The DevOps model for better cloud apps projects

By Christine Parizo

DevOps is a philosophy with empathy

DevOps isn’t about the tools. “It’s technology-enabled, but it’s about a cultural shift that focuses on better approaches for collaboration across the development and operations team,” Jason Bloomberg, cloudapplications_article_016president of Intellyx, said. From the enterprise architect perspective, part of the challenge of moving to DevOps does lie in the technology, as they focus on IT portfolio management and technology-centric questions. But priorities need to shift to help the organization itself hone in on digital priorities and best practices, he said.

One of the best practices involving software developers is to have a sense of empathy for the operations team. The traditional way of deploying software is for the developers to create it, then send it to quality assurance or operations for deployment. The rapid pace required for cloud deployments can foster adversarial relationships, according to Bloomberg. However, viewing it more as a collaboration rather than a competition can help move deployments forward.

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