Better competitiveness with DevOps

Research shows a link between investments in IT and organizational performance. Businesses have always tried to find the link between the value of technology and higher productivity. Only an investment in the latest technology does not make a business competitive. Any company can do it. Competitive advantage cannot be gained on technology since it keeps on advancing. 

Hence, technology cannot be considered as a business differentiator. The methodology of leveraging that technology is something that can really set a company apart from its competitors.

DevOps is not a technology. It is a business initiative, which when executed well greatly increases the business bottom line. It can turn an organization’s web performance into a differentiator and elevate it above the competition. By providing a more efficient user experience than others in the industry, a company can gain a greater market share over their competitors.

DevOps enables a business to make frequent, low-risk releases to production. This makes the IT departments more agile and decreases the deployment time. With frequent deployments, feedbacks received about the quality are also frequent which are responded to almost immediately. This creates an environment of continuous learning. Additionally, it also prevents problems from cascading further and consuming more development and testing time.

DevOps greatly reduces the waiting time between the development and release of new features. Thus, features and can be made available in days rather than months, which results in a faster response to business needs. This ability of continuous delivery, results into scalable systems which are also highly resilient to significant work pressures. Hence, production levels are met successfully even in the face of abnormal levels of demand. 

By automating manual efforts and reducing the chances of failures, potential bottlenecks are identified. Teams are more productive and operational costs are reduced. 

DevOps is not information technology. It is a practice of information technology. To drive differentiation and innovation, the DevOps team needs to integrate closely with designers. 

DevOps breaks down the conflicts that exist between the development and operations team. This allows all the teams to work together, delivering and operating projects more effectively. 

DevOps establishes a collaborative working relationship and enforces a common set of objectives which provide value to the business. This allows to achieve Continuous Delivery through Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.

The business challenges existing today have taken traditional delivery approaches to a whole new level. The DevOps system delivers systems faster and reduces the risk of production level changes through automated testing and shorter development iterations. A successful DevOps implementation requires a careful management of organizational and cultural change along with acquiring new skills. 

Conclusion:

Implementing a Devops culture in place and leveraging the tools required to support it, enables business to compete better in today’s cloud connected, app driven worlds. DevOps is a  methodology that breaks down the barriers between the often separated functions of development and operations. It improves the quality, security and speed of delivering new softwares. In today’s software driven landscape, in order to remain competitive, continuous and innovative releases need to be made with high quality applications satisfying the customer’s growing needs.