‘The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow again’, said Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada in his 2018 speech at Davos. It is both: exciting and scary to even think that every time we blink, there is someone new releasing another product, feature, solution, or idea with enough ‘oomph’ to revolutionize our worlds. Yet, our lives don’t necessarily improve, because we navigate in an ocean of data, with directions changing rapidly, making our ability to focus scarce.
At Hicron, we tackle this new reality with two concepts: digital transformation and DevOps. Let’s use this blog to unpack these ideas and see how together they may contribute to our organizations.
Digital transformation is a process that leverages digital technologies: cloud computing, automation, big data, analytics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) as well as the common use of mobile devices to fundamentally transform how we deliver value to our customers.
It is also a cultural shift: we must be willing to embrace it and experiment with it across multiple layers of our organizations to improve our operations, enhance customer experiences, and stay competitive in this rapidly changing marketplace.
One of the key enablers of digital transformation is DevOps. Let’s explore what it means and how it is used to drive digital transformation.
DevOps is a development methodology to deliver software quicker and more reliably by breaking down the silos between development and operations teams.
DevOps comes with a set of best practices and standardized tools to promote collaboration, integration, and automation between multiple teams, even across multiple organizations. Essentially, it creates an efficient working environment to keep adjusting software development and adjust to the rapidly changing business goals.
Digital transformation involves leveraging digital technologies. DevOps allows introducing changes to your software quicker, easier, and without customer disruption. Here are some of the ways that DevOps supports digital transformation:
In order to effectively use DevOps for digital transformation, we prioritize the following key development and operational areas:
Digital transformation is a complex and multifaceted process that requires a holistic approach. DevOps is a key enabler of digital transformation, as it enables organizations to deliver software more quickly and reliably. By focusing on automation, continuous integration and delivery, collaboration, monitoring and feedback, and culture, organizations can effectively leverage DevOps to drive digital transformation and help business organizations to stay ahead of their competitors.
After carefully evaluating suppliers, we decided to try a new approach and start working with a near-shore software house. Cooperation with Hicron Software House was something different, and it turned out to be a great success that brought added value to our company.
With HICRON’s creative ideas and fresh perspective, we reached a new level of our core platform and achieved our business goals.
Many thanks for what you did so far; we are looking forward to more in future!
Hicron is a partner who has provided excellent software development services. Their talented software engineers have a strong focus on collaboration and quality. They have helped us in achieving our goals across our cloud platforms at a good pace, without compromising on the quality of our services. Our partnership is professional and solution-focused!
The IT system supporting the work of retail outlets is the foundation of our business. The ability to optimize and adapt it to the needs of all entities in the PSA Group is of strategic importance and we consider it a step into the future. This project is a huge challenge: not only for us in terms of organization, but also for our partners – including Hicron – in terms of adapting the system to the needs and business models of PSA. Cooperation with Hicron consultants, taking into account their competences in the field of programming and processes specific to the automotive sector, gave us many reasons to be satisfied.
