Key concepts:
DevOps recognizes that traditional approaches to application development and IT operations are not meeting the accelerated demand for IT services
Ten years ago we weren’t talking about things like virtualization and cloud computing on the massive scale we are today
Cloud computing, the consumerization of IT (BYOD, BYOA, BYOI) and mobile have prompted a paradigm shift
IT must meet the accelerated demand
We can’t sacrifice quality, however, to go faster
DevOps responds to the demands of stakeholders for an increased rate of production releases
DevOps enables organizations to balance what have historically been opposing goals