AI and DevOps Integration to Speed Up Your Business Transformation in 2022

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Didyouknowwhatittakestobringapowerfulandeffectivetransformation?Well, it’sacombinationofspeed,flexibility,scalability,andqualityAsemerging DevOpstrendsredefinesoftwaredevelopment,companiesareleveraging advancedcapabilitiestospeeduptheirAIadoption

There’snodoubtthatartificialintelligencesolutionshavecompletelychanged thetraditionalwaysofbusinessoperations.Fromcommunicationwithcustomers throughvirtualassistantstoprocessautomationtonetworksecuritymanagement, AIhasdramaticallytransformedhowbusinessesoperatetoday.

In2021,weobservednumerousnewstrategicprioritiesfororganizationsthat neededtoworktomeetcustomerrequirements.Theywerealsoseekingsolutions tobemoreresponsive,profitable,andquickerindecisionmaking.Organizations thatcanovercomechallengesofadoptionanddistribution,andleverageAIand businessautomationtoolstobreakthesebarrierswillbeabletodelivervalueto artificialintelligencein2022.

HowDevOpsCultureWillBoostAI Performance

Artificialintelligencesolutionshavenotonlytransformedseveralbusiness processesbutdevelopedmany.However,AIstillfaceschallengesasitneeds tremendoushumaneffortsandtechnologiesareemergingtoovercomethem Hence,gainingaqualitydataset,cleaning,andpredictingbecomemorecomplex. Besides,creatingaseamlessgeneralizedtrainingpattern,thatis,bringingan exclusivetechniquefromaspecificscenariototheotherisadifferentchallenge.

Toachieveexceptionalresults,businessesshouldconsidertransformingtheir operationalprocesses,suchasencouragingaDevOpscultureThisapproachcan produceefficientdevelopment,deployment,andprocesspipeline.

Asanorganization,youcanmakeAIprocessesadaptabletoDevOpsculturein thefollowingphases:

1.AIDataPreparation

Preparingaqualitydatasetinvolvestheprocessoftransformingrawdata, processingthemthroughMLalgorithms,andconvertingthemintomeaningful insightsforpredictions.Whilethestepsfordatapreparationmayvaryaccording toindustry,somebasicphasesinvolvedarecollecting,cleaning,transforming, andstoringvaluabledatawhichisatimeconsumingtaskfordatascientistsTo integrateDevOpsintodataprocessing,automatingandstreamliningtheprocess istheonlysolutiontomanagethispipelineThisprocessisalsotermed“DevOps forData”or“DataOps”.

DataOpsleveragestechnologytoautomatethedesign,deployment,and managementofqualitydatadeliveryDevOpspracticesnotonlybringteam supportbutalsostreamlinetheprocessofworkdelivery.

2AIModelDevelopment

OneofthemostchallengingyetvitalpartsofAI/MLmodelcreationisitseffective developmentanddeploymentaswellaskeepingtheenvironmentfunctionaland supportableTheteamsteeringtheentiredevelopmentprocessshouldautomate indevelopmentpipelinethroughmethodsforsimultaneousdevelopment,testing, andmodelversioning

SinceAIandMLbasedprojectsrevolvearoundrealworldusecasesinrealtime, teamsmustusefrequentregularandsmalliterationsduringthedevelopment processandthenimplementthemintheproductionprocess.

ThisinvolvesfollowingaCI/CDapproachforAI/MLAndhere’showitworks:

takesadequatetimetodevelop,train,andtestthemodelSo,it’s advisabletocreateanindividualworkflowandincorporatedifferent timelinesfordevelopingandtesting

acontinuouslyimprovingmodeldesignedtodelivervaluewithout compromising.Therefore,withthecollaborationwiththeteamto constantlyenhancethepractice,errorcheckscanimprovetheAImodel lifecycleanditsadvancement

3.AIModelDeployment

DevOpspracticesmakeAImodelsmodularandportabletomanageincoming datastreamsinrealtimeonhighlydistributedandscalableplatforms.Such modelscanaccelerateAIoperations.However,asenterprisesareinvolvedinAI production,someofthecommonchallengesthatarelikelytoemergeinclude:

Toaddressthesechallenges,bothDevOpsandITteamsneedeffective collaborationie,theyneedvitalstoreartifacts,andMLspecialistsneedto rebuildtheproductmodel.Hence,itisimportanttoensureseamlessteamwork amongstdatascientists,IT,andDevOpsteams

Insimpleterms:

andcollaboratewiththeDevOpsteam

MachineLearningOperations(MLOps)isanothertechniquefortheculminationof people,operations,practices,andessentialtechnologiesthatautomatethe implementation,monitoring,andmanagementofAI/MLmodelsunder developmentinafullycontrolledandscalablemanner.

EstablishingasolidMLOpsfoundationhelpsdatadevelopmentandproduction teamstocollaborateandleverageintelligentautomation.Theycaneffectively deploy,track,manage,andadministerservicesandMLinitiativeswithinthe organization,operation,andculture.

4.AIModelMonitoringandLearning

DevOpsisapopularandwidelyusedapproachinthesoftwaredevelopmentcycle. Itiseffectiveandenablesteamstoreducedevelopmenttimelinesandmake releasesfasterandsmoother.AI/MLmodelshavethepotentialtogenerate predictiveresultsthatchange,or“drift”fromtheinitialparametersdefined duringthetrainingperiod.

Identifyingthedriftcategorycanhelpdeterminetheremedialactionsessential forbringingtheforecastperformancetoanoptimallevel.DevOpscomeswiththe conceptofcontinuouslearningtomonitordriftandaccuracytoremainrelevant forthelongterm.

AI/MLdependsonexperimentsanditerationofmodels.Andthat’swhy,it
It’sworthnotingthatit’snotaonetimedevelopmentmodel.Rather,itis
Recordingresearchandtrials Maintainingtraceability Makingmodelssearchable Visualizingmodelperformances,andmore.
DevOpsteammustconstantlymonitorthesystemforaudits Datascientistsmustmonitormodeldegradation,testing,andothertasks,

Ofcourse,continuousimprovementinDevOpsdemandsastrongcommitmentto continuouslearningandgainingexpertisefromtheorganizationSkillsare neededtoincorporatetheimplementationandfunctioningofadvancedoperating practices,continuoustesting,andmonitoring

Forcontinuousimprovementandlearning,organizationsneedtoconsiderthe

AIlaunchinvolvestheuseofautomationinameaningfulway,coveringall businessprocesses.Anymodeldevelopmentprocessshouldbeextensibleand accessibletodelivergreatervalue.Arobustsolutionnotonlydemocratizesaccess buthasalsoprovedtobeeffectiveandflexibleenoughtosupportthebusiness visionandgoals.

ContinuousIntegrationCanAccelerate AIModeling

Formostcompanies,theprocessofproductdevelopmentandimplementation involvesaniterationperiodinwhichallalterationsarestopped.Thatis,no furtherdevelopmentisallowedMeanwhile,adifferentteamshouldsetupthe supportingtechnologyinfrastructure,whichtakesonlyafewweeks.Theupdated versioncanbedistributedonceallthestepsarecompleted

However,themainproblemwithmostcompaniesisthattheyquittheirAI developmentprocess.Hence,theyaredefeatedbythosewhounderstandthe significanceofthescalabilityoftechnologyandculturalpractices

OrganizationscanexpandandcreateafullyautomatedAImodelbycombining DevOpscultureandtechnologies.Theyneedtofocusonhighlyprofitable automationopportunitiestoenhanceefficiencyandproductivity.

Totapintotheseopportunities,developersmustincorporateadvancedautomated testingintheirITarchitectures.Whileorganizationscanpreparetotransform theirAIdevelopmentprocesses,continuousdeliveryisthereforeessential. Continuousdeploymentbooststhespeedoforganizationstomarketquality solutionsandservices.

Developmentteamscanquicklylearnandmakewellinformeddecisionsbasedon datathatimpactdevelopmentandperformance

Wrappingup

DevOpsforAI,nodoubt,isapromisingsolutionforbusinesseslookingtoboost andimproveArtificialIntelligencesolutions,innovation,andintelligent automation.Itnotonlyacceleratesdatapreparationandmodeldevelopment workbutalsoensuresstreamlinedprocessesforAIscaling

followingpractices: Obtaincontinuousfeedbackfromdatascientists AscertainandconducttraininggoalsforeveryroleinAIapplication. SettraininggoalsforDevOpsteams,datascientists,andITleaders.Check ifessentialtoolsandresourcesareaccessibletoallteams.

Despiteitssignificantadvantages,AIintegrationoftengetsunaddressed. CompaniesshouldconsidermakingAIoperationalizationprimarybusinessgoals

We,atOrangeMantra,focusonDevOpspracticesandculturetospeedupthe developmentandmodelingprocessforourglobalclients.Youmaygetintouch withustolearnmoreabouthowwecanhelpyouevaluateandexecutea completeAIlifecyclemanagement,includingotherintelligentbusiness automationsolutions.AvailofourprofitableDevOpsservicesandsolutionsto improvecollaborationinyourbusinessenterprise.

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