cover of episode Did we get Digital Transformation wrong?

Did we get Digital Transformation wrong?

2022/9/18
logo of podcast The Cloudcast

The Cloudcast

Shownotes Transcript

Digital transformation has seen a number of success stories, but it’s not always clear that it followed a DevOps Days pattern. Let’s explore what works and maybe doesn’t work.

SHOW: 652

CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw)

**CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - **"CLOUDCAST BASICS")

SHOW SPONSORS:

  • CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams)
  • CDN77) - Content Delivery Network Optimized for Video
  • 85% of users stop watching a video because of stalling and rebuffering. Rely on CDN77 to deliver a seamless online experience to your audience. Ask for a free trial) with no duration or traffic limits.

SHOW NOTES:

  • Japan's digital minister has "declared war" on floppy disks and other retro tech used by the country's bureaucrats.)
  • IRS Reaches Milestone on Paper Return Backlog) 
  • FedNow℠ Service instant payments in July 2023)
  • Amazon’s API Mandate)
  • Gartner Bi-Modal IT)
  • Cloud Adoption will fail with the skills gap (Gartner))
  • There is no talent shortage (Andrew Clay Shafer))

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVOPS

  • Devs don’t want to do Ops
  • Blameless Post-Mortems don’t seem to be common
  • Hybrid Cloud didn’t really materialize into real applications

 

BUT HOW MUCH OF IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT?

  • Do we need more top-down leadership to make it happen?
  • Do we need the annoying person to keep everyone on-track? 
  • Do we need more mandates declaring old technology dead?

 

FEEDBACK?

  • Email: show at the cloudcast dot net
  • Twitter: @thecloudcastnet)