We are delighted to share that IBM has been positioned as a leader in the recently published Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation”.   As organizations begin their software delivery transformations by embracing a DevOps approach, the need to continuously deliver new innovation to the market increases as does the need to automate the release and deployment of software changes. According to Gartner, “By 2020, 50% of global enterprises will have implemented at least one application release... [More]

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Whoa! Did our IBM DevOps webcasts somehow just pass you by? Between watching Michael Phelps buckle under the weight of gold medals and of course, rocking your latest app deployment ON TIME, you might have missed a few of our essential webcasts.   Check out our top five segments covering continuous deployment solutions and automation best practices with a little bit of UrbanCode wisdom – all geared to successfully power you through your next release cycle, boost your all star team and ultimately -- keep the skies clear for your next... [More]

  If you are looking for a comprehensive solution for efficiently developing and maintaining high quality z/OS applications, IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z Systems V3.0 is the right solution for you. It is designed for Enterprises embarking on a  digital enterprise transformation journey needing to evolve their development capabilities to respond to new Cloud, Mobile, and Cognitive technologies.   Speed up development cycle: The advanced visualization technology assists in... [More]

          As a tester you are being asked to go as fast as you can but yet constantly waiting for everything to be ready to test? Maybe you are writing your own stubs – which can be brittle, fragile and broken all the time. Or waiting on other systems or your environment.  You might be waiting for the build for days or a week before testing can even start.   What if you could start testing earlier?  Think of the impact that could make to your projects.    We have seen test teams who have... [More]

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HTML5 might become the new standard in Continuous Engineering when it comes to multimedia in browser applications. As such, you need a tool for automated testing especially for regression testing. What does HTML5 do? Then, can you test HTML5 in an automated way so that you can do continuous engineering? At the end, you can see a demonstration of a functional test with IBM Rational Test Workbench Web UI. Ready for HTML5? The HTML5 specification not only replaces HTML4 but also contains more specifications. You might see the HTML5 specification... [More]

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          Join us for a webinar on Thursday, August 4 th , 1 PM EST to hear more about how do you act like a startup – nimble, energetic and creative – at enterprise scale?   Learn how companies are leveraging IBM Bluemix and GitHub Enterprise (GHE) , the most popular collaborative social coding platform, to transform software delivery, and their competitive marketplace, to win using: An innovation culture for multi-speed IT Lean and Agile development for improved cycle time, cost and quality Tools that... [More]

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When I was learning the nuances of Software quality assurance/ testing, a quote that was often spoken in the classroom was a successful test engineer should have the “Test to Break” attitude. Back then I used to wonder what is that the tester needs to break, is it the System or the code or something else. Not that I got an answer though and moved on to sell software which has gone thru’ the testing process.   In today’s era where there are multiple deployments happening across environments, how do test and... [More]

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Developing and testing complex middleware based applications is a difficult job. How can you be sure you are truly realizing the value of your investment in the newly announced WebSphere Application Server 9.0 (WAS 9.0)?  It is critical that your apps, processes and data connect in ways that are both reliable and scalable.  Lucky for you, WAS 9.0 is fully integrated with the IBM DevOps toolchain for continuous testing.   With IBM continuous testing capabilities, WAS 9.0 teams can test earlier and more... [More]

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Are you wondering what “continuous testing” really means for you and your teams, and more specifically, how to achieve continuous testing?   Everyone knows that testing takes time and it is costly, but finding ways to reduce the effort is a difficult challenge for many teams. With the increasing complexity of the hybrid cloud world, testing across multiple systems and platforms is becoming more and more difficult. We rarely have everything we need to make testing go smoothly, but teams that improve their test efficiency and... [More]

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