Bimodal IT is an organizational model that segments services into two categories based on application requirements, maturity and criticality. “Mode 1 is traditional, emphasizing scalability, efficiency, safety and accuracy. Mode 2 is nonsequential, emphasizing agility and speed.” Seems logical enough and hardly controversial, but also not new. Yet it offers a lesson in how cloud services and engineering practices can improve enterprise IT.
The bimodal concept is deeply entwined with the DevOps and Agile Development philosophies revolutionizing IT. What started in the engineering culture of Bay Area startups, the notion of coupling rapid, evolutionary application and service development with IT operations and maintenance to deliver products on a rapid release cycle, is resonating with vendors and enterprises.
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Concept of Bimodal IT?
