The best tool in the DevOps continuum is the sticky wrapper that holds it all together. It is the workflow that binds it and makes sense out of the term “continuous.” CIOs often are enamored with a build or deploy tool, but it is the workflow tool in every DevOps strategy encapsulating more than one […]
Integrating ARA into traditional RM
Application Release Automation (ARA) is terminology that includes several DevOps constructs from a singular, application-centric point of view. In essence, ARA implies the automation of a single app from build through deployment (even if that deployment is to production). Of course, embedded or implied in that automation terminology is build automation or construction; deployment automation, […]
What CIOs need to know about building deployment quality
Application Release Automation, or ARA, is the process of packaging and deploying applications (or updates to applications) in an automated, repeatable and consistent way. In today’s market landscape software has become a major differentiator for many businesses, across all industries and verticals. In a world of apps, Internet of Things and customers’ expectations to be […]
Five Key Components of Application Release Automation (ARA)
What are the fundamental building blocks of successful ARA? Application Release Automation, or ARA, is the consistent, repeatable and auditable process of packaging and deploying an application or update of an application from development, across various environments, and ultimately to production. Successful ARA eliminates the need to build and maintain custom scripts for application deployments, […]