I have a team of engineers that supports builds and deploys of several types of applications using (websphere, Java, Client Server, FTP files, etc...).

Does anyone have any recommendations on folks who are really good at automating builds and deploys?

What tools are used that optimize the build and deploy process to be quick and "hand-free".

Hello,

At Nexio Technologies (www.nexio.com), we had a NXBuild solution, an add on tool kit for Harvest, which provides automate software build management, centralize software build management, improve software build security, automate software deployment mechanism.

The same mechanism could be adapted for your requirement to achieve and optimize the build and deploy process to be quick and “hand-free”.

Please contact me if you would like to discuss the detail.

Best Regards,

Qing Xie,
Nexio Technologies qing.xie@nexio.com

Hi,
We use PVCS as our source control tool. Does NXBuild require the use of Harvest?

Marc Richard

Marc,

I work with Urbancode, the vendor behind AnthillPro (http://www.anthillpro.com). "Build. Deploy. Test. Release." is our tag line and we do integrate nicely with PVCS.

Many of our customers are doing J2EE development feeding into websphere.

Cheers,

Eric

Marc,

You may want to review Using a Commercial Tool to Automate a Build and Deployment Process for information about tools that can be configured to optimize build and deployment processes.

AnthillPro, Build Forge, Cruise, and ElectricCommander are commercial tools that provide a framework for build and deployment automation. These tools use a server-agent architecture to distribute the work of building and deploying across a farm of servers. The tools act as a centralized job controller with distributed job execution engines.

I use AnthillPro for build and deployment process automation in a J2EE environment. The tool is well-designed and effective. The support from the vendor is competent and responsive.

If you are interested in using a commercial tool you should evaluate AnthillPro along with Build Forge, Cruise, and ElectricCommander. There are other tools in this space. However, these tools are similar because they use a server-agent architecture to implement a framework for build and deployment process automation.