The Evolution of Application Release Automation
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This document discusses the importance and evolution of Application Release Automation (ARA) in the DevOps landscape, highlighting its critical role in improving the software delivery pipeline and customer experiences. It emphasizes the need for a cohesive DevOps toolchain to avoid fragmentation and inefficiencies, as well as the benefits of release orchestration in reducing release times and increasing software quality. Additionally, it addresses challenges associated with database deployments and advocates for automating database change management to enhance overall productivity and reduce risks.
The Evolution of Application Release Automation
- 1. The Evolution of Application Release Automation October 20th, 2016 Sunil Mavadia, Director of Customer Success, XebiaLabs Robert Reeves, CTO & Co-Founder, Datical
- 2. 2 | Housekeeping ▪ This webinar is being recorded ▪ Links to the slides and the recording will be made available a7er the presenta9on ▪ You can post ques9ons via the GoToWebinar Control Panel
- 3. 3 | About Your Presenters ▪ Advocates for Da9cal’s customers ▪ Leads Da9cal technical architecture teams ▪ Phurnace So7ware CTO & Co-Founder, an early ARA pioneer acquired by BMC So7ware Robert Reeves CTO & Co-Founder ▪ Headed major DevOps Transi9on projects at previous job ▪ Runs Client Services – including consul9ng & implementa9on of the XebiaLabs product suite, XL Release, XL Deploy and XL TestView Sunil Mavadia Director of Customer Success
- 4. 4 | The Importance of Application Release Automation (ARA) “ARA is the criCcal final step in the delivery pipeline of applicaCons to improve customer experiences.”
- 5. 5 | The Importance of Application Release Automation (ARA)
- 6. 6 | The Importance of Application Release Automation (ARA) In a 2015 survey, ARA was the technology most frequently iden9fied as having been "most important to their organizaCon's adopCon of DevOps.”
- 9. 9 | Evolution ▪ Just like our applica9ons have evolved over 9me to accommodate new technologies… ▪ So must our views of DevOps evolve to include other aspects of our business. ▪ Don’t think “lower-case” applica9on, think “UPPER CASE” Applica9on
- 10. 10 | The DevOps Toolchain “DevOps toolchains evolving without a plan encompassing the en9re DevOps process result in disparate, overlapping tools that can be difficult to integrate and automate across the different DevOps areas.” "Avoid Failure by Developing a Toolchain That Enables DevOps", Gartner, 3/16/2016 Don’t “Balkanize”. Pick ONE tool that does the job well Make sure your ONE tool supports technical preferences. (e.g., ANT vs. Maven, .Net vs. Java) Future-proof by involving those that select future solu9ons Backwards compa9bility will reap more immediate gains Absolutes are absolutely awful. “We will be 100% in the Cloud in 5 years.”
- 12. 12 | Why Does this Happen with the Database? ▪ Siloed Func9ons ▪ “Don’t touch my stuff.” ▪ “It’s too hard.” ▪ “I’m scared.”
- 14. How Do We Fix This?
- 15. 15 | § Con9nuous Delivery and DevOps pioneer, authority and technology leader § Global team in US, Europe & APAC § Consistently recognized by leading industry analysts Connec9ng the dots for Con9nuous Delivery at enterprise scale About XebiaLabs VISIBILITY AUTOMATION CONTROL
- 17. 17 | Provision Plan Code Build Test Release Operate Dev Test Prod mainframe Orchestrate the Entire Delivery Process
- 18. 18 | What Does XL Release Offer?
- 19. 19 | Are You Releasing Apps at the Speed of the Digital Economy? To keep up with the non-stop pace of innovation, organizations have modernized app deployment to deliver better experiences faster. APPLICATION RELEASE AUTOMATION APP DEVELOPER BUSINESS EXECUTIVE DEPLOYED APP CODE QA
- 20. 20 | The Database is Holding Organizations Back. Manual The painstaking process of deploying database change scripts has created an application release bottleneck. Risky One mistake can bring down your apps or compromise the security of your data. Resource-Intensive Managing the back and forth of database changes is already consuming our organization’s time and effort. DB CODE è 4 out of 5 app deployments include database changes
- 21. 21 | Database Automation. Business Innovation. Respond Faster Make database code deployment as fast and easy as app code deployment. Protect Better Eliminate risks that cause app downtime and data security vulnerabilities. Perform Higher Focus resources on high-value tasks that move the business forward.
- 22. 22 | Respond Faster by Automating the Deployment of Database Changes. Eliminates back and forth between Dev, QA and DBAs1 Integrates with your tools and processes 2 Automated deployment Validated database changes are automatically deployed with Datical to different environments right alongside application changes. 3 CODE BUILD TEST DB CHANGES APP CHANGES TEST STAGE PRODUCTION
- 23. 23 | Perform Higher by Massively Increasing Productivity, Efficiency, and ROI. DB Professional Database pros avoid time- consuming review of change scripts to focus on strategically moving the business forward. Developer/QA Devs package, review, and validate database changes alongside app code changes with the push of a button. Business Executive Business delivers experiences faster and more often while reducing error and maximizing other app release investments. Less Time on Database Change Management Tasks* Days & Weeks è Hours 80% Decrease in Deployment Errors to Test and Production* 90% * Benchmarked from Datical customers.
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- 25. 25 | Questions?
- 26. Thank You!