Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to my darling wife Jane, who has had to put up with a husband who for the past few months has done little more than spend every spare moment staring at a computer screen typing lots of things—which eventually turned into this book.
Thank you to my daughter Harriet for her proof reading skills—I knew that education would come in handy one day.
Next is my good friend and colleague John Clapham whose level headed approach and consistent vision helped to make the implementation of CD and DevOps within Nokia entertainment the success it was. Without that success there would be little to write about.
I would also like to thank Deon Fourie—one of the best bosses out there—and my CD team for their faith and commitment to delivering the CD and DevOps vision. Without you this body of work would be rather dry and many pages lighter.
A big thank you to John Fisher for allowing me to include his transition curve within the book and to Patrick Debois for his support and never ending enthusiasm and drive to bring DevOps to the masses.