emc world 2015 - why devops is critical for business

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WHY DEVOPS IS CRITICAL TO YOUR BUSINESSBRIAN GRACELY, SR.DIRECTOR, EMC {CODE}



BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR…

“Success on the web depends on… continuous deployment of reliable software to an unreliable platform that scales horizontally.”

- Jesse Robbins


DevOps is a CULTURAL and OPERATIONAL model that fosters COLLABORATION to ENABLEhigh-performance IT to ACHIEVEbusiness goals.

WHAT IS DEVOPS?


“Software is Eating the World.”

- Marc Andreessen, 2011


SOFTWARE IS EATING THE WORLD

S&P 500 CHURN – LAST DECADE

No Business Model

Is Assured(2002-2012)


SOFTWARE IS EATING THE WORLD

S&P 500 CHURN – LAST DECADE

One Company’s

Profit

Is Another

Company’s

Business Model(2012-Present)


Focus on

THROUGHPUT

WHAT CHANGED?

Focus on

QUALITY


WHAT CHANGED?

SCALE

PROCESS

AGILITY

AUTOMATION

MEASUREMENT

FEEDBACK

LOOPS

CONTINUOUS

IMPROVEMENT

COMMUNICATION


EVERY INDUSTRY IS IMPACTED


DEVELOPERS – NEW KINGMAKERS

• DISRUPTION IS CHEAPER THAN EVER• PUBLIC CLOUD IS THE NEW DATA CENTER• OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE RULES• EVERYBODY + EVERYTHING IS A NODE• COMMUNITY IS THE NEW TECH SUPPORT


OPERATIONS – NEW DIFFERENTIATOR

2x

30x

-50%

#1Source: 2014 DevOps Survey


BI-MODAL or TRI-MODAL IT?

TRI-MODAL (SIMON WARDLEY)BI-MODAL (GARTNER)

BUSINESS

IT MANAGEMENT

LEGACYAPPLICATIONS

NEW APPS


GETTING THERE

BUSINESSOPPORTUNITY

CHALLENGE 1

CHALLENGE 2

INTEGRATION PLATFORM

DELIVERY PLATFORM


KEY ELEMENTSBUSINESSCENTRIC

SMALLPIECES

CONTINUOUSTEST/DEPLOY

COLLABORATECOMMUNICATE

MEASUREMENT + FEEDBACK


• Software as a Core Competency

• Focus on Throughput and Quality

• Mobile and Data will Drive the Apps

• Operations is the Differentiator

• DevOps is the Culture of High-Performance IT

MOVING FORWARD


THANK YOU

BRIAN GRACELY@bgracely

emccode.github.io@EMCcode

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