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The Platform Engineering Playbook
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The Platform Engineering Playbook

by George Hantzaras
November 2025
Intermediate to advanced
273 pages
9h 20m
English
Packt Publishing
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3 Understanding the Business Value of Platform engineering

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https://packt.link/IOzftIn today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, businesses are increasingly adopting cloud platforms to deliver applications and services at scale. platform engineering has emerged as a critical discipline to address the challenges and complexities associated with managing cloud infrastructure. In this chapter, we will explore the business value of platform engineering and delve into the four key pillars that drive platforms today: improving developer experience, increasing productivity, ensuring security and compliance, and ...

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