Delivering software and services at the speed the market demands requires teams to iterate and experiment rapidly. They must deploy new versions frequently, driven by feedback and data.

DevOps is a contraction of “Development” and “Operations”. It signifies a move away from the old siloed approach towards integrated, holistic teams that work on Development, IT and Operations as one unit, each considering the needs and requirements of the others, to deliver business value to customers more quickly and reliably. DevOps practices are moving into the mainstream with Developers and Operations communicating and collaborating to enable the rapid release of software.

Developers are working with Operations to understand how their code affects infrastructure and to access production systems for monitoring and troubleshooting. Similarly, Operations are working with Developers to create automated, self service and reliable infrastructure and tools. All this while ensuring that the binary building blocks of software are kept secure while flowing through a fully-automated CI/CD pipeline.

Fast-paced development and better time-to-market are the two key factors determining a company’s success in the current IT field.

Furthermore, organizations that have not yet adopted DevOps consulting services are currently facing the following challenges:

• Lack of cultural balance and communication between software Development and IT Operations Teams
• Lack of agile delivery to drive software-driven innovation in DevOps services company
• The continued existence of silos between Development, IT, and Operations teams
• Non-involvement of DBAs in release cycles has a substantial impact on the inner circles
• Lack of acceptance on a holistic view of the complete value-chain for continuous delivery tools