LAUREL, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aquilent, the recognized leading solution provider of Digital Services, DevOps & Agileand Cloud Services exclusively for the federal government, has enhanced and expanded its DevOps & Agile practice to bring leading-edge Agile, DevOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery and Deployment (CI/CD) processes, tools, and methodologies to federal cloud customers.
This evolutionary move will help enhance collaboration and increase efficiency across all projects within Aquilent’s federal customer base, as the DevOps & Agile methodology brings together different functional areas: development, operations, Quality Assurance, user experience testing, and more. Particularly relevant for federal customers, Aquilent’s approach to DevOps & Agile also offers a security team in the collaborative process. Known as DevOpsSec, this approach is an increasingly critical requirement within the federal space.
“We’ve spent many years bringing industry best practices to the government through cloud computing. We’re now doing exactly the same thing with DevOps & Agile,” said Mark Pietrasanta, Chief Technology Officer at Aquilent. “DevOps and DevOpsSec increase efficiency and reduce risk for our customers by helping them adapt quickly to changing needs and requirements. That’s what this is all about: driving innovation within government.”
What is DevOps?
DevOps combines a cohesive integrated team structure with a set of methodologies and tools with a goal of automating everything in the software deployment pipeline; DevOps tools and methodologies adapt to changing requirements in an environment that is highly visible and transparent to all stakeholders. It enhances the value of digital services in a cloud environment through automation and collaboration.
The DevOps methodology eliminates the traditional barriers between development and operations (adding security to the mix creates DevOpsSec). Built on Agile as well as CI/CD, DevOps requires close collaboration across all teams, reducing errors, increasing efficiencies, raising quality, and saving money. While this integrated approach promotes consistency and reliability, it also allows teams to continuously deliver new and improved functionality to end-users rapidly and smoothly.
Automation of the build, test, and deployment processes—plus treating infrastructure (and ideally security) as code—are key attributes of DevOps. It all starts with Agile development and CI/CD, with processes and tools that allow for faster, continuous, and more effective development and testing. Potential problems are identified and resolved quickly, resulting in well-tested, higher-quality applications and features that are delivered to constituents faster.
Aquilent’s DevOps & Agile Offerings
Aquilent delivers digital services using DevOps & Agile methodologies in the cloud. The company’s years of Agile, Cloud, tools, and automation experience, coupled with its deep knowledge of government processes and challenges, makes the company uniquely qualified to provide solutions using DevOps methodologies to a broad range of federal agencies.
Aquilent’s approach ensures continuous and close collaboration between teams. As a result, critical information is shared rapidly, reviews are faster, and decisions are made more quickly, improving an agency’s ability to achieve its mission.
Aquilent’s DevOps & Agile solution includes:
- DevOps tools selection and management
- Project management services
- Creative and data strategies
- Agile development
- Infrastructure development, administration and automation
- Cloud architecture, deployment, and administration
- Build automation
- UX design and development
- Unit and system test automation
- Performance and scalability test automation
- Security and network scanning automation
- Continuous integration (CI)
- Continuous delivery and deployment (CD)
- Cross-team quality assurance testing and reporting
- Metrics collection and analysis
For more information about Aquilent’s industry-leading Digital Services, DevOps & Agile and Cloud Services offerings, visitwww.aquilent.com.
About Aquilent
Aquilent puts innovation to work for your organization as the leading solution provider of Digital Services, DevOps & Agile and Cloud Services exclusively for the federal government. We leverage the best technologies available to deliver quality results that exceed your expectations. We take total project ownership, so you can focus on your core mission with confidence and accomplish more than you thought possible.
