PodChats for FutureCIO: What lies ahead for DevOps in 2022

 Today DevOps is part of the computing lexicon often being brought into the discussions whenever the topic of Agility, digital transformation and staying relevant to changing business environments and consumer demands. Al Gillen, Group VP, software development and open-source, IDC says developers and DevOps professionals continue to be in the hot seat as their organizations or their customers demand that convenient and user-friendly solution be created and deployed at an even faster rate "We see the industry on the edge of gaining some fascinating new tools that will help accelerate both development and deployment in the years to come, reducing at least some of the pressure to generate more applications more quickly," he opined. FutureCIO reached out to Nigel Kersten, Field CTO at Puppet, for his take on the direction DevOps has been taking since its creation and where it is headed given the current state of markets and business operations.  How has DevOps changed since 2008? What does the report say about DevOps development in APAC in 2021/2022? Do you see DevOps-as-Code as having any impact on DevOps adoption in Asia?  Can low-code fit into the DevOps culture?Any key lesson/takeaway to be gleaned from the Puppet report?