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More velocity,
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Boost innovation by helping your developers work faster and smarter with Computacenter and Splunk
Developing and delivering new software capabilities at speed is critical to success. But velocity has to be balanced with security and quality – and this balancing act is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
Less than half of organisations are completely confident in their teams’ ability to meet application reliability and performance objectives, according to new global research from Splunk.
“Organisations are struggling to scale their internal development capabilities to meet the frequency and velocity of demand,” said Stephane Estevez, Observability Evangelist at Splunk. “Teams are having to use more standards, tools and platforms – and it’s impacting delivery timelines and outcomes.”
Around half of internally developed business applications are hosted in the public cloud while the remainder are on-premises. The architecture behind cloud-native applications is often incredibly complex: a single transaction may involve multiple microservices, databases and APIs. More elements mean more administrative tasks for developers – and more potential points of failure.
We help customers transform their monitoring tools and processes, so they can realise the full potential of observability across their entire stack – from cloud native apps to on-premises infrastructure assets.
Dean Hogan
Solutions Leader, Computacenter
Simplify and unify software delivery lifecycle To help organisations reduce complexity and improve consistency, Computacenter and Splunk have created a joint offering aimed at increasing developer velocity.
The new initiative brings together existing Computacenter services and Splunk solutions to enhance the development and deployment of business applications and software components.
This includes:
- Simplifying the adoption of cloud native technologies, such as containers
- Enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Augmenting and automating security controls
- Implementing observability solutions and best practices
- Accelerating innovation.
Launch new apps and services faster
Observability is already a critical part of the IT operations landscape: 73% of organisations have been using solutions for over a year. And it needs to become equally embedded in the development lifecycle.
“As software and platform changes increase, so does the risk of failures,” said Dean Hogan, a Solutions Leader at Computacenter. “ Observability provides the proactive insight needed to anticipate and prevent potential problems before they impact revenue and reputation.”
By aggregating and correlating performance data during testing and quality assurance, developers can quickly identify and resolve issues that could have a negative effect on the user experience. For example, a performance bottleneck with an API can be addressed before a new customer app or digital service goes live.
“Observability enables developers to spend more time innovating and less time fixing problems, which accelerates speed to market,” said Estevez. “Our research reveals that 80% of organisations have improved their application development and deployment timelines thanks to observability.”
The new joint initiative helps organisations fast-track their adoption and optimisation of observability across DevOps. From sourcing the right tools and enabling integrations to training teams and simplifying ongoing management, Computacenter and Splunk provide practical support and trusted advice at every stage of the observability journey.
“We help customers transform their monitoring tools and processes, so they can realise the full potential of observability across their entire stack – from cloud native apps to on-premises infrastructure assets,” said Hogan.
Accelerate digital and DevOps transformation
The developer velocity offering strengthens the nine-year partnership between Computacenter and Splunk, which also spans application modernisation, cloud transformation and advanced threat detection.
As an accredited Elite Reseller and Managed Service Provider, Computacenter helps organisations source, deploy and manage Splunk solutions and achieve their digital and DevOps transformation goals.
Computacenter has more than 60 employees with Splunk certificates and accreditations and has worked on 100+ customer projects involving Splunk technologies. Computacenter operates a dedicated Splunk development and test laboratory at its Global Solution Centre, which its security specialists use to analyse cyberattacks and develop new standards to share with customers.
“Thanks to our partnership, we can provide customers with the strategic advice and innovative solutions needed to achieve greater stability, efficiency and velocity,” said Hogan.
5 ways Computacenter and Splunk help boost developer velocity
1. Reduce time spent on troubleshooting problems by enabling real-time visibility across all stages of delivery lifecycle
2. Increase productivity by simplifying deployment and management of development infrastructure resources
3. Minimise complexity and cost of software lifecycle by consolidating tooling
4. Improve user, app and code visibility so teams can see when issues occur and better understand their impact
5. Support the adoption of Observability as a Service model to boost efficiency and agility.