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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 1, 2026 • Session details

From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale

Anna Ozor

Your custom CI/CD pipelines are secretly slowing you down at scale. Discover how transitioning to an internal developer platform with golden paths can massively multiply your engineering velocity.

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#1 about 3 min

Identifying delivery scaling problems in growing organizations

Fragmented delivery modules across hundreds of services create scaling challenges rather than a lack of pipelines.

#2 about 2 min

Fragmented pipelines and the cost of disconnected automation

Individual teams building unique execution paths lead to inconsistent deployment and security gaps.

#3 about 2 min

Evolution of technical requirements from startups to enterprises

Fast informal processes that benefit startups collapse under the compliance weight of enterprise scale.

#4 about 4 min

Analyzing scaling failures in hybrid cloud financial workloads

A large financial services organization experienced configuration drift and troubleshooting difficulties despite having abundant localized automation.

#5 about 3 min

Transitioning from fragmented pipelines to centralized platform engineering

Turning internal development environments into reusable products changes how engineering organizations approach systemic standardization.

#6 about 2 min

Core principles and orchestration models in platform engineering

Developers consume self-service capabilities without needing to manage the underlying infrastructure or code manifests.

#7 about 3 min

Fundamental building blocks of an internal developer platform

An ecosystem of standardized automation includes infrastructure as code, continuous reconciliation, and embedded security.

#8 about 2 min

Scaling platforms through opinionated automation and golden paths

Pre-approved paths ensure fast default deployments and safe configurations while reducing developer cognitive load.

#9 about 3 min

Architectural shifts from isolated pipelines to shared capabilities

Moving away from team-owned silos to platform-owned automation embeds governance into every layer of delivery.

#10 about 2 min

Designing a platform engineering architecture with cloud services

A shared platform layer provides reusable templates and built-in observability without owning the direct delivery of software.

#11 about 3 min

Iterative rollout strategies for platform engineering implementation

Adopting standard templates and reusable modules in phases delivers immediate value without a disruptive complete rewrite.

#12 about 2 min

Streamlining developer workflows through self-service golden paths

Automated testing, infrastructure provisioning, and validation allow developers to deliver functional code without infrastructure expertise.

#13 about 2 min

Treating developer platforms as internal products to drive adoption

Embedding governance and optimizing developer experience ensures engineers voluntarily adopt the standardized internal infrastructure.

#14 about 3 min

Measuring the engineering and business impacts of platform adoption

Standardized internal platforms significantly reduce onboarding friction, deployment times, and operational costs while improving stability.

#15 about 3 min

The future of artificial intelligence in platform engineering operations

Automated remediation and predictive alerting minimize resolution times and create resilient self-healing internal capabilities.

Matching moments

2:11 min

Evolving devops towards platform engineering and self-service principles

Bruno Amaro Almeida · WWC 2022

57 sec

Scaling platform engineering adoption across organizational boundaries

Markus Eisele Markus Eisele · WWC 2025

3:50 min

Introduction to cloud native infrastructure and platform engineering

Christian Strack · LIVE

1:43 min

Summarizing the organizational benefits of platform engineering

Christian Strack · LIVE

1:43 min

Platform engineering as the foundation for scaling AI tools

Julia Kordick Julia Kordick · WWC Europe 2026

3:13 min

Transitioning automated delivery pipelines into internal developer platform solutions

Lian Li · WWC 2023

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