Organizations should take stock of their devops tools, especially CI/CD platforms, monitoring tools, and testing frameworks. Chances are that organizations have accumulated several of these tools due to development team preferences, mergers and acquisitions, or a lack of IT governance. Many IT leaders are reviewing how these tools are being utilized and evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks associated with maintaining versus consolidating them.
“Multicloud showed us that visibility matters more than uniformity, and the same holds true for AI agents,” says Jimmy Mesta, co-founder and CTO of RAD Security. “Vendor lock-in can be a risk or a strategic choice, depending on context. Too many platforms create chaos, while too few can limit innovation, and the right balance comes from understanding behavior and impact, not just architecture.”
Recommendation: When devops tools are utilized by only a few teams and not to their full potential, there may be a strong business case for consolidating based on devops standards.
