Agile techniques, dynamic programming languages, mashups, and frameworks are all part of the same trend of driving time and cost out of the application development process. The problem is that the speed and agility we’ve achieved in the domain of “apps” hasn’t crossed over into the domain of “ops,” which is where application value is realized. This is because of a longstanding “deployment gap” that exists between apps and ops.
Closing the Gap Between Apps and Ops
November 4, 2008