Summary
In this chapter, we covered practical initiatives, which when combined, will allow IT staff to implement successful DevOps models in their organization. Rather than just focusing on departmental issues, it has promoted using a set of practical strategies to change the day-to-day operational models that constrain teams. It also focuses on the need for network engineers to learn new skills and techniques in order to make the most of a new operational model and not become the bottleneck for delivery.
This chapter has provided practical real-world examples that could help senior managers and engineers to improve their own companies, emphasizing collaboration between teams and showing that networking departments is now required to automate all network operations to deliver at the pace expected by businesses.
Key takeaways from this chapter are that DevOps is not just about development and operations staff it can be applied to network teams. It is important to understand that before starting...