Platform Teams vs Center of Cloud Excellence - Differences, Overlaps, and Future Outlook

Explore the differences and similarities between platform engineering teams and Centers of Cloud Excellence (CCoE) in this 16-minute presentation. Learn about the various concepts, how to get started, potential pitfalls, and strategies to avoid them. Gain insights into team formation, financing, roles and responsibilities, and supporting domain-specific teams. Benefit from a mix of state-of-the-art discussions and personal experiences, including the speaker's work in forming a platform engineering team for Generali Switzerland in 2017 and current role as a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS. Discover the key similarities between platform engineering teams and CCoEs, understand how they differ, and learn best practices to adopt within your own organization. This talk, presented by Christian Nicoll, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS, provides valuable knowledge for companies embarking on their DevOps journey through either platform engineering or CCoE approaches.