How Delta made the journey to cloud native

Delta Air Lines embarked on a major digital transformation in 2016 to enhance business agility by transitioning to a cloud-native environment, as discussed by Jasmine James, IT manager at Delta, during GitLab Commit in Brooklyn. The airline aimed to improve its complex systems and mission-critical environment by adopting a flexible architecture to support scalable and reliable workloads. Delta's journey involved selecting tools that would provide version control, continuous integration, and continuous delivery, summarized by the acronym AEIOU, which stands for applicability, enterprise-ready, integration, overhead, and usefulness. Key tools chosen included GitLab, Sonatype Nexus, and Jenkins for CI, which helped Delta create an API for streamlined customer check-ins and improved decision support for weather events. The transformation allowed Delta to leverage public cloud features while maintaining a strong developer experience through its on-premises private cloud, enabling them to optimize based on performance and cost. Jasmine emphasized the uniqueness of Delta's journey and encouraged others to find their distinct path in implementing cloud-native solutions.

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