IT:AD:DevOps

In today's world of rapid development cycles developers are expected to ship code very frequently. Increasingly rapid release cycles mean customer needs are met earlier. Change is the developer's friend. On the other hand operations are still expected to ensure no customer is adversely affected by this cycle. Change is their enemy. Where Devs meet Ops there can often be significant tensions.
To alleviate these tensions **the DevOps movement has focused on automating as many build/store/test/deploy tasks as possible**. MS Open Tech's DevOps work focuses on ensuring that these tools are available to everyone, regardless of their development environment.