DEVOPS FUTURE
As society’s reliance on technology continues to rapidly grow, the need for efficient yet secure solutions in enterprise operationshas become increasingly important. One technology that has emerged to help fulfill this need is DevOps. As a software provider that has specialized in Salesforce release management, Salesforce data backup and recovery, and Salesforce security solutions for many years, we have seen the importance of DevOps in the enterprise rise. Based on our extensive experiences we have the insight into the future of how DevOps will impact the enterprise. DevOps fundamentally focuses on the building, testing, and releasing of software faster and more frequently. Companies which have implemented DevOps into their operations, have found that code goes from idea to production much faster. At the same time, DevOps helps reduce the number of defects that can be found in the application. Additionally, DevOps is largely focused on collaboration and allows teams to work closely together. The ability to streamline the production and collaboration process of software development, can increase an enterprise’s agility in its operations and help cut costs in the long run. When it comes the future of DevOps in the enterprise, the trend will continue to evolve in how operations are managed. An enterprise can quickly deploy software with automation capabilities, however this can quickly lead to data loss and security threats. Thus, in the future, automating DevOps with cybersecurity is likely to become a top priority for organizations. Companies will be able to automate software operations while bolstering security measures for any system. This will enable an enterprise to accelerate their workflow process, while protecting their data and applications from potential risks. At the same time, it is anticipated that DevOps will most likely continue to be a team effort. Teams that employ DevOps will likely expand with members offering a diverse set of skills and expertise. These teams will be able to build and deliver intent-driven IT products faster and increase the opportunities for a successful outcome. Employees from the different fields in the IT department such as developers, operations, security and management will need to work in tandem. For them to work efficiently, DevOps teams will be able to focus on leveraging some of the major trends in the current DevOps market such as containers, analytics, cloud management, and continuous integration. The key for enterprises to have the most success with DevOps will ultimately be the need to find the right balance of automation and security. Although automation helps to streamline and accelerate DevOps applications, there is the potential of data loss and malicious cyberattacks. Therefore, enterprise operations managers should consider processes and employees already in their organization when developing a DevOps workflow. This way the right strategies can be developed and employed without the risk of data and security threats. As reliance on technology increases over time, so will the importance in using DevOps as a tool to optimize operations management. It will be interesting to see how DevOps evolves in the enterprise and impacts the IT and management landscape, as the use of automation and security capabilities continues to this increase.
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