Exploring Hybrid Cloud Solutions To Strengthen DevOps

Posted by Oodles Technologies on December 12th, 2019

Cloud computing has enabled several cross-industry businesses to drive digital transformation through effective data handling. An increasing number of companies are moving their business data to the cloud platform to reduce their capital expenditure and operational costs. Nevertheless, migrating business data to the cloud is only the first step towards digital transformation as there are numerous possibilities to drive digital growth. 

Development and operations in the IT sector, popularly known as ‘DevOps’ play a critical role in the digital transformation journey of an organization. DevOps strengthens the core development operations of an organization by bridging the gap between development and operations teams. Putting it this way, DevOps is an approach to formulate agile development methodologies with a focus on reducing the development lifecycle. In this blog post, we will explore ways to strengthen DevOps through hybrid cloud integration and cloud application development. 

The Importance of Having a DevOps Model

DevOps is gaining traction in software development because of its ability to deliver applications faster and maintain an efficient development workflow. 

Developers often face challenges like software performance issues, bugs, glitches, and system failure. Besides, they have to speed up their work cycle to meet users’ expectations. At the same time, operations teams are constantly under scrutiny as they are responsible for keeping systems up and running. 

DevOps combines the three phases of a software application lifecycle i.e development, testing, and production. It brings development and operations teams together to create a stable operating environment for faster code execution, reduced costs, and human errors. 

Reasons For Implementing Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid cloud is a multi-faceted computing environment with a mix of private, public, and on-premises cloud services. Implementing hybrid cloud services in a business infrastructure can bring ample benefits such as increased scalability, flexibility, and cost savings. Hybrid cloud solutions introduce a number of hosting models to the IT infrastructure, thereby providing managers better control over business assets. 

Hybrid cloud solutions enable CIOs to move critical workloads between different hosting models to achieve business goals through effective resource handling. For example, an organization may store its sensitive business data on a private cloud while storing less critical data on a public cloud. 

Driving Digital Transformation Through Hybrid Cloud Solutions

A cloud platform, whether public or private, provides features like on-demand storage, networking, and other computing resources. Businesses and enterprises can use these features to effectively handle dynamic workloads like those from DevOps. 

Hybrid cloud infrastructure provides the right tools to developers for resource allocation and performance optimization. Besides, it enables dynamic resource provisioning, by rendering provisioned environments for on-premises or public cloud infrastructure. 

In addition, businesses can use several third-party tools to automate the provisioning and de-provisioning processes. The most popular provisioning tools are Ansible, Puppet, and Saltstack that are extensively used by companies to automate the creation of development environments. Using these tools enable businesses to create and implement development infrastructures dynamically, with minimal complexities. These tools also provide visibility into deployed development models through real-time reports.

Closing Thoughts

Implementing hybrid cloud solutions along with DevOps can accelerate the application development lifecycle and reduce business complexities. However, the process of hybrid cloud integration with DevOps comes with its own set of challenges. Using the right tools, at the right time is essential to reap the real benefits through both DevOps and hybrid cloud solutions. 

Besides, it is essential to have a clearly defined strategy to avoid business losses and ensure the smooth functioning of resources at reduced costs. Understandably, a large number of businesses refrain from changing their existing IT infrastructure due to all the risk factors involved. However, with the right strategy and the right team to implement a hybrid cloud in DevOps can do wonders for a business. It will not only strengthen their DevOps processes but also enables them to proactively achieve their future goals.

Why Choose Oodles For DevOps and Cloud Services?

We are a seasoned DevOps solutions company that provides end-to-end support for development, testing, planning, integration, and maintenance of software applications. Our DevOps consulting services intelligently drive cross-industry businesses with streamlined, agile, and automated IT operations. Avail our cloud consulting and application development services to automate your business processes and drive digital transformation through improved DevOps.