Lets talk about IT automation
Monday, April 3, 2017 by Richard Harris
IT departments are often faced with similar challenges: stagnant budgets and a lack of qualified applicants. Unfortunately, despite the lack of resources, IT continues to face increased pressure to push out new applications faster and make changes to existing systems quicker to stay competitive. IT automation helps companies coordinate and consolidate IT operation...
Top 12 software and app development stories from 2016
Saturday, December 31, 2016 by Richard Harris
We are so excited to be entering into our 4th year at App Developer Magazine, and we have you - our loyal followers to thank. Without you none of this would be possible, so thank you for riding along shotgun :)I thought it would be interesting to take a quick look back at the top stories we covered in the app development or software development industry - that got the m...
Why release automation is critical in the application lifecycle
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 by Richard Harris
We all know application release automation is a growing area in DevOps, and Gartner has finally acknowledged that by issuing a brand new Magic Quadrant. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation states that this market is poised for growth, with a projected CAGR of 20% through 2020.CA Technologies was recently named a leader in the report for its CA ...
A discussion on cloud sandboxes with Quali's CMO Shashi Kiran
Monday, October 17, 2016 by Richard Harris
DevOps processes are used to accelerate the development of cloud applications, and sandboxes can help by providing actual replicas of production environments for developers to try out new code, or for test teams to get access to holistic real-world environments without the risk of harming a live production environment. We recently had an interesting conversat...
Shippable Releases New MultiCloud Capabilities
Saturday, August 27, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Shippable has announced new updates to its continuous deployment platform. Among the new features are enhanced release automation, multi-cloud capabilities, a declarative pipeline language and a unified view across all application pipelines. Shippable includes a cloud adapter, so users can move applications from one cloud to another, or run in a hybrid fashion acro...
Automation's Role with DevOps and Continuous Delivery
Friday, April 29, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Todd DeLaughter, CEO of Automic, to discusses how application release automation can help simplify the DevOps journey to help enterprises of all shapes, sizes and ages scale in order to adopt digital transformation initiatives
ADM: Who is Automic? What does the company do?
DeLaughter: Automic is the largest pure-play auto...
XebiaLabs XL Deploy App Release Automation Software Now on AWS CodePipeline
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
XebiaLabs today announced that its XL Deploy enterprise application release automation software is now available as a supported deployment option from AWS CodePipeline, a continuous delivery service from Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS CopePipeline allows users to build, test, and deploy their code every time there is a code change. With this new integration, AWS Co...
Automic Launches Online Marketplace for Business Application Automation
Saturday, June 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Automic has announced the new Automic PlugIn Marketplace providing the ability to, buy, download or contribute plugins to drive automation for enterprises. The Automic PlugIn Marketplace enables users to access, or request new solutions that can be shared with the broader community. The platform can either be accessed via front end or via the Github backend. O...
XebiaLabs Releases New Version of Continuous Delivery Management Platform
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
XebiaLabs has made available XL Release v4.5 for download offering a continuous delivery management platform that manages the end-to-end delivery pipeline for software applications, mobile apps and microservices to help deliver better software faster and at scale.XL Release enables DevOps teams to plan, visualize, and control the entire software delivery process. The ne...
