The key benefits of DevOps for business
There are many advantages of using DevOps best practices, from
simplified infrastructure maintenance and improved scalability to
the enablement of high availability under heavy loads. Let’s take a
closer look.
1.
Software development speed
With DevOps, companies can deliver applications and features much
faster than those organizations that use traditional methods of
building software.
Thanks to DevOps, it is possible to
reduce time-to-market by 2-3 times, which is
crucial for making the necessary customizations to meet customer
demand. As a result, you not only cut down expenses but outrun
competitors that have not yet adopted DevOps practices.
High development speed is achieved through continuous integration
(CI) and continuous delivery (CD). CI enables DevOps teams to
automate the process of app assembling by instantly detecting errors
in the code and making rapid changes.
CD expands upon CI by moving code changes to the test and/or
production environment. Due to continuous delivery, engineers always
have an artifact that has already been tested and is ready for
deployment.
2.
Scalability
DevOps allows developers to provide scalability, the ability of a
software system to efficiently handle a growing amount of work, for
example, support an increasing number of users and simultaneously
process numerous requests.
By implementing infrastructure automation practices such as
infrastructure as code, engineers enable elastic scaling of
computing resources up or down.
3.
High availability
High availability is one of the key benefits of DevOps for business.
By creating microservices, it is possible to ensure that the system
will be stable even under heavy loads. In this type of software
architecture, engineers develop an app as a set of small
loosely-coupled services, each running its own process.
Since they operate independently from each other, users can interact
with your product even if some service fails. With monitoring and
logging, DevOps experts track software and infrastructure
performance, quickly detect issues, and investigate the root causes
of failures.
4.
Reliability
Employing DevOps best practices, companies ensure fast and reliable
feature delivery. Through the enablement of scalability and high
availability, organizations provide stable operation of their
services 24/7.
5.
Security and compliance
In some custom software development companies—including
Arateg—security and quality assurance teams are merged into a
single
team to collaborate throughout the project lifecycle. When all
members build a digital solution or migrate to the cloud with
security in mind, this is referred to as DevSecOps.
Applying policy as code, organizations can enforce compliance with
security standards such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS. When the infrastructure
is codified with the cloud, software development and operations
teams can monitor and reconfigure it in a dynamic way. As a
consequence, businesses and institutions easier manage changes over
resources, for instance, automatically "fix" non-compliant resources
to ensure alignment with regulations.