Cloud enables continuous delivery and DevOps

January 23, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from CIOL. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud is accelerating the implementation of a rapid continuous delivery model, with 25.9 per cent of developers active in Cloud development releasing updates or new versions at least once a day, and 63.3 per cent releasing at least once a week, as Evans Data’s new Cloud Development Survey shows.

The survey, conducted in November – December 2013 with 436 active Cloud developers also showed that 51 per cent feel that Cloud computing in general will improve coordination between development and operations, which will also help to enable continuous delivery. However, opinions and practices diverge across segments…

ISVs are most likely to release software quickly, with 45.7 per cent releasing updates daily and 73.6 per cent making updates at least weekly; whereas only 12.9 per cent of internal corporate enterprise developers make daily releases and 66.4 per cent make them at least once per week. "There are obvious differences between developer segments," said Janel Garvin, Evans Data CEO…

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