Mastering Complex Application Deployment

Broadcast Date: Thursday, August 18, 2011

Time: 11:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM CT | 2:00 PM ET
Duration: One hour

Speakers:
Eric Minick, Lead Consultant, Urbancode, Inc.

Many development, test, and project managers see the deployment process as a cruel puzzle and a risky business. Not only do components often go to different servers, interdependencies between components and tiers demand that everything aligns perfectly. A single mistake often results in delayed releases—or worse, system failures.

Complex application deployments place strain across the organization. The resulting high anxiety around releases, finger pointing across the organization, and internal pressure for fewer releases frustrate development and operations even as the business is demanding more. The good news is that your organization can get deployment challenges under control.

Eric Minick explains in this web seminar:

• What process automation can and cannot do to help deployments
• How to consistently promote complex applications through environments
• Strategies to ensure the whole system is deployed with the right versions
• When and when not to trust test results

You’ll also learn how to create more consistent and repeatable deployments through new tools and deployment strategies based on automation and scripting.

About the Presenters:

Eric Minick,
Lead Consultant,
Urbancode, Inc.

Eric Minick is a lead consultant at Urbancode where he helps customers get the most out of their build and release processes with AnthillPro. He has 8 years of automation experience throughout the application life-cycle in roles as a developer, test automation engineer, and support engineer. Eric has been at the forefront of continuous integration for 6+ years and has worked on all three generations of Urbancode's Anthill. Keep up with Eric's latest insights on the Urbancode blog.
 

About the Sponsor:

Urbancode is the technical leader in Agile build and release management solutions since 2001. AnthillPro offers the only complete Enterprise Continuous Integration platform to get your builds and deployments under control: Replace manual script-driven bottlenecks with web-based self-service automation. Provide agility & control in harmony with fast feedback and audit trails. Customers in the financial, banking, insurance, software and high-tech industries achieve end-to-end automation using .NET, Java, and/or native technologies. Urbancode's unique products integrate with SCM, issue tracking, change management, test automation and IDE tools. Founded in 1996, Urbancode is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.