DevOps, a combination of ‘development and operations’, is a mix of practices, tools and cultural philosophies that enable an organization to quickly deliver applications and services. It also helps products go from the drawing board to market at a faster pace than traditional software development because operations and development engineers work closely together in the entire lifecycle, from design through the development process to production support. In fact, operations staff and developers often use many of the same tools in tandem making the work go that much smoother and faster.