The constant talk of ‘seamless migration’ and ‘cloud first strategy’ can sometimes result in burnt out engineering teams and security risks nobody wants to look at. Iress, a leading tech company in financial services, decided to embark on decade long push to transform, accelerate, and above all, stay relevant. Technical debt, too many tools, and the shiny appeal of cloud might all get in the way of even the best intentioned, thought-through migration strategy.When Iress first kicked off its migration, Principal Cloud Platform Engineer Craig Wilson was leading the charge.“We just couldn’t keep up. New clients meant scrambling for hardware...sometimes waiting months just to get started,” stated Wilson.That ...