Instana 2018 Predictions: The Need for Speed will Widen the Chasm Between Dev and Ops, Threatening IT as we know it

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David Marshall | Published: January 2, 2018

VMblog Predictions 2018

Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2018. Read them in this 10th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.

Contributed by Pete Abrams, COO, Instana

The need for speed will widen the chasm between Dev and Ops, threatening IT as we know it

As organizations strive for speed and efficiency in IT, developers are using a variety of tools and services to get the job done. Architectures like microservices are the backbone of new, dynamic apps, and containers are being used to speed deployment of the new functionality. This creates application complexity that makes today’s static dashboards and human, manual assessments obsolete, forcing Operations teams to find new tools and ways to ensure quality of service.

Automation and intelligence will be the answer for Ops teams. Automation provides discovery, insight and a model of everything that constructs the application, including logical and physical interdependencies between the microservices, middleware and containers. Artificial intelligence provides fast performance analysis, predicts potential incidents and offers remediation options. Automation and AI will help Ops teams gain the speed to match that of modern application Dev teams, bridging the chasm between them and advancing IT.

About the Author

Pete Abrams

Pete Abrams is a co-founder and the chief operating officer at Instana, the leader in application performance management for containerized microservices applications. Formerly vice president of customer centric innovation at AppDynamics, Pete has spent more than two decades in the technology industry focused on introducing new products to market and ensuring customer feedback and desired capabilities are incorporated into future product innovation. You can connect with Pete on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteabrams/

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David Marshall

David Marshall is the founder of VMblog.com, one of the industry's longest-running independent publications covering modern data center technologies. What began as a focus on virtualization and cloud computing has expanded to cover the full spectrum of enterprise IT, including AI, security, and DevOps, making VMblog a trusted destination for vendor news, technology analysis, and industry commentary.Beyond publishing, David has spent his career at the intersection of technology and business, inventing, marketing, and launching a number of successful software companies and products, and building a reputation as a skilled marketing executive in the enterprise IT space.David is also a published author, having written two well-regarded books on virtualization and served as technical editor for two "For Dummies" titles covering virtualization and cloud computing. He co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication focused on cloud computing, and has been named a VMware vExpert every year since 2009, one of the longest continuous honoree streaks in the program's history.Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarshall/