You know, I really notice people are happy working here. They socialize, communicate openly and when they open their laptop, it’s not just to round off their nine to five. Krista Gheys, Administration Lead and Team Support First of all, who are you and what do you do? I’m Krista, and I’m administrative lead at …
Adopting Cloud technology comes with a new financial model. Variable spending is the new standard, while the “spending power” goes from procurement teams to engineers. The agility of cloud technology however does have a flip side: one button click can lead to instant costs. Without a clear perspective on what you’re spending, it’s just a …
The 45 Degrees club is actively attracting young and ambitious talents by providing them a tailor-made career program focused on technical expertise, consulting skills and coaching. Read on and discover how you might fit in with our club of cloud and FinOps engineers and architects and what career lays ahead of you thanks to our …
(But there’s a lot more work before they can be built) Imagine yourself as a real estate developer. You just bought a large piece of land and eventually want to use it to build and sell houses. These sales will earn you money. But there’s a problem. Your new land is not ready to just …
In achieving digital transformation or higher business value, more and more companies are looking to migrate their businesses into the cloud. The selection of and migration towards a cloud platform is often regarded as a silver bullet to overcome most IT issues that have been experienced in the past. Unfortunately, the platform as such is …
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Tell us, who is Wim? Let’s keep it short and simple. I am Wim Schepkens, 43 years old, from and living in Diest. What do I do at 45° Degrees? I’m a Cloud Solution Architect, currently working for Umicore. At Umicore I primarily focus on Azure, overseeing migrations and new things they’re putting in place, …
“My name is Sam and I started my professional life in data centers. Building … Today I’m a FinOps Architect, focusing on the financial cloud management at clients of 45° Degrees. It’s undeniably clear that what I do professionally has evolved and changed over the years. So did IT.” With this quote our FinOps Architect …
During the first weekend of the Tour de France 2021 a big debate arose, based on interviews by two of our most experienced Belgian riders. It immediately caught my attention because those interviews perfectly reflect what is happening in the business domain today. Curious? Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt threw the cat amongst the pigeons …
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Companies like Spotify are often referred to as examples of modern IT organizations. Unfortunately modernizing a large, complex enterprise is not as simple as just copying models like these. The basic idea however is the same: how does an IT organization provide more value to the business by bringing technology closer to the customer? Cloud …
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In the first part of this mini blog series we explored why cloud technology is not just another technology shift. It’s an opportunity to change the role of the traditional IT team. The way Microsoft is visualizing this is by introducing a paradigm shift. From a traditional view of IT as an operations unit to …
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