Turning Uncertainty into Success: How a Modern Approach can Thrive in a Conservative Environment

With the rise of digital meters and other technological advancements, the utilities sector has been evolving rapidly in recent years. However, much of the industry remains very conservative, relying on rigid standards and established procedures.Our client, responsible for processing millions of digital meter records daily, faced issues with a legacy system struggling to meet demand, and not ready for the future. We were tasked with building a new platform alongside the old one, to enhance performance and scalability without a full system redesign.In this talk, we’ll discuss how fast iterations, early market feedback, and fitness-function-driven development helped us define and measure success. We’ll share how we navigated technical challenges and limitations, introduced our client to agile practices, and embraced cloud-native with Azure to create a future-proof architecture. Expect practical insights, real-world lessons, and strategies for tackling uncertainty with limited resources and high expectations. Oh yeah, and some geeky technical stuff too.Co -speaker Bart JollingBart is an experienced software architect and a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert.