IDG Contributor Network: Banking on devops: some banks are getting it right

Banks, especially retail banks, have to be very risk-averse, especially when it comes to their IT ecosystems. For anyone who has ever worked in IT at retail banks, their deployment model is notorious. Firstly, system changes are implemented six to ten times a year, usually with a “freeze” over periods of high retail activity, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving.Secondly, the movement from development to finally entering production is a long and slow path; some banks have as many as t