Technology Magazine September 2026 | Page 176

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the age of the legacy IT system EUROCONTROL is modernising through its cloud-first strategy
Q. WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST TECHNICAL HURDLE YOUR TEAM FACED WHEN TRANSITIONING TO THIS NEW CLOUD-NATIVE ARCHITECTURE AND HOW DID RED HAT OPENSHIFT HELP YOU OVERCOME IT?

» The biggest challenge was not technical but rather to take our teams with us. Getting people on board was complex, mainly because there is always the question of‘ Why change something that is robust and has delivered for 25-30 years?’.

The use of Red Hat OpenShift helped, because it was one of the technologies we had already been using for some time and with which staff were skilled and familiar.
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