# Federated platforms: Scaling platform adoption in the enterprise

DevFeed: [Federated platforms: Scaling platform adoption in the enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/federated-platforms-scaling-platform-adoption-in-the-enterprise-12146.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://platformengineering.org/blog/federated-platforms-scaling-platform-adoption-in-the-enterprise>)

Author: Johannes Rudolph

Published: 2026-07-23T05:40:01Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Platform Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/platform-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [enterprise](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/enterprise.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interoperability.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>), [star-trek](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/star-trek.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that scaling platform engineering in large enterprises is primarily a diplomatic challenge rather than a technical one. It uses Star Trek's Borg as a metaphor for centralized, tightly controlled platforms and presents federated platforms as a way to reduce political friction, improve interoperability, and turn resistant application teams into allies.

## Source excerpt

Stop fighting for "total assimilation." Learn how the federated platform model uses Star Trek metaphors and diplomatic tactics to overcome political friction, enable interoperability, and successfully scale platform engineering in the enterprise by turning platform detractors into allies