DevOps for companies: Faster, Better, Efficient

In traditional software development there was often a trench between development (dev) and IT operation (Ops).

The developers wanted to quickly deliver new features while the operation was focused on stability and security. The result.

Long release cycles, conflicts and frustration. DevOps breaks this silos and creates a culture of teamwork and common ownership that is supported by automation and modern tools.

This article explains the core principles of DevOps and shows how your company can benefit from it.

What is DevOps? (More than tools)

DevOps is not a technology and a process, but a cultural philosophy.

It is about reducing the barriers between development, quality assurance and IT operation and creating an environment in which software can be built, tested and provided more efficiently and reliably.

The aim is to accelerate and improve the entire life cycle of an application – from idea to operation.

The core principles of DevOps: CAMS

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The acronym CAMS sums up the four pillars of DevOps:

Culture: Promoting teamwork, trust and joint ownership. From the "school allocation culture" to a culture of common learning from mistakes.

Automation (Automatization): Automation of all repeatable tasks in the software life cycle, from code integration to testing to deployment.

Measurement (measurement): Continuous measurement and monitoring of processes and systems to find bottlenecks and make data-based decisions.

Sharing (parts): Open exchange of knowledge, tools and feedback between all teams involved.

The CI/CD pipeline: The heart of DevOps

Short: The CI/CD pipeline is the technical rollout of the DevOps philosophy.

The CI/CD pipeline is the technical rollout of the DevOps philosophy. It automates steps from code change to delivery in the production environment.

Continuous Integration (CI): Developers integrate their code changes several times a day into a central repository. Each integration triggers an automated build and test.

This detects integration problems at an early stage.

Continuous Delivery (CD): Any code change that involves automated testing is automatically deployed into a production-like environment (staging).

The release into production is then made at the touch of a button.

Continuous Deployment (CD): The last step of automation. Each passed change is deployed automatically and without manual intervention in production.

Advantages of the introduction of DevOps

Benefits Description

Fast Time-to-Market Automated processes enable faster delivery of new F

References and further reading

The following separate references complement the topics in this article:

• Bitkom – German digital industry association.
• German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
• European Commission – Digital strategy.
• MDN Web Docs (Mozilla)
• W3C – World Wide Web Consortium.

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