As organizations advance in their digital transformation, the modernization of legacy applications and the adoption of new technologies are becoming fundamental strategies to drive competitiveness.

(1) For software that creates application programs, see software platform. (2) Any application that can be or must be extended with add-on modules or custom software can be considered a platform.

Platform engineering is the rising star of the operations firmament. But squint hard and you'll quickly see that the foundation of any serious platform engineering program is operational and ...