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(c)iStock.com\/pablographix<\/em><\/p>\n Moving to a DevOps approach in your organisation has long been advocated as being a good idea – but what benefits does it provide? A new piece of research from managed cloud services provider Claranet argues better quality of applications is the key reason to move over.<\/p>\n The study, which surveyed 900 IT decision makers across Europe, argues the classic reason for moving to DevOps, greater business agility, is not a catch-all. Indeed agility (55%) was only the third most popular benefit, behind greater apps (60%) and a better understanding between employees (56%). Increased profitability (55%), better customer satisfaction (52%), and greater operational efficiency (50%) were also highly cited. Not one person surveyed said there were no benefits of a DevOps approach in their organisation.<\/p>\n Almost a third (32%) of firms polled said they are implementing DevOps practices, up from 26% the year before, yet almost all (92%) said they had experienced some difficult in the implementation process. Lack of time to automate tasks was the most frequently cited bugbear, with almost half of respondents (47%) arguing for it; conflict with historic ITIL (44%), skills shortages (43%) and a lack of understanding in how to implement DevOps strategically (40%) also cited.<\/p>\n “We are at a position in the software industry where cloud, or dynamic and changeable infrastructure, has given us the opportunity to change how we design, deliver and operate our software systems – which is where DevOps comes in,” said Neil Thomas, Claranet product director, adding: “But businesses need to have the right infrastructure and management processes in place for it to work effectively.”<\/p>\n