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5 steps to manage your dynamic environment with IBM UrbanCode Deploy
In March 2014, we released the IBM Workload Automation as a service (WAaaS) offering, hosted on the public Softlayer cloud. One of the major characteristics of this offering is the automated delivery process that allows us to deploy the latest available product features, controlling a continuously testing and code promotion flow (QA -> Staging -> Production).
In this blog I want to show you how using IBM UrbanCode Deploy we manage the environments dynamically provisioned in the SoftLayer... [More]
Tags: workloadautomation saas devops udeploy ibmtws softlayer cloud continuous-delivery wa |
Scaling Continuous Delivery using UrbanCode Release
Scaling Agile practices in support of DevOps
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the "Release and Deploy workshop" at the 2014 Innovate conference. During the day long hands-on workshop, we learned about several new UrbanCode Release (UCR) capabilities. While there were several interesting capabilities, UCR's abilities to "visualize" the deployment pipeline and to track the del ivery lifecycle for a particular set of "applications" being released together showed how... [More]
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Whistling past the graveyard
When I was a kid, we would either chant or whistle when walking or driving by a graveyard. According to Wiktionary , the meaning is clear:
"To enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences."
Or otherwise stated, an incantation can protect you from something you ultimately can’t avoid. I.e. one day, we are all headed to the graveyard.
I think about this saying a lot when talking... [More]
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Continuous Delivery is Mainstream—So What’s the Problem?
A new Infinite Undo blog article provides some great examples from Google, Amazon and Facebook that demonstrate that “ Continuous Delivery is mainstream .” Core practices and techniques that support DevOps and continuous delivery have been around for years. Not only is continuous delivery possible, but surveys are demonstrating that there is significant value in embracing continuous delivery. The 2013 DevOps Survey showed that high-performing organizations are delivering 30x more frequent releases than their peers and with much greater... [More]
Tags: continuous-delivery agile devops #agile transformation lean |
Creating common development goals for IT mgrs & Agile teams
Today, Agile practices are being adopted in virtually every industry to deliver softrware-driven innovation from mobile applications to safety-critical medical devices. Leveraging Agile provides organizations with a competitive edge, allowing these organizations to deliver working products faster and with higher quality. The IT Symposium is designed to appeal to both IT managers and their Agile team members, experts will cover the spectrum of the Agile journey, including tips for successful Agile adoption, techniques for... [More]
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