“Provisioning applications that required manual steps and operations that used to take weeks or months, can now take minutes or even less in order to stage and provision new applications.”
Philips | Case Study | Pivotal
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Software is infinitely flexible. It can be changed right up to the time the product is introduced. Sometimes it can be changed even later than that with things like software or firmware upgrades, websites, and software as a service (SaaS).
Software does have its disadvantages, too. Accurately scheduling long-term deliveries is difficult, and more than 50% of all software developed is either not used or does not meet its business intent. If executives managing software do not take these differences into account in their planning processes, they are likely to make the classic mistake of creating detailed, inaccurate plans for developing unused features. At the same time they are eliminating flexibility, which is the biggest advantage of software, by locking in commitments to these long-range plans.
From the excellent Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at Scale.
Gartner Says Demand for Enterprise Mobile Apps Will Outstrip Available Development Capacity Five to One
“Organizations increasingly find it difficult to be proactive against competitive pressures, which is resulting in their mobile apps becoming tactical, rather than strategic,” said Mr. Leow. “We’re seeing demand for mobile apps outstrip available development capacity, making quick creation of apps even more challenging. Mobile strategists must use tools and techniques that match the increase in mobile app needs within their organizations.” And: “Gartner believes organizations will improve their in-house mobile development skills over time, but currently only 26 percent of organizations are adopting an in-house-only development approach, while 55 percent are successfully delivering apps using mixed sourcing.
The attention economy and the implosion of traditional media
The attention economy and the implosion of traditional media
What is DevOps? Industry Experts Explain | SolarWinds
“[T]ake a shot when the secret word ‘dearth’ is mentioned.”
What is DevOps? Industry Experts Explain | SolarWinds
CoreLogic | Case Study | Pivotal
14 months down to 6 months, 16 staff down to 8 staff: “[w]hen planning the first product developed on Pivotal Cloud Foundry, CoreLogic allocated a team of 12 engineers with four quality assurance software engineers and a management team. The goal was to deliver the product in 14 months. Instead, the project ultimately required only a product manager, one user experience designer and six engineers who delivered the desired product in just six months.
EMC Documentum/Enterprise Content Division | Case Study | Pivotal
“With Pivotal Cloud Foundry, deployment timeframes have been reduced by 75 percent, accelerating deployments from a month to a week, and there is room to reduce cycles further.”
EMC Documentum/Enterprise Content Division | Case Study | Pivotal
IT: Think Digital, Think Business, Think Big
n=250 survey that shows people want more from IT, but they feel IT is not up to the task: “A mere 43 percent agreed their IT department were successfully becoming more strategic, responsive, and valued as a partner; 58 percent rated IT as poor or making only moderate steps, the report said.”
IT: Think Digital, Think Business, Think Big
PaaS or Play? Cloud's Next Move - MeriTalk
“respondents from a recent government study who have already used PaaS say they save 47% of their time, or 1 year and 8 months off a 3.5 year development cycle. For those who have not deployed PaaS, respondents believe it can shave 31% off development time frames and save 25% of their annual IT budget, a federal savings of $20.5 billion. As well, 90% believe PaaS is critical to data center consolidation goals.
The Green PaaS: Innovative Data Centers Will Save the World Billions | Pivotal P.O.V.
“They initially planned for a 6 month pilot. With Pivotal’s help, we had Pivotal CF running in a surprisingly short period of time. It was installed within days. This is how modern applications should work! Then, our customer deployed a single customer-facing app to production. Instead of 6 months for the pilot, they decided to move beyond the pilot to a full roll-out after only 3 months. Now, we are in the process of ramping up 5 or 6 more applications.