DevOps Heat Map 2017

May 11th, 2017

Robert Stroud

Elinor Klavens

With contributors:

Eveline Oehrlich , Aaron Kinch , Diane Lynch

Summary

Development and operations (DevOps), the purview of unicorns, is now transitioning to the mainstream. Business technology (BT) leaders are realizing that Agile is no longer enough; they need to involve the full technology management organization to drive competitiveness in an era when customer centricity is pivotal to success. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are building the bridge from Agile to DevOps to enable fast, frequent, high-quality releases. Although DevOps is a hot discussion topic, the evidence of DevOps practices varies by industry. Organizations must accelerate their investments in culture, people, process, and technology to ensure effective execution.

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