Technology leaders today face a host of issues as IT organizations work to keep up with changing demands, complex business goals, and the need to deliver faster services and results in ever-changing business and technology environments.

The goal of this paper is to provide the reader with an understanding of the key modern architectural and technical practices and, more importantly, some patterns of adoption that are successful ways to accelerate any DevOps practice.

Modern technology practices, when implemented well, can bring a whole host of benefits.

In addition, we will walk the reader through a few case studies that map the journey from adoption of these key modern tech practices to positive business outcomes.