From Pipelines to Platforms: The Evolution of CI/CD in Enterprise DevOps
Platform Engineering, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
The evolution of CI/CD in Enterprise DevOps has moved from simple pipelines to more sophisticated platforms. Initially, CI/CD focused on automating the build, test and deployment phases of software development using pipelines.
However, as DevOps practices matured, organizations recognized the need for a more comprehensive approach to development and operations.
According to the 2024 State of DevOps Report by Puppet, high-performing DevOps teams deploy 208 times more frequently and recover from incidents 106 times faster than low performers. Yet, as enterprises scale, 69% of engineering leaders report that fragmented toolchains and lack of standardization slow down developer productivity (Gartner, 2023).