Traditional IT and Modern IT coexisting together for a better, faster Enterprise.

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Bimodal IT
Building better IT ECO systems for sustainable Enterprises
Traditional Meets Agile!
Traditional IT and Modern IT coexisting together for a better,
faster Enterprise.

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Marathoner Vs Sprinter
mode1 and mode2 Enterprises differ drastically, each has characteristics that are unique to them.
Mode1
IT Centric
Plan Driven
Waterfall
Reliability
Mode2
Business Centric
Empirical
Agile
Agility
Marathoner : mode1 Sprinter : mode2

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Bimodal IT = Mode1 + Mode2
mode1 and mode2 coexisting to complement each other and improve mode1 to provide agility.
Bimodal IT
Mode2
+Mode1 Move forward with Bimodal IT
To keep up with the modern business demand, Organizations should adopt
Bimodal capability that ensures Stability and Reliability offered by mode1
and Agility and Stability through mode2..
• Adopt mode2 in phases while keeping mode1
• Improve SDLC
• Automate for consistency and reliability
• Introduce new tools instead of legacy tools

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DevOps – The Bimodal Bridge
Varying nature of DevOps implementations make it the suitable candidate for becoming the bridge between the traditional and agile IT models
Automate for consistency
Adopt Pragmatic & Systems Thinking
Cultivate Customer Centric Culture
Apply DevOps System Oriented
Principles
Optimize Change
Management processes
Compliment Legacy
Systems

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Bimodal IT
mode1 mode2
Keep the Mode1 Separate, Introduce DevOps
Learn from Mode2, Improve continuously
Mode1 : Sequential - Reliability, Stability
Mode2 : Exploratory - Agility, Flexibility

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Our Approach
Our approach to build a successful Bimodal IT Enterprise
Improve SDLC
Automate, Reduce CM
Promote Consistency
Ops Automation, IaC
Compartmentalize
mode1 separate from mode2
Modernize
Replace legacy tools
Improve Collaboration
Document, Communicate
Systems Thinking
Taking a broader perspective

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Transforming SDLC
SDLC is often the slowest leg in Traditional IT, Improving the mode1 SDLC is the first step towards Bimodal IT
Version Control
Introduce Version Control and Peer Reviewing if required.
Automate Waterfall / Traditional Approaches
Where possible automate the individual phases of SDLC cycle
Increase Collaboration
Encourage Documentation, Peer Reviewing, etc.
Lean Continuous Delivery
Make use of tools and techniques available on mode2 to
automate the CD pipeline wherever possible (in parts or full)
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Consistency
Infrastructure
Automation
Automated
Testing
Application
Release
Automation
Automate for Consistency
Achieve Operational Consistency through Configuration Management Automation, Provisioning Automation, etc.
Configuration as Code for:
stability and consistency
Infrastructure Automation
Reduced Time-to-Market
Customer & Business Centric
Application Release Automation
Phased automation for:
Speed and Agility
Automated Testing

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Modernize
Introduce modern tools to replace legacy tools and bring modern technology and processes where they can help improve
Containerize, Migrate
Containerize / Virtualize hard to replace legacy
systems
Replace Legacy Tools
Adopt New Tools to phase-out legacy systems
Introduce Cloud Services
Adopt Cloud and SaaS services
DevOps
Adopt for collaboration and increased rate of
Innovation

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Compartmentalize
Keep mode1 and mode2 Separate from each other.
Leverage DevOps
1. Adopt DevOps as a Bridge for Bimodal IT
2. Adopt best practices from both mode1
and mode2
Compartmentalize
1. Keep mode2 separate from mode1
2. Pilot run mode2 with new project
3. Phase in mode1 project to mode2
4. Assign specific personnel on mode2
pilots

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Bimodal IT Blueprint
Custom DevOps Plan for your organisation.
Modernization
Systems Thinking
Continuous
Improvement
Improved SDLC
• Less CM
• Automation
• Versioning
Automation
• Automated Testing
• Config. Management
• IaaC
TraditionalIT
ModernIT/Agile
Clarive
Puppet Enterprise
OpsClick
Selenium
Docker
New Relic
Elastic
Traditional Approaches
• Waterfall
• CAB

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Clarive
Single tool DevOps solution for Bimodal IT
Single tool DevOps Solution for Bimodal IT
Supports both modern and legacy technologies
Cross Platform Deployment Automation
Clarive supports cross platform deployment automation at a
flexible level of abstraction, yet without any additional external
scripting required.
The Bimodal Solution
From legacy to new, including mainframe, open systems, Unix,
Linux, databases, ERPs, CRMs, Internet of things, and mobile.
Lean Continuous Delivery
The only tool that enables CI/CD Automation with both legacy
and modern SDLC methods (Waterfall and Agile).
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Contact Us
Get in touch with us to discuss about how you can achieve Enterprise Agility through DevOps.
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