In the hands of a novice, an axe is a deadly tool, one that makes great use of brutality and simplicity. In the hands of a skilled warrior, a Bearded Axe like this simple specimen transforms into a truly deadly weapon of war.
Speed things up. One of the main benefits of DevOps is creating a more agile business, with shorter, iterative processes key to this, enabling the IT team to handle issues and innovate faster. Indeed, the impact can be significant -- with development to production cycles moving from months to hours.
The biggest shift in attitude in a DevOps environment is that there is one team composed of cross-functional team members including developers, QA, DBAs, business analysts, operations engineers and so forth. Collaboration across these different roles delivers many benefits.