What is DevOps?
DevOps (Development Operations) is a combination of Software Development and IT Operations. In DevOps, Software Development and IT Operations are two separate entities that co-exist. DevOps focuses on bringing these together to improve communication and increase productivity in the organisation. This unique combination allows an organisation and IT department to continually deliver quality value in the face of continually changing requirements. The objectives of DevOps are to increase the ability to provide the product and improving reliability while reducing inefficiencies, as well as satisfying their customer by providing the best services. DevOps follows the simple process such as plan, develop, deliver and operate phases. Each phase depends on each other, and the phases are not role-specific.
Why is DevOps used?
DevOps aims to increase the ability to deliver the product at a faster rate, by reducing inefficiencies, improving customer satisfaction, improving service, as well as improving reliability. There are many other reasons which are the main reasons why DevOps is widely used, such as:
- Predictability : During new releases, DevOps reduce the risk of failure.
- Reproducibility : It allows you to restore previously released versions at any time.
- Maintainability : DevOps offers seamless recovery during any new release crash or disabling the current system.
- Time to market : It effortlessly reduces the software delivery time up to 50%.
- Greater Quality : Teams can easily improve the application development quality as DevOps includes infrastructure issues.
- Resiliency : The operational state of the software system is more stable, secure, and changes are auditable.
- Cost Efficiency : Software development process can be cost-effective using DevOps, and allows IT companies to save money and increase profit.
