The more activities that can be automated within DevOps, the better. That explains why in order to remain relevant, IT departments are asking for automated tools that allow for self-provisioning for DevOps organizations.
A self-driving cloud can lead to faster code creation and deployment. It also keeps IT teams relevant because they are overseeing on-premises infrastructure. Companies like ZeroStack have been working on self-driving, on-premises cloud solutions for some time, and in ZeroStack’s case, the company has gone as far as to outline a five-step journey to leveraging existing investment in on-premises infrastructure:
1) Developers need to control where automated updates occur.
2) Integration is then required to bring AWS and VMware together, which can facilitate the best of both worlds, with workflow migrations that users can control.
3) Self-servicing provisioning is instituted based on user-defined templates.
4) Advanced machine learning is then added to the process, enabling data scientists to leverage telemetry and operational history.
5) Automated upgrades are introduced, letting the environment owner monitor the process.
“Our customers thrive on automated systems for creating productive, Agile DevOps environments,†explains Tracy Regan, CEO of OpenMake, who provide DeployHub, an open source, scalable Continuous Deployment solution.
ZeroStack delivers an automated DevOps system that empowers developers while reducing the burden of IT organizations that support them. Its goal is to create IT that moves at the speed of DevOps.
Its DevOps Workbench incorporates more than 40 preferred developer tools, along with open and extensible templates that speed the development process while enforcing consistency among far- flung development teams.
OpenMake is actually the latest DevOps tool to be added to ZeroStack, aiming to conquer traditional software deployment challenges with safe, agentless software release automation that will let developers realize the full benefits of Agile DevOps and continuous deployment.
ZeroStack was founded by senior engineers from VMware and Google, and is funded by Formation 8 and Foundation Capital.