In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, enterprises are constantly seeking ways to reduce the time and costs associated with maintaining their live environments. Traditional Low-Code/No-Code (LCNC) platforms, while simplifying development, often introduce complexities in production due to the need for ongoing platform maintenance. It is estimated that organizations spend up to 30% of their annual IT budget on maintenance activities, with platform issues accounting for a significant portion of this. redSling’s revolutionary “platformless” architecture is a game-changer, drastically simplifying runtime maintenance and allowing businesses to focus on innovation rather than platform upkeep.
The Platformless Advantage: Simplified Runtime Maintenance
Eliminating Platform Dependencies: redSling’s unique approach ensures that the platform is only used during the development and staging phases. Once your application is ready, it’s deployed using Docker images in your live environment—whether on a private cloud or on-premises. This means there are no redSling components to install, maintain, or troubleshoot in production, which drastically reduces the time spent on maintenance.
Minimizing Disruptions: Traditional LCNC platforms often require frequent updates, patches, and hotfixes, which can lead to unexpected downtime and disruptions in live environments. With redSling, these concerns are eliminated. Since no platform components are running in your live environment, you’re free from the risks and interruptions that come with maintaining platform software. This separation ensures a stable runtime environment, with hardly any maintenance time typically spent on non-application-related issues.
Streamlined Deployment with Docker Images
Deployment Made Easy: Once your application is developed within the redSling environment, the platform generates Docker images that encapsulate everything your application needs to run. Deploying these images is straightforward. Simply set up your preferred infrastructure, deploy the containers, and configure the necessary API connections, credentials, and URLs. This streamlined process bypasses the complexities of platform setup usually done in runtime, saving an estimated 30-50% of deployment time compared to traditional LCNC approaches.
No More Platform Updates: One of the most time-consuming aspects of traditional platforms is the ongoing need for updates and maintenance. IT teams often dedicate significant resources to ensuring that platform software is up-to-date and compatible with live applications. With redSling’s platformless architecture, these updates are confined to the development environment, freeing your live environment from these time-draining activities.
Efficient Change Management and Stability
Seamless Updates: When application updates or change requests are required, redSling’s architecture simplifies the process. Developers make changes within the redSling environment, generate updated Docker images, and redeploy them in the live environment. This method ensures that changes are implemented efficiently, with minimal impact on live operations and reducing risk to the live application.
Backward Compatibility Assured: redSling ensures that all updates within the development environment are backward compatible, meaning your live systems remain unaffected by platform changes. This commitment to compatibility further reduces the risk of disruptions and the need for emergency fixes, which can consume a significant portion, as much as 25% of IT maintenance time.
The Impact: Time and Cost Savings
Significant Reduction in Maintenance Time: On average, IT departments spend between 20-30% of their time on platform-related issues in live environments. By eliminating the need for platform maintenance, redSling allows organizations to reallocate these resources to more strategic initiatives. This not only boosts productivity but also reduces operational costs.
Enhanced Stability and Uptime: The separation of development and live environments ensures that your production systems are insulated from potential platform-related disruptions. This leads to enhanced system stability, higher uptime, and a more reliable runtime environment, key factors in reducing maintenance overhead and improving overall system performance.
Why DevOps Teams Benefit?
redSling’s platformless architecture complements DevOps practices by minimizing the operational friction that often slows down development cycles. By separating development and runtime environments and reducing the need for live platform maintenance, redSling enables DevOps teams to focus on accelerating the delivery pipeline, enhancing application performance, and driving continuous innovation.
In a world where every minute spent on maintenance could be a minute spent on innovation, redSling’s platformless deployment offers a modern, efficient solution that aligns with the evolving needs of today’s IT environments. With less time and money spent on platform upkeep, businesses can redirect their resources toward what truly matters, innovation and growth.
