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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
21
Packt

Looking into the future

Viktor Farcic: Exactly. I hate this next question because I get asked it all the time, but I'm going to ask you anyway: where do you see the future?

Julian Simpson: I honestly don't have an answer for that. I think the public cloud is one area to keep an eye on. The benefit of such a massive arms race taking place between Amazon, Microsoft, Ali Cloud, IBM, and Google Cloud, is that for us developers who just want to deliver stuff, our choices are going to be amazing.

"We all know people who show up to their IT job and do what they're asked to do and then go home again. I think there is a huge risk to their careers when the inevitable automation takes place."

—Julian Simpson

I think the way that Amazon, in particular, is doing a lot around networking, so that I can extend an Amazon VPC bridge with my local network if I need to, will be interesting. I should probably be able to outsource an awful lot of IT stuff...