--- title: Musings from the Scribes | Simone Bennett description: With 25+ years in tech, I’ve navigated the realms of on prem and cloud infrastructure, seen the emergence of DevOps, platform engineering and cloud and I'm still grateful that I accidently ended up in this industry. What a ride. As Principal Consultant & Product Owner at Arkahna, I lead the Azure Landing Zone initiative - which is used to deliver a scalable, Cloud Adoption Framework-aligned landing zone product that is fast to deploy, ready for production and built for the future. --- [Skip to the main content.](https://blog.arkahna.io/author/simone-bennett#main-content) [![Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal-WHITE](https://blog.arkahna.io/hs-fs/hubfs/logos/Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal-WHITE.png?width=4000&height=1445&name=Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal-WHITE.png "Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal-WHITE")](https://arkahna.io) [![Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal](https://blog.arkahna.io/hs-fs/hubfs/logos/Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal.png?width=2286&height=826&name=Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal.png "Arkahna_Brand+Word-Horizontal")](https://arkahna.io) - [Plan](https://arkahna.io/plan) - [Build](https://arkahna.io/build) - [Accelerate](https://arkahna.io/accelerate) - [FeatureBoard](https://arkahna.io/featureboard) - [Marketplace Elements](https://arkahna.io/accelerate/marketplace-elements) - [Run](https://arkahna.io/run) - [Sigil](https://arkahna.io/sigil) - [Blog](https://blog.arkahna.io) Toggle Menu Toggle Menu - [Plan](https://arkahna.io/plan) - [Build](https://arkahna.io/build) - [Accelerate](https://arkahna.io/accelerate) - [FeatureBoard](https://arkahna.io/featureboard) - [Marketplace Elements](https://arkahna.io/accelerate/marketplace-elements) - [Run](https://arkahna.io/run) - [Sigil](https://arkahna.io/sigil) - [Blog](https://blog.arkahna.io) - [Home](https://arkahna.io) - [FeatureBoard](https://arkahna.io/featureboard) - [Sigil](https://arkahna.io/sigil) - [Blog](https://blog.arkahna.io) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/arkahna) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkahna) [X](https://twitter.com/ArkahnaAU) # Simone Bennett With 25+ years in tech, I’ve navigated the realms of on prem and cloud infrastructure, seen the emergence of DevOps, platform engineering and cloud and I'm still grateful that I accidently ended up in this industry. What a ride. As Principal Consultant & Product Owner at Arkahna, I lead the Azure Landing Zone initiative - which is used to deliver a scalable, Cloud Adoption Framework-aligned landing zone product that is fast to deploy, ready for production and built for the future. [![](https://blog.arkahna.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image%20(3).png?width=932&height=520&name=image%20(3).png)](https://blog.arkahna.io/why-azure-landing-zones-are-the-secret-to-scaling-in-the-cloud) 5 min read #### [Why Azure Landing Zones Are the Secret to Scaling in the Cloud](https://blog.arkahna.io/why-azure-landing-zones-are-the-secret-to-scaling-in-the-cloud) ![Picture of Simone Bennett](https://blog.arkahna.io/hs-fs/hubfs/profile-pictures/simone%20profile.jpg?width=30&name=simone%20profile.jpg) [Simone Bennett](https://blog.arkahna.io/author/simone-bennett): Oct 9, 2024 10:20:22 AM Hi, I’m Simone, Principal Consultant at Arkahna and the owner of Elements Core, our flagship landing zone product. If you’ve heard people talk about... [cloud](https://blog.arkahna.io/tag/cloud) [architecture](https://blog.arkahna.io/tag/architecture) [Read More](https://blog.arkahna.io/why-azure-landing-zones-are-the-secret-to-scaling-in-the-cloud) [![arkahna-brand-word-white](https://blog.arkahna.io/hubfs/arkahna-brand-word-white.png)](https://www.arkahna.io) - [Privacy Policy](https://arkahna.io/privacy) - [Terms of Sale](https://arkahna.io/terms) © 2026 Arkahna Pty Ltd [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/arkahna)[X](https://twitter.com/ArkahnaAU)[Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkahna) [GitHub](https://github.com/arkahna) We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands we live and work on, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, and the Māori peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Return to top