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DevOps Automation + Cloud Pak for Applications
Accelerating your application modernization journey
Application modernization is essential to achieving a competitive edge in the current fast-paced landscape. But, the most essential elements of the application modernization process are: rapid delivery, security, reliability, and high quality. DevOps practices must be applied throughout your application modernization journey, which will help teams streamline their modernization processes. DevOps practices emphasize automation, collaboration, and integration between software development, security, and IT operations teams.
Two products can help accelerate your application modernization journey:
- IBM Cloud Pak for Applications, aka CP4Apps.
- IBM DevOps Automation
IBM DevOps Automation offers continuous testing, delivery, monitoring, and value stream management and helps teams to deliver software and services as quickly as possible, teams must iterate and experiment rapidly and then driven by feedback and data they must deploy new versions frequently.
The importance of DevOps in application modernization
The following image highlights the pain points that teams encounter when they don't attempt application modernization or attempt it without using tools such as CP4Apps and DevOps Automation.
IBM DevOps Automation unlocks the true value of Cloud Pak for Applications
CP4Apps facilitates application modernization by reshaping the application landscape through re-platforming and refactoring onto Red Hat OpenShift as containers. IBM DevOps Automation seamlessly complements this endeavor by ensuring application security, reliability, and expedited delivery.
IBM DevOps Automation tools supports using Cloud Pak for Applications in these ways:
- IBM DevOps Plan assists in planning and managing project tasks efficiently.
- IBM DevOps Create generates architecture from code changes, facilitating streamlined development processes.
- IBM DevOps Test evaluates the reliability and performance of code changes through comprehensive UI testing, API testing, and performance testing, with the added benefit of virtualization to expedite development.
- IBM DevOps Deploy coordinates the movement of code and dependencies effectively, ensuring proper governance and orchestrating large-scale application deployments on the OpenShift environment with modern application runtimes like Liberty.
- IBM DevOps Accelerate provides invaluable insights and identifies potential risks and bottlenecks early in the development, refactoring, or re-platforming phases.
The following image shows how IBM DevOps Automation can bring value to each stage of modernization entry points, from runtime modernization and extending to cloud-native development. For example, built-in machine learning tools can be used for performance test analysis when an organization is adopting modern runtimes.
By seamlessly integrating DevOps Automation products with Cloud Pak for Applications, teams can accelerate their development lifecycle, streamline operations, and enhance overall efficiency.
One of the key aspects where IBM DevOps Automation excels is its ability to provide end-to-end testing abilities, from UI testing, functional testing, API testing, and performance testing, to automating repetitive tasks such as secure deployment. IBM DevOps Automation not only reduces manual effort, but also minimizes the risk of human error, leading to more reliable and consistent software releases.
Additionally, IBM DevOps Automation offers comprehensive monitoring and analytics capabilities, allowing teams to gain valuable insights into their application performance, bottlenecks, improvement areas, and delivery risks. By leveraging these insights, organizations can make data-driven decisions, optimize their applications for better performance, continuously improve the user experience, and gain faster time to value.
Summary
IBM DevOps Automation helps organizations harness the full potential of Cloud Pak for Applications by enabling faster delivery, higher quality, increased productivity, reduced risk, and greater innovations. By adopting DevOps principles and leveraging IBM DevOps Automation and Cloud Pak for Applications tools, organizations can accelerate their digital transformation journey and stay ahead in today's competitive landscape.