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Category: platform engineering

  • Systems changing Systems

    Systems changing Systems

    Cybernetic effects from the introduction of an Integrated Development Platform (“IDP”) at the CBA offer further promise of productivity improvements.

    In this fourth conversation, Des and Gareth consider the technology categories and specific applications required to deploy “platform engineering” in DevOps at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (a highly visible, regulated institution).

    Bullet points?

    1. Commodification of Regulation in an “Opinionated” platform.
    2. CPS 230 – What is your vendor exposure? An articulation of good practice for buyers of I.T. services.
    3. Cloud – benefits, costs, P/L and Balance Sheet. Beware the concentration.
    4. The emergance of an iterative development process from new deployment efficiencies.
    5. What does this mean for the front-end inputs? Systems can change Systems in a cybernetic feedback effect.

    Media

    Vision delayed a tad in the recording below . . .

    Des Seeley and Gareth Davies discuss the technology of the Integrated Development Platform “IDP” at the CBA (Video and Audio)

  • “Meshing the Gears” – the “How” of Digital Transformation

    “Meshing the Gears” – the “How” of Digital Transformation

    In our third iTWire research (27th February 2026) conversation with Desmond Seeley, Delivery Executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia #CBA, the nitty-gritty of Digital Transformation in the DevOps function of a complex institution is considered.

    In our previous conversations, the “Why” and “What” of Digital Transformation in DevOps was discussed. At the #CBA, “Platform Engineering” has been identified as the required solution, based in part on the Google Model a significant extrapolation of the “portable” operating system.

    In this conversation, Des describes in detail the juggling exercise required to align a number of separate initiatives and priorities, perhaps half a dozen along a common path….and keep them there.

    Many of the ideas will be familiar though possibly under-appreciated in the zeitgeist and can be generally applied – iterative development, modular component delivery, identification of an early-adopter (“guinea-pig” or “champion” ?), marketing and selling the approach, essential where there is an element of “deferred gratification” where funds are allocated to the development of an “productive asset”, an engine that will deliver improved future results.

    How do you mesh the gears?

    Note for listeners and viewers – momentary glitch between 8.00 and 9.00 minutes in after which normal service is resumed !

    Video: Meshing the Gears (Video) – The How of Digital Transformation

    Audio: Meshing the Gears (Audio) – The How of Digital Transformation

    Further Reading

    The classic work on innovation and the adoption cycle:

    “Diffusion of Innovations” 5th edition, Everett M. Rogers ISBN: 9780743222099

  • “What?” – About Platform Engineering in DevOps

    “What?” – About Platform Engineering in DevOps

    On “Digital Transformation” in DevSecOps at the CBA; using modular-construction platforms for the support of digital product delivery.

    The “What?”

    In this conversation, second in a series of three (Why?, What?, How?) with Des Seeley, Delivery Executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the features and characteristics, benefits and costs of the “Platform Engineering” approach are considered.

    The Google Model

    Thirty years since Section 230 initiated the “platform” concept for “digital media” and paradoxically as vendor work platforms are under market pressure, the contemporary manifestation of the “portable operating system” offers a strong argument for adoption where industry-sector or organisation specific digital products are in continuous demand.

    Google provides a clear and coherent “base camp” for the exploration.

    Audio: “What? About Platform Engineering in DevOps”

    Video: “What? About Platform Engineering in DevOps“

  • Digital Transformation in DevOps

    Digital Transformation in DevOps

    “Platform Engineering”? Yes mate, not that “Platform Engineering”, this “Platform Engineering”

    Intrigued by the following statement in Desmond Seeley’s “New year, new tech reality” LinkedIn article:

    Three conversations with Sydney-based technology leaders last week all started the same way: “We’ve got AI tools, but they’re not moving the needle.”

    Gareth Davies of research2.au invited Des, C-Suite/Executive Leader, currently an Engineering Delivery Executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia #CBA for a discussion on the 2026 challenges faced by his team and enterprise function in a large, extremely complex, highly-regulated and very visible institution.

    In this, the first of three conversations, the “Why?” question is applied. Terms are defined in the general and the specific, the current state of play in #DevSecOps as the function is known at the #CBA is understood and the proposed solution introduced.

    In the next two conversations, the “What” and “How” will be considered.

    See you next time(s).

    Click on the forward arrow below to listen.

    Des on LinkedIn

    With introductory paragraphs by Des Seeley on LinkedIn

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