are reshaping modern operations — and how to position your organization for what’s next.

Beginner
19m

Created by James Willett

Last Updated Nov 06, 2025

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Organizations are struggling to keep pace as cloud operations evolve beyond traditional DevOps models. In this episode, Beyond DevOps — Platforms, Multi-Cloud Reality, and the Edge Convergence, you’ll gain the ability to understand and navigate the next phase of cloud strategy. First, you’ll explore how platform engineering formalizes DevOps principles into a scalable operating model. Next, you’ll discover why multi-cloud is often an operational reality rather than a deliberate choice. Finally, you’ll learn how cloud and edge convergence is reshaping governance, security and developer experience. When you’re finished with this episode, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of modern cloud strategy needed to guide your organization confidently into the future.

The Forecast: Beyond DevOps: Platforms, Multi-cloud Reality, and the Edge Convergence
Beginner
19m
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James Willett - Pluralsight course - The Forecast: Beyond DevOps: Platforms, Multi-cloud Reality, and the Edge Convergence
James Willett
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James is a Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years of industry experience. In the early part of his career James focused on automation and performance testing; leveraging tools and frameworks like Gatling, JMeter and REST Assured. Over the past few years James has begun to concentrate more on DevOps and Platform Engineering related tooling, concepts and frameworks. James is enthralled by the creation of in-depth, artful videos that help others become better software developers, and regularly shares these on his YouTube channel.

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