Ep#206 Unlocking the Full Optimization of Utilizing Infrastructure and Code Efficiency

In this episode of the Jon Myer Podcast, Jon is joined by Asim Iqbal, CTO for Emerging Tech at CDW, to explore how organizations can unlock full optimization in utilizing infrastructure and code efficiently. Asim shares insights into the challenges of deploying infrastructure as code, balancing business application development, and the tools CDW offers to streamline and optimize processes for their clients. Key Takeaways Assess Current Capabilities before diving into infrastructure as code. Leverage Team Strengths to reduce friction in deployment. Infrastructure and Code Integration should be strategic and gradual. Use Automated Tools like CDW’s Sky Map and SAM to enhance efficiency. Executive Buy-In is crucial for successful cloud transformations. Timeline 0:00 Introduction and guest introduction. 0:14 Asim discusses his role at CDW. 01:22 Overview of infrastructure as code. 04:17 Challenges in utilizing scripting languages and team skill sets. 06:15 Variation in code for different applications. 08:44 Optimizing business applications and infrastructure separately. 11:25 Merging infrastructure and application code strategically. 17:53 CDW's approach to empowering customers. 19:12 Tools like Sky Map for infrastructure and SAM for code analysis. 27:16 How Sky Map operates without friction. 36:38 Balancing infrastructure and code optimization. 🔔 Don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the notification 🔔 ✔ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/jonmyer/?sub_confirmation=1 📱 Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JonMyer Website: https://jonmyer.com LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-myer/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wjJzdIwctq4o4pTXM2KSF Like my sounds? Here's my audio source: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/fj9o9k #aws #awscloud #podcast #podcasting #costoptimization #finops #cloudcost #cloudoptimization