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DevOps Paradox

By : Viktor Farcic
Book Image

DevOps Paradox

By: Viktor Farcic

Overview of this book

DevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive. In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques. With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Index
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Software companies, vendors, and conferences

Viktor Farcic: You've mentioned companies. I know that you go to conferences every once in a while, so I'm wondering what do you think about software vendors nowadays? Whenever I go to a conference, I always see every product being labeled as DevOps, and I'm getting a bit confused by that because it's got me thinking, what do they actually mean?

Damien Duportal: It's just a way for those vendors to find a business model in a fast-changing sector. There are the debates about the open source or closed source business models. As you said, everyone at conferences today is selling DevOps because everyone understands that selling just a single piece of software is not sustainable. It might have been in the 1980s or 1990s, but not today. As a developer, you need to grow the value of what you are providing, or someone else will build the same software and will just totally roast you in their wake. When I grew up as an...