The InfoQ Podcast Cloud and DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2025
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Oct 22, 2025 Shweta Vohra, a lead architect at Booking.com and cloud-native expert, joins Stefian Weas, InfoQ lead editor, and Matt Saunders, head of DevOps at Adaptavist, to discuss pivotal trends in cloud and DevOps. They explore the rapid AI adoption in cloud services and the challenges of integrating legacy systems. Shweta emphasizes the rise of FinOps and Kubernetes' dominance, while Matt reflects on the growing executive interest in developer platforms. The panel predicts a shift towards maturing digital sovereignty and the significance of optimizing cloud costs amidst AI budgeting pressures.
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AI Agents Are Emerging But Trust Is Key
- Advanced AI agents (e.g., Pulumi Neo) are emerging and vendors race to embed them in dev tools.
- Trust, security, and human-in-loop design remain the gating concerns for enterprise adoption.
Platform-As-Product Still Rare In Practice
- Shweta hasn't yet seen a fully successful platform-as-product in her enterprise work.
- Tool fragmentation and teams building in isolation create glue problems that block platform success.
Map Value Streams First
- Map value streams before building a platform so you understand true developer needs.
- Use value-stream thinking to justify self-service versus bespoke handoffs.
