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# The DevOps approach

DevOps is the process of continuously improving software products through rapid release cycles, global automation of integration and delivery pipelines, and close collaboration between teams. The goal of DevOps is to shorten the time and reduce the cost of transforming an idea into a product that customers use. DevOps makes heavy use of automated processes to speed up development and deployment.