As platform engineering continues to redefine information technology, it’s emerging as the new version of what modern and seamless IT should look like.

With platform engineering being an agile ITOps in an application-led world, it is a concept within DevOps that has boundaries, according to Brad Maltz (pictured), senior director of DevOps portfolio and DevRel at Dell Technologies Inc.

“I think the platform engineer angle, I love it because it’s actually a codified definition of where people should try to achieve, which is if DevOps is this operating model of agility … what you’re really looking at then is platform engineering,” Maltz said. “When you figure out the infrastructure as code things, you figure out what CI/CD means to you, you figure out what cloud-native and Kubernetes means to you, now you’ve got to build a platform for your end users with guardrails that you can operate at scale. That’s what platform engineering has to do … we as Dell want to deliver those platforms.”

Maltz spoke with industry analysts John Furrier and Rob Strechay at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed platform engineering as the new kid on the block and how it relates to DevOps. (* Disclosure below.)

DevOps is not dead

Even though some companies may not understand the DevOps acronym, they are actually doing it because it offers better resource usage. It’s an operating framework that is here to stay, according to Maltz.

“People keep talking about DevOps is dead. I hear that around a lot,” he stated. “It can’t be dead, because DevOps is an operating model. Platform engineer is a title; it’s a way of operating within that world. We’re seeing this transformation happening right now at this conference.”

During this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event, Dell had a big booth aimed at having open conversations with many industry players. Therefore, the objective was getting the community angle, according to Maltz.

“Our strategy with our booth this year was really to have multiple interactive areas for our end users,” he explained. “We want people to understand, Dell has a lot to offer. We have demo stations talking about all our infrastructure as code, all of our container modules that are helping you with persistence, security and other things. We have hands-on labs in the booth. We also have a podcasting booth, as you mentioned, because we have a great DevRel team.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event:

(* Disclosure: Dell Technologies Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Dell nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

Photo: SiliconANGLE