DevOps is not a new phenomenon, so why is it attracting so much attention now? The answer is in how the market is changing. Forrester reports they are seeing organizations go from four application releases per year in 2010 to 120 releases per year by 2020.1 This is a 30X increase. As organizations adapt to this pace of business, many struggle with the learning curve of truly understanding what DevOps is all about.
As you read this guide, you'll learn the truth about DevOps and discover the benefits DevOps offers your organization. This introductory guide also explains how the DevOps movement supports the demands for today's IT-characterized by new types of applications, new approaches to IT operations, new demands and uses for insight, and new threats and risks. This quickly evolving business environment also brings with it new customers, buying behaviors, and IT consumption models.
