| | APRIL 2019 8OPINIONIN MYBy Darryl McKinnon, Vice President & Managing Director, APJ With software driving every business now, it's creating disjointed, and sometimes incompatible, projects inside companies. Simultaneously, the speed at which companies can deploy new software has become inextricably linked to customer acquisition and retention, and the torrents of change are pushing CIOs to transform IT so that the business can operate like an innovative and fast-moving software organisation. CIOs today must not only empower the business with technology to propel it past competitors and beyond their reach but also evaluate changes to processes and infrastructure to allow the flexibility that the software-driven world now needs. Underpinning all of this is the need to implement a successful DevOps strategy, where development and operations team come together to understand each other's concerns and views to ensure the delivery of resilient software products at a fast pace in an automated and cohesive manner. As CIOs make the transition from old bureaucratic ways to DevOps, how can they fully utilise the potential of this practice? Understanding what modern DevOps potential is Many traditional IT organisations are not built for the new IT reality. In fact, they are organised around functions instead of business value, and hence are siloed. DevOps, however, is a community of practice and set of principles, not fixed methodology or process. It aims to break down these silos to get everyone working towards the same business goal. What really sets DevOps apart today is the `infrastructure as code' philosophy. When you describe all infrastructure configurations and changes in code, you can version that code, review, integrate, test and deploy it with the same tools your organisation uses for software. This makes it much easier for Darryl McKinnonWHAT DEVOPS MEANS TO A CIO:TRANSFORM, BUILD AND MEASURE
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