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Software development and deployment rank among the top five areas of focus for automation, including AI, according to recent research by Computing Magazine surveying 100 UK IT leaders.
This is a revealing insight. Organisations have recognised the importance of building digital twins, a concept long established in business systems modelling, and which is now central to the domain of information technology. The focus has shifted from automating outlier back-office processes with tools such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), to embedding automation at the very core of organisations.
Automation not routinely used in software development pipelines
However, and despite the messaging presented by this survey, a lot of organisations still struggle with manual steps, delayed deployments and reliability issues. A key contributing factor to this issue is a lack of automation in software development pipelines.
Automation must be an essential part in any modern organisation’s IT strategy.
At EGA Tech, we believe automation is not optional: it must be an essential part in any modern organisation’s IT strategy, regardless of its size. Internally, you can often hear our development teams citing the mantra “automate first”. Automation and orchestration should be a pillar in your tech stack and the engine driving your development pipeline, in a safe, repeatable, fast, and intelligent manner.
How EGA Tech uses automation in software development and deployment
- End-to-end CI/CD pipelines – from commit to production, we automate builds, testing, provisioning and deployment
- Infrastructure as Code & environment orchestration – avoiding snowflake servers or configuration drift
- Smart automation with observability – by building feedback loops so issues are caught before, not after, code pushes
- Scalable, modular architecture – evolving systems from basic automation to comprehensive orchestration
Done right, automation is both simple and effective. If your organisation is finding it awkward, then it’s not being done properly. Systems themselves are complex, but they should not be complicated and understanding the difference is key to employing industry standard, robust automation.
Automation makes code deployment more straightforward, faster, responding to customer requirements and allows for modular changes to any deployed tooling. It frees up engineering teams to focus on value-added technology implementations, not chasing their tails in a tech-stack version of whack-a-mole.
Want to know how real automation using cutting edge, modular workflows can be implemented in your organisation? Fill out the form below or email info@ega-tech.co – we’d love to walk you through some real-world use cases and results we have delivered for our clients.
