DevOps Teams Need a Platform, Not a Toolkit, for Application Modernization

Over the past few weeks, I have had the conversation of why a platform makes sense vs disparate open-source tools with enterprise IT leaders who are struggling to make DevOps teams more efficient. The desire is to have Dev teams build more while having the Ops teams be more self sufficient without having to pull the Dev team into fix issues. Throwing bodies at the problem is not a sustainable or long-term answer. DevOps teams are looking to drive application modernization and hit business goals need a platform that can manage multi-cloud networks, cloud security, infrastructure as code (IaC), and observability for cloud native apps. Cobbling together open-source tools can be time-consuming to learn deploy and maintain which makes it difficult to scale and manage applications.

A platform approach to application modernization offers the following benefits:

? Simplicity:?a single pane of glass for managing all aspects of application modernization, from development to deployment to operations.?

? Scalability: can scale to meet the needs of growing applications. This is important for DevOps teams that want to increase velocity.

? Efficient Operations:?Dev teams can build more features faster and not get pulled into tricky Ops issues that can drain time from their day job.?

In contrast, cobbling together open-source tools can be time-consuming and error-prone. It can also be difficult to scale and manage applications as they grow.

For these reasons, DevOps needs to consider using a platform that can manage key aspects of the cloud native journey. A platform approach offers many benefits that can’t be ignore and will allow enterprises to scale with new apps in the cloud.

Here are examples of how a platform can help DevOps teams drive application modernization:

? A platform can manage multi-cloud networks. Face it, most enterprise have hybrid cloud or multi-cloud strategies. A platform can provide a single pane of glass for managing networks across multiple clouds to simplify day to day management.

? Help DevOps teams to improve security through features, such as role-based access control (RBAC), auditing, and encryption.?

? A platform can help automate IaC, which can save time, reduce the risk of errors during deployment while mitigating code drift.

? Observability will get better with a platform that can provide a number of observability features, such as dashboards, alerts, and tracing. This will reduce troubleshoot problems and improve the performance of applications.

The key to accelerating app modernization and creating a fine-tuned Dev and Ops process is having a platform to integrate all of the key management functions together. This will do away with the disparate view of using eight different tool sets to do that same thing that a platform can accomplish.

A platform has benefits that cannot be denied for DevOps teams that are looking to drive application modernization. By managing multi-cloud networks, security, IaC, and observability, a platform can help DevOps teams be more efficient and improve performance of their applications.