Cloudy with a Chance of Transformation

What the rise in cloud means for digital transformation

When it comes to humor, engineering jokes are the pinnacle of nerdiness. Here is one groan worthy contender I found recently:

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Done.
Done who?
Depends on who you ask.

Okay, it is not particularly good, but the punchline strikes a philosophical chord. A lot of the definitions for terms we use on engineering and product teams depends on who is asking.

A lot of people have been asking what digital transformation means of late. Some think it is a bunch of tools, something to do with Agile or DevOps, or perhaps new slogans:

While definitions may be vague, it is clear as the Van Halen song goes, everybody wants some. As Aaron Levie, Twitter celebrity and tech CEO shares about current IT strategy:

Even the more staid of enterprise tech giants are getting excited. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, spoke to the state of transformation after last quarter’s financial results:

“We’ve seen two years’ worth…