7 secrets that smart businesses don’t want you to know about devops
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Smart businesses are seeing real business value out of their use of DevOps—better software quality, faster time to market, and increased revenue. What do they know that you don’t know? To discover the secrets behind the use of DevOps, research firm Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,300 senior IT decision-makers at enterprise organizations across five industry verticals in 21 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The results may surprise you. For more information on the survey, visit http://www.ca.com/techinsights/devopsTRANSCRIPT
7 Secrets that Smart Businesses Don’t Want You to Know About DevOps
DevOps is a methodology that combines the separate and sequential processes of
application development and operations into a continuous and collaborative process.
To discover the secrets behind the use of DevOps, research firm Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,300 senior IT decision-makers at enterprise organizations across five
industry verticals in 21 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Secret 1: Most Companies Are Already Doing DevOps, or Will Be
Soon
66% of Organizations Either Have a DevOps Strategy or Are Planning to Implement It.
39% already adopted27% plan to adopt
18% no plan to adopt16% don’t know what it is
Secret 2: Customer Issues Are What’s Driving the Need for DevOps
What Drives the Need for DevOps?41% Need for simultaneous deployment across different platforms
41% Pressures from the business to release apps more quickly to meet customer demand
39% Need to Improve the end customer experience.35% Increased use of mobile devices
Secret 3: It’s Not Only About “Saving Money”
Only 16% said “reducing IT cost” was a key driver for their need for DevOps
… and Most Businesses Use External Metrics to Judge Success with DevOpsHow Will You Primarily Measure Success of DevOps?
49% External factors: increased revenue, faster time-to-market, improved competitive positioning, enhanced customer experience
38% Internal factors: lower costs, fewerbugs, improved efficiencies, better ROI, improved collaboration
13% Haven’t decided yet
Secret 4: The Biggest Obstacles Are People and Process
Top Obstacles to Implementing DevOps35% - Organizational complexity – people, departments,
interdependencies 28% - Roles and responsibilities across dev & ops not
aligned
Secret 5: Business Skills Trump Technical Skills
Top 3 Skills Needed for DevOps47% - Knowledge of business priorities/strategies/metrics
42% - Knowledge of current business processes 36% - Communications skills
Secret 6: IT Automation Is The Most Important Component of DevOps
There are many Paths to DevOpsWhat are the Most Important Components of DevOps?
IT automation – 52%Agile Development - 47%
Collaborative teaming between dev & ops – 45%Service virtualization – 42%
Accelerated applications testing – 32%Continuous release cycles – 32%
Aligned processes across dev & ops – 25%Pre-production performance testing – 4%
We’ll let you in on the Big Secret …
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