The drive for digitization and automation has gained extraordinary momentum in the last few years. The software development world, too, is blooming with newer technologies and methodologies to amplify its impact on the ongoing wave of digital transformation.

And DevOps, being an indispensable part of the software development realm, is witnessing a stronger demand. Businesses increasingly need continuous integration and continuous delivery, agile development, faster software delivery and software development lifecycle, and similar to aggressive work on innovative updates and release them to market. According to a recent report, the global DevOps market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20% and reach $37,227 Mn by 2030 from $7,398 Mn in 2021.

As the future of DevOps looks increasingly brighter and more promising than ever before, here's what you can expect going forward in 2023. Let's take a look at our top 6 DevOps trends and innovation predictions for 2023 and beyond.

6 Top DevOps Trends to Watch in 2023

  1. Serverless computing is here to rule

    Serverless computing is currently holding the number one rank in DevOps trends. Serverless is the concept of outsourced server infrastructure and related tasks by an organization to third-party vendors in a bid to change the traditional operations of an IT company. With mounting pressure to roll out the newest features amidst high competition, DevOps teams must focus on development and deployment over managing pipeline risks and issues. That’s where serverless plays a crucial role, as it eliminates these additional burdens of deploying, managing, and scaling servers from the development teams allowing them to focus on the core coding and product development instead.

  2. Low code application deployment

    The era of complex code of the size of an encyclopedia is passé as low code pushes its way into the market. Low code tools and platforms are key enablers of agile development and DevOps. Enterprises are already using low code tools and applications to accelerate their application development lifecycle. Any guess how this trend is going to impact the job market? According to Gartner, 80% of enterprises will turn to citizen developers by 2024 and by 2023, there will be 4x more citizen developers than professional ones in large enterprises. As per Gartner's prediction, 70% of new enterprise applications by 2025 will use low-code or no-code.

  3. Infrastructure as code (IAC) to augment DevOps process

    Entering 2023, Infrastructure as code will emerge as one of the major highlights and critical DevOps trends. IAC primarily leverages automation to manage and provision infrastructure instead of doing it manually. What does that mean to DevOps team and DevOps engineers? IAC enables continuous monitoring, version control, virtualization testing, and more, as well as enhances collaboration between software development teams and infrastructure teams. Ever since AWS Cloudformation came into the market in 2009, IaC has become a critical part of DevOps processes.

    That, coupled with the need for robust cloud infrastructure, increased utilization of cloud computing, a surge in digitization and automation, cloud native technologies, and other technological innovations are pushing the bar for immutable IaC. In fact, it is one of the key drivers of 5G adoption across the globe as telecom providers are hard-pressed to provide high-speed internet services.

  4. DevSecOps to gain greater prominence

    This rise in infrastructure as code (IaC) has started directly impacting another important DevOps trend in 2022, DevSecOps. Development security and operations when combined together forms DevSecOps, a notable shift from DevOps process to stay safe from increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. That's why, going forward, you can see a lot of traction in this area as security outcomes will drive every software development lifecycle and security teams will try to integrate DevSecOps across DevOps workflow.

  5. GitOps, the next big thing in DevOps processes

    GitOps, at its core, is a code infrastructure and operational procedure that uses Git as a source control system. It is the successor of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps best practices that creates, deletes, and updates system architecture by using Git as the single source of truth. This newest addition to DevOps workflow makes way for both infrastructure automation and DevOps automation. For DevOps teams, GitOps is also an essential part of their Kubernetes deployment method.

  6. Growing confidence in chaos engineering

    This chaos engineering was created in 2008 when Netflix switched to cloud for hosting its data centers. After 14 years, this chaos is making more noise than ever as its "facilitation of experiments to uncover systemic weaknesses" keeps gaining a higher level of enterprise confidence. By integrating chaos engineering in DevOps processes, the DevOps team can easily build a robust application sans the complexity. And that's not the only reason it is in this list of top DevOps trends. In addition to supporting robust application development, it also helps enterprises in mitigating risks and bring down development costs significantly.

So, these are some of the latest DevOps trends that you can keep an eye on in 2023. No matter what the future holds for the digital transformation waves and cloud computing, businesses are increasingly leaning on DevOps to guarantee high-quality deliverables, leverage the power of automation, and transform the software development lifecycle to meet the customer satisfaction level.

Whether you are planning to embrace DevOps for the first time or scale it across your enterprise, Cloud4C's full suite of DevOps services powered on cloud can help you choose the right strategy, tools, and skills to drive greater adoption. For more information on Cloud4C DevOps services, click here.

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