In a recent report, Forrester found that DevOps has the potential to save money, improve efficiencies and help the business recognise revenue sooner. It also allows for the organisation to make small, continuous improvements that shift focus and achieve objectives steadily without the risks of the big changes and equally impressive failures.

Organisations such as Netflix, Google and Etsy are leading the way in demonstrating the efficacy and capability of the DevOps principle and what can be done if adopted culturally and done dynamically. DevOps is fascinating and brilliant, it is also complex and hard to define – a mystical force that can transform profitability and productivity, but only if done right. So what is it and why should you care?