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Syntasso & Kratix in the News

From KubeCon keynotes to InfoQ columns, the Syntasso team spends almost as much time talking about platform engineering as building it. Below is our press coverage, contributed articles, podcasts, and webinars, spanning the shift from portals to platform as a product, the rise of AI platform engineering, and how teams are using internal developer platforms to cut cognitive load without losing developer autonomy.

Several pieces below touch on integrating Kratix with existing tooling, including running Backstage as a portal on top of Kratix rather than replacing it. Others dig into the failure modes we're watching closely, like platform decay and the "platform façade" problem, where a portal and some pipelines get called a platform without solving the underlying product problem.

If you'd rather see this in practice, our case studies, including NatWest, The Access Group, and Veeam, show what these ideas look like once they're running in production.

If you want to write about us or chat with any member of the team, email hello [at] syntasso.io.

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Five Start-ups Not to Miss at KubeCon 2025

Tom Fenton (VCR)

6 October 2025

One of the most exciting aspects of KubeCon is the presence of startups at the event as this is where fresh ideas and projects are formulated and presented to the public, and KubeCon has a rich history of fostering these companies.

Five Start-ups Not to Miss at KubeCon 2025

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Kratix, kubriX und OpenChoreo: Developer-Plattformen für Kubernetes im Vergleich

Artem Lajko (Ind)

21 August 2025

[DE] Auf Kubernetes-Operatoren und deklarative Ressourcen zugeschnittene IDPs bieten Entwicklern Self-Service, Automatisierung und Sicherheit.

Kratix, kubriX und OpenChoreo: Developer-Plattformen für Kubernetes im Vergleich

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Beyond Platform Engineering: The Rise of Platform Democracy

Todd R. Weiss (TNS)

4 June 2025

Platform democracy is evolving platform engineering by giving developers, security teams and other stakeholders a voice in shaping internal development platforms.

Beyond Platform Engineering: The Rise of Platform Democracy

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Inner Sourcing Isn’t a Platform Engineering Silver Bullet

Abby Bangser

1 May 2025

Abby Bangser explores the role of inner sourcing when building a platform.

Inner Sourcing Isn’t a Platform Engineering Silver Bullet

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Why Your Platform Engineering Isn’t Scaling and how to fix it

Daniel Bryant

13 March 2025

Daniel Bryant explores why platform engineering has become a buzzword, leading some to lose sight of its true purpose: delivering measurable business value beyond Day One.

Why Your Platform Engineering Isn’t Scaling and how to fix it

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Platform Engineering on the Brink: Breakthrough or Bust?

Jennifer Riggins (TNS)

18 February 2025

Is platform engineering at a crossroads? Will it fulfill its promise or fade away? At State of Open Con, a panel weighed what's ahead for the movement.

Platform Engineering on the Brink: Breakthrough or Bust?

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What Makes the Ideal Platform Engineer?

Sooraj Shah (TNS)

12 December 2024

Here’s a guide to what aspiring platform engineers need to know from experts in the field (including Syntasso's Abby Bangser) and data to back it up.

What Makes the Ideal Platform Engineer?

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Syntasso Wins OpenUK Startup of the Year 2024

OpenUK

28 November 2024

OpenUK announced Syntasso as the winner of their "Startup of the Year!" 2024 award. Kratix, the framework for building composable internal developer platforms, placed second in the "Open Source Software" category.

Syntasso Wins OpenUK Startup of the Year 2024

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Platform Engineering Is The New DevOps

Justin Warren (Forbes)

21 November 2024

With a quote from Paula Kennedy, COO at Syntasso, this article explores how platform engineering is overtaking DevOps as the term cloud native people use to describe themselves.

Platform Engineering Is The New DevOps

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A conversation about the Future of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)

CNCF

30 September 2024

Abby Bangser, Christophe Fargette, Piotr Kliczewski, Valentina Rodriguez Sosa explore the Future of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)

A conversation about the Future of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)

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Platform engineering is about more than what’s going on Backstage

Joe Fay (CW)

8 September 2025

ComputerWeekly speaks to industry experts (including Paula Kennedy) about how they see the role of platform engineering supporting DevOps

Platform engineering is about more than what’s going on Backstage

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Building Effective Data Platforms: Lessons in Flexibility, Governance and Scale

Paula Kennedy

17 July 2025

Paula shares how teams can build data platforms that are not only technically sound but also operationally sustainable and organisationally scalable.

Building Effective Data Platforms: Lessons in Flexibility, Governance and Scale

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Platform Democracy: Rethinking Who Builds and Consumes Your Internal Platform

Colin Humphreys

23 May 2025

Colin Humphreys shares his thoughts on the benefits of platform democracy, which overlaps with topics like platform co-creation and innersourcing.

Platform Democracy: Rethinking Who Builds and Consumes Your Internal Platform

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Instruqt in Action - Live workshop with Phillip Morton and Abby Bangser

Abby Bangser

14 April 2025

Phill Morton from The Access Group and Abby Bangser needed a way to engage tech-savvy attendees at a KubeCon workshop and turned to Instruqt.

Instruqt in Action - Live workshop with Phillip Morton and Abby Bangser

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The Missing Piece in Platform Engineering: Recognizing Producers

Cat Morris

12 March 2025

Syntasso's Cat Morris argues that you may find that focusing on your producer persona brings more platform capabilities and makes your customers happy.

The Missing Piece in Platform Engineering: Recognizing Producers

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Is Your Internal Developer Platform Missing Orchestration?

Jennifer Riggins (TNS)

13 December 2024

A developer portal works top-down. Terraform and Kubernetes have teams building bottom-up. What about a platform engineering strategy that works from the middle out? A summary of Daniel Bryant's KCD UK talk.

Is Your Internal Developer Platform Missing Orchestration?

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Platform Engineering: The Pioneers Who Built It

Todd R. Weiss (TNS)

5 December 2024

Many developers and IT thinkers have been working for years to find better ways of developing software. Here are the stories of some of the people who created platform engineering, including several Syntassians.

Platform Engineering: The Pioneers Who Built It

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Syntasso: Revolutionizing Platform Engineering

Colin Humphreys

28 November 2024

Syntasso is on a mission to redefine platform engineering. Their vision is clear: simplify the journey for platform teams while helping them unlock unparalleled efficiency, scalability, and success.

Syntasso: Revolutionizing Platform Engineering

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Turning legacy to leverage: building developer platforms in brownfield environments

Cat Morris

30 September 2024

While building an internal developer platform sounds like something an engineering organisation would do – and often tries to do – from scratch, the reality is, most are working with a complex web of legacy systems and tools.

Turning legacy to leverage: building developer platforms in brownfield environments

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How to Build an Internal Developer Platform Like a Product

Jennifer Riggins (TNS)

23 September 2024

Learn from four platform advocates, including Syntasso's Cat Morris, about applying a platform-as-a-product mindset to your platform engineering strategy.

How to Build an Internal Developer Platform Like a Product
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