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most true competitive advantages are operational and cultural ones, contrary to popular thinking That's true. Technology people tend to focus on the developmen
by delano 16y ago
most true competitive advantages are operational and cultural ones, contrary to popular thinking
That's true. Technology people tend to focus on the development-side. That is, creating something new and novel rather than running and maintaining something that already exists. Business people do pay more attention to operational concerns, but from a cost-cutting perspective. In other words, both sides tend to see operations as a loss rather than an opportunity.
This is probably changing though. It'll take a bit longer to know for sure, but that could be what devops is really about.
- siculars 16y agoI'm not sure how true that is. Take a look at recent companies like Zappos and Amazon or older ones like WalMart and FedEx. Operation and logistics are their bread and butter. It was practically Dells entire reason for existence (until they fell into the abyss).