
06/03/2025
Ram Chakravarti, CTO, BMC Software: On breaking the DevOps plateau and using automation to improve security
The majority of organisations are stuck in a “plateau” in their DevOps evolution and are struggling to advance into the higher stages of adoption.
BMC Software knows a thing or two about the subject and recently sponsored Puppet’s 2021 State of DevOps report.
Developer spoke with Ram Chakravarti, CTO of BMC Software, to gain some insights into how to break the DevOps plateau and how automation can be used to bolster security.
Developer: Puppet’s 2021 State of DevOps report highlighted that most organisations’ DevOps evolution has plateaued. What would be your advice to enterprises looking to break their lull and join the ranks of those in the coveted high stages of DevOps adoption?
Ram Chakravarti: As cited in the State of DevOps report, 58 percent of the group “stuck in the middle” have multiple handoffs between teams to get to deployment. Some of that could be from a lack of automation or having the right skillsets in place. But another factor we see, especially in large organisations, is a lack of trust between teams. Development teams want to go fast, and operational teams want to reduce risk. The development team needs the friction to deployment reduced, while the ops side needs the confidence that deployments will go smoothly.