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Excellence Without Compromise: What's Possible for Platform Teams in 2026 and Beyond

Steve Kwan
Steve Kwan

As we kick off 2026, I'm reflecting on what made last year significant for OpsWerks and for the platform, DevOps, and SRE teams we serve. I'm also excited about the opportunities that lie ahead to help other teams.

We refreshed our website. Published case studies showcasing real outcomes. Launched The OpsWerks Runtime newsletter. Grew our LinkedIn presence. But more importantly, we significantly expanded our footprint within existing teams; deepening partnerships with those who depend on us for

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The Perfect Storm: Complexity, Skills Shortages, and the 24/7 Reality

The numbers tell a compelling story about why we're excited about 2026 and beyond.

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Platform Engineering's Moment And OpsWerks' Opportunity

Gartner forecasts that by 2026, 80% of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering teams up from 45% in 2022. This isn't hype; it's recognition that modern software delivery requires dedicated infrastructure teams who treat platforms as products, not projects.

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Large organizations with platform engineering teams by 2026

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Organizations with platform teams in 2022

But here's what recent Forrester research revealed: when choosing application modernization and

What a Decade of Partnership Teaches Us

For the past decade OpsWerks has been the trusted partner to the world's most demanding platform and infrastructure DevOps and SRE teams. We've delivered managed services that help them operate and support mission-critical systems at scale.

Our Managed Services Model: predictable pricing, aligned incentives, and functional services teams delivering your outcomes; not weekly timecards, random bodies or headcount.

What We Manage:

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OpsWerks managed services overview for multi-cloud operations, migrations, and incident response

2026: Bringing Excellence to More Teams

This year's theme for us is Up for Excellence and I'm super excited about what that means.

Our team is energized and ready. We've proven the model works at scale with the world's most demanding infrastructure teams.

We've expanded significantly within existing customer organizations because the results speak for themselves: developers who actually code instead of managing infrastructure, fewer incidents, faster delivery, predictable costs, and teams that don't burn out.

Now we're focused on identifying other platform, DevOps, and SRE teams facing the same impossible math; teams running business-critical systems where downtime isn't an option, where hiring 10 engineers for 24/7 coverage isn't realistic, and where excellence shouldn't require heroics.

With Gartner predicting $723.4 billion in public cloud spending this year (up 21.5% from 2024), the infrastructure you're managing is only getting more complex, more critical, and more demanding. The talent shortage isn't easing. The operational burden isn't shrinking.

But the path to sustainable excellence is clearer than ever.

If your platform powers mission-critical systems and your team deserves better than burnout and coverage gaps, let's talk about what sustainable excellence looks like.

I'm optimistic about the year ahead. Our team has the experience, the energy, and the commitment to help more organizations operate at the highest level; without compromise.

Are you up for it?

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