What are the key benefits of Platform Engineering?

Platform engineering offers several key benefits: enhanced developer autonomy, consistency and efficiency, improved scalability and reliability, faster time to market, increased security and compliance, and better resource optimization.

Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering:
Advanced strategies and innovations

Platform engineering stands at the forefront of technological advancement, empowering organizations to streamline development workflows and accelerate product delivery. By leveraging advanced strategies such as microservices architecture, containerization, and Infrastructure as Code, businesses achieve unmatched scalability and operational efficiency. These innovations foster a cohesive environment where cross-functional teams collaborate effectively, minimizing bottlenecks and enhancing system reliability. The integration of automated workflows and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines not only expedites release cycles but also reduces human error, resulting in more robust and secure platforms.

Moreover, platform engineering promotes standardization across development environments, simplifying maintenance and reducing technical debt. It enables better resource management through the use of cloud-native technologies and orchestration tools, optimizing costs while improving performance. Embracing these advanced strategies and innovations allows enterprises to innovate rapidly, respond swiftly to industry changes, and maintain a competitive edge in today's dynamic landscape, ultimately driving business growth and enhancing customer satisfaction.

The key benefits of Platform Engineering

Boost productivity, ensure consistency, enhance security, and optimize resources—all while delivering faster and more reliable software

Enhanced developer autonomy

Platform engineering gives developers direct access to the tools and environments they need. By automating infrastructure tasks, it reduces the need for constant operations support. This allows developers to focus on building features, speeding up the development process and reducing friction

Consistency and efficiency

Standardizing infrastructure and tools ensures consistency across all teams. With reusable components and unified workflows, platform engineering reduces errors and increases collaboration. This leads to smoother, more efficient software delivery

Improved scalability and reliability

Platform engineering automates key tasks like monitoring and scaling. This ensures that systems can handle growing demands without performance issues. It also improves reliability by minimizing manual interventions and downtime

Faster time to market

Platform engineering streamlines development by automating workflows and infrastructure provisioning. This reduces the time needed to build and deploy applications, allowing businesses to bring products to market more quickly and with fewer bottlenecks

Increased security and compliance

By centralizing control over infrastructure and using automated security protocols, platform engineering enhances security. It ensures that compliance standards are met consistently, reducing the risk of human error and security breaches across all teams

Better resource optimization

Platform engineering allows for smarter resource allocation by automating scaling and provisioning based on actual demand. This optimizes resource usage, reducing costs while ensuring that applications can handle varying workloads without performance degradation

Crafting solutions through collaboration and innovation

At Steadforce, platform engineering is at the heart of what we do. We specialize in bridging the gap between IT and OT, ensuring that your infrastructure can seamlessly support and scale with your business needs. With our deep expertise in software and infrastructure, we create platforms that not only enhance operational efficiency but also provide a foundation for future innovation.

Our team understands the complexity of modern digital landscapes. Whether you're looking to build a new platform from scratch or optimize your existing systems, we offer solutions that are scalable, secure, and robust. We work closely with you to ensure that your platform is tailored to your specific business requirements, leveraging industry best practices while also embracing new technology trends.

From strategy to execution, we are with you every step of the way. We don’t just deliver a platform; we make sure your teams can fully harness its potential. Our focus on knowledge transfer ensures that your team is empowered to manage, optimize, and evolve your platform over time. We understand that every business is unique, which is why our approach is always customized to fit your goals.

At Steadforce, we embody the values of steadiness and force in everything we do. We’re here to help you navigate the challenges of today’s digital world and build platforms that drive real impact for your business. Our platform engineering solutions are designed to keep you at the forefront of technology, always secure, always scalable, always ready for what’s next

More about us

Provide a self-service platform

Empower developers with self-service tools to provision and manage resources on demand, reducing dependencies on ops teams and speeding up delivery.

Automate and streamline workflows

Integrate automation across the platform to simplify repetitive tasks, allowing teams to focus on value-driven work and improving overall efficiency.

Treat everything as code

Manage all aspects of infrastructure, configuration, and policy using code, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and easy collaboration across environments.

Observe and monitor for insight & stability

Provide robust observability tools, including logging, metrics, and tracing, to allow teams to monitor platform health, debug issues quickly, and optimize performance.

Be secure and compliant by design

Build security and compliance into the platform from the outset, ensuring that all processes and tools align with organizational and regulatory standards.

Standardize and reduce complexity

Establish consistent patterns and abstractions to reduce infrastructure complexity, making it easier for teams to interact with systems and maintain operational consistency.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Platform Engineering

What cost savings can we expect from Platform Engineering, and how can they be measured?

At Steadforce, we have seen companies reduce their IT operational costs by up to 40% through the use of Platform Engineering solutions. These savings stem from process automation, improved resource utilization, and efficient scaling of IT infrastructure. We support our customers in measuring these savings using specific KPIs such as resource efficiency, infrastructure costs per application, and time-to-market reduction. A detailed analysis of your existing infrastructure helps us define the right KPIs for your company.

How does Platform Engineering integrate with our existing IT infrastructure, and how complex is the integration?

Our Platform Engineering services at Steadforce are designed to seamlessly integrate with your existing IT infrastructure. Thanks to our modular architecture, we can introduce technologies like Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines incrementally, without disrupting existing systems. The complexity of the integration depends on your company's specific requirements, but we offer customized solutions and guide you through the entire process. Our goal is to minimize downtime while maximizing system efficiency.

What impact does Platform Engineering have on our development processes, and how does it enhance team collaboration?

By utilizing Platform Engineering, companies can significantly improve their development processes. Our solutions automate repetitive tasks like deployments, monitoring, and scaling, enabling teams to work faster and more efficiently. At Steadforce, we emphasize team collaboration and process transparency. With our DevOps and GitOps practices, we foster an agile workflow where developers and operations teams collaborate seamlessly. This leads to better teamwork, faster release cycles, and increased productivity.

Do our employees need additional training to use Platform Engineering, and if so, how long does it take?

Yes, your employees may need to familiarize themselves with new tools and processes. Steadforce offers targeted training and workshops tailored to the specific needs of your team. Typically, it takes one to two weeks for your employees to grasp the fundamentals of Kubernetes, GitOps, and other Platform Engineering technologies and integrate them into their operations. We provide hands-on training with real-world examples to ensure your team is quickly up to speed.

How does Platform Engineering enhance the security of our systems?

Security is a central component of every Platform Engineering solution at Steadforce. We use security by design, meaning security aspects are integrated into the platform architecture from the start. With automated security checks, containerized environments, and observability tools, we continuously monitor your systems for vulnerabilities. Our solutions offer end-to-end encryption, policy-based access control, and continuous infrastructure monitoring to detect and address threats early.

How flexible is the platform to integrate future technological developments?

Steadforce develops scalable and adaptable Platform Engineering solutions that are prepared for future technological developments. With container orchestration and infrastructure as code, you can easily expand your platform and seamlessly integrate new technologies like machine learning, big data, or IoT. Our platforms are designed to flexibly adapt to new requirements without requiring extensive changes. This ensures that you can keep pace with the latest market and technology trends.

How can Platform Engineering help us respond more quickly to market changes?

With Steadforce's Platform Engineering services, companies can drastically reduce their time-to-market. Our automated CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native architectures enable you to develop and deploy new features or adjustments in the shortest possible time. This gives you the agility to quickly respond to changing market conditions and seize new business opportunities. Automated scaling and monitoring allow you to respond to growing demands or market shifts at any time.

What specific benefits does Platform Engineering bring in terms of process automation?

Automation is a core advantage of our Platform Engineering solutions. Steadforce implements comprehensive automation, from application deployment and scaling to automated monitoring and security checks. Automated processes eliminate human errors, reduce the need for manual intervention, and lead to higher efficiency and lower operational costs. This allows your team to focus on strategic tasks instead of spending time on repetitive routine activities.

What KPIs should we use to evaluate the performance of our platform?

At Steadforce, we define clear KPIs to measure the effectiveness of your platform. Key metrics include time-to-market, platform availability and resilience, operational costs per application, and scalability of your IT resources. Through continuous monitoring and observability, you can accurately track how well your platform is performing and identify areas for optimization. These KPIs help you clearly evaluate the success of your Platform Engineering investment.

How does Platform Engineering support compliance with regulatory requirements?

Steadforce ensures that your platform meets all relevant compliance requirements. Our solutions are aligned with security and data protection standards like ISO 27001, GDPR, and other industry-specific regulations. Through automated compliance checks and auditing tools, we continuously monitor compliance with all regulations. This gives you confidence that your platform meets regulatory requirements at all times and reduces the risk of fines or violations.

Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering:
Advanced strategies and innovations