"I choo-choo-choose you"; or how to build modern platforms in a 200 year old industry

Описание: Train companies know the importance of platforms and infrastructure, but what do we focus on while building platform services for critical systems that so many people rely on every day?

At BaneNOR, we have all the bells and whistles, and platforms of all sorts. Application, data, integration, and everything from state of the art technology, to legacy systems. How this is structured is a continuous work in progress and evolves in tandem with what the community discovers. Every day try to give developers a good place to run applications, while keeping stakeholders up to date, while keeping everything secure and compliant.

In this presentation we want to go through some of our strategic technical and sociotechnical choices, as well as pain points, pitfalls and low-hanging fruits. All on board the Platform Engineering express train!

Additional notes
This session is an end-user story, and was presented for the first time at Platform Engineering day during KubeCon London 2025. We will present both the technical and non-technical side of building platforms, sharing both the highs and lows of the journey.

About the speakers:
Roberth Strand is a self-proclaimed "cloud automator", and works primarily with Platform Engineering, DevOps and Cloud Native technology. He has been awarded the title Microsoft Azure MVP, CNCF Ambassador, and has been an active speaker for several years, talking at everything from small local meetups to KubeCon.

Manfred Bjørlin: Azure Cloud architect and C# developer with a passion for integration and automation. But wait, it's more! Passion does not only have to be in tech! There is also a burning passion for neurodiversity and diversity in tech, across ages, genders, identities, etc... Loves integration, automation and data security. A back-end developer for over 20 years. Have worked with building integration platforms in Azure for several bigger organizations. Worked with .Net since early 2000, and Azure since launch. Have a big engagement for diversity at the workplace, everything from neurodiversity and gender identity to cultural background and visible and invisible disabilities.