Cloud Platforms Enable Faster Development and Deployment Cycles
Deployment speed is a key attribute of top DevOps performers. In fact, the highest-performing DevOps teams deliver on-demand deployment, with multiple deployments each day, according to Google’s research on the topic. The more efficient the development, the faster the deployment.
Cloud platforms help expedite the cycle. DevOps teams can leverage myriad tools and services provided by cloud platforms to build, test and deploy applications more efficiently. From there, teams can also add any number of automated solutions into the mix.
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Coca-Cola Argentina is one example of this. Leveraging Amazon Web Services and its automated continuous delivery pipeline, Coca-Cola Argentina created Wabi, a mobile app for product ordering and delivery. With this technology, delivery takes 30 minutes instead of hours. And, as detailed on AWS’ website, the cloud drove the creation of the app and now helps keep it updated efficiently.
“Using AWS, we can deploy new features for Wabi in several months instead of the year it could sometimes take in our previous environment,” Alejandro Arauz, digital operations director at Coca-Cola Argentina and cofounder of Wabi, notes in an AWS case study.