Increase efficiency, reduce time to market, and improve service quality with DevOps
DevOps gives you a significant competitive advantage by enabling your organisation to adapt quickly to change and bring new products and services to market faster. Not only that, DevOps also encourages a culture of innovation and agility, in which teams can experiment and continuously improve processes and practices.
Optimise your DevOps practice with RiverSafe
At RiverSafe, we understand that no two DevOps teams are the same. That’s why we work closely with our clients to help them build, deploy and improve their DevOps practices in a way that delivers the outcomes they want with the resources they have.
We’re trusted by some of the world’s biggest companies—including Vodaphone, Sky and BP—to help improve the efficiency of their software delivery process through the adoption of DevOps.
As cyber security and DevOps experts, RiverSafe ensure that security, stability, and delivery are at the core of your business operations. By removing existing silos and creating a unified view of activity, you’ll get access to business insight to help you adapt faster.
Our DevOps Services
Our DevOps consulting services have been designed to match where you are at in your DevOps journey. From just starting out, to a fully integrated DevOps practice, our experts can help you to improve the efficiency of your software delivery process.
Phase 0 - No DevOps
You have a siloed structure, where development, operations and other teams work in isolation, without sharing information or collaborating.
Phase 1 - Segmented DevOps
Some teams have started to adopt DevOps practices, however these practices are not yet widespread, and there is no consistency across teams.
Phase 2 - Standardised DevOps
DevOps is adopted across your organisation and processes are standardised and you are looking at ways to enhance and improve.
Phase 3 - Advanced DevOps
You have a mature DevOps culture that is focused on continuous improvement. You are looking at driving innovation through exploring new ways of working.
Where are you at in your DevOps journey?
Using industry-standard metrics, we can help you measure, assess, and analyse your DevOps capabilities, giving you the actionable data you need to enhance your practice and boost your competitiveness.
Size up your DevOps practice with our free assessment tool
Our free assessment tool, built around the DORA framework, helps you gauge the maturity of your DevOps practice across departments, highlighting areas to focus on and forecasting the development of your abilities over time. All in just a few minutes!
Develop your DevOps capabilities
Our expert DevOps consultants can help your team to develop your practices and process in areas such as:
Continuous Testing
Maximise software quality and efficiency with automated and manual Continuous Testing throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Cloud Infrastructure
Prioritise code maintainability to effortlessly enhance collaboration and productivity.
Code Maintainability
Elevate your team's productivity with an environment in which developers can easily make changes and updates.
Organisational Culture
Transform your organisation with a proven culture that fosters IT and organisational excellence and reduces burnout.
Monitoring and Observability
Unlock insights and improve system health with seamless, comprehensive monitoring and observability.
Small Batch Work
Accelerate innovation and improve feedback loops by breaking work down into smaller, manageable pieces.
Learning Culture
Encourage constant growth and progress by embracing learning as a vital investment.
Work-in-Process Limits
Enhance your processes and increase throughput by utilising work-in-process limits to effectively manage work flow.
Trunk-Based Development
Supercharge your software development and delivery performance with fewer active branches, shorter branch lifetimes, and seamless collaboration.
Continuous Integration
Streamline software delivery and guarantee reliable builds with regular code reviews.
Continuous Delivery
Release changes quickly, safely, and sustainably without impacting users, and make changes to production at any time with confidence.
Loosely Coupled Architecture
Upgrade the way your teams work and deliver value by enabling independent performance and quick delivery.
Developing all stages of DevOps
PLAN
- Audit and consult on existing assets
- Create roadmap
- Identify business metrics and Business continuity requirements
- Ensure collaborative project management practices
CODE / BUILD / TEST
- Build a platform and apply/ embed tools for collaborative working
- Suggest improvements to existing DevOps platform
- Set up/improve Software development process with emphasis on Shift left paradigm
- Guide Software development and DevOps/platform activities
- Analyse and improve existing continuous integration pipelines
RELEASE / DEPLOY
- Improve continuous delivery by means of infrastructure as code and automation of manual processes
- Help with deployments of SW assets in hybrid / cloud environments by way of CI/CD
- Improve continuous delivery process
OPERATE
- Consult on disaster recover activities and drills
- Consult on security aspects of implemented DevOps process
- Post implementation support
MONITOR
- Introduce or improve Monitoring as integral product operations practice
- Suggest adoption of Observability tools
What are the benefits of improved DevOps practices?
Smoother scalability
Scale software delivery processes more easily, enabling you to support growing customer bases and increasing demand
Increased business agility
Respond quickly to changing market conditions and customer needs by using agile methodologies, to adapt to changing requirements and deliver faster and more frequently
Enhanced customer experience
Respond more quickly to customer feedback and provide a better overall experience by delivering software faster and more frequently
Improved product quality
Practices such as Continuous testing and Monitoring help you identify and fix issues more quickly, improving software quality and reducing the number of defects in production
Better collaboration
With an emphasis on collaboration and communication between development, operations, and other stakeholders, DevOps breaks down silos and improves overall team productivity
Tighter security
Upgrade software security by integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle, identifying and addressing security issues earlier in the process, and reducing the risk of security breaches
Faster delivery times
Release software more quickly and frequently, ensuring you can respond faster to market changes and customer needs, and stay ahead of the competition
Reduced costs
Improve cost management by optimising processes and reducing waste, boosting your bottom line and financial performance
Greater efficiency
Eliminate time-consuming manual tasks by automating aspects of software development and deployment, reducing errors and freeing your software team up to do more valuable work in the process
Why RiverSafe?
As your DevOps partner, we are fully invested in your success.
We work closely with you to understand your unique requirements and implement solutions, tools and processes to deploy applications quickly and securely.
Our solutions are delivered by our expert team, who are committed to industry-leading service. We give businesses the perspective and insight they need to create unified solutions and make better-informed business decisions.
Don’t let inefficient DevOps processes hold you back. Contact us today to learn more about how RiverSafe can help your business thrive.
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