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  • Puppet Labs Announces Two New Executive Hires

    Amid 72 Percent Year-over-Year Growth, New Executive Additions Will Drive Continued Ecosystem Growth and Product Innovation

    Portland, OR – February 11, 2016 – Puppet Labs, the leading provider of IT automation software, today announced two new additions to the company’s executive team, coming on the heels of another year of stellar growth while nearing cash-flow profitability. Simon Hayes joins the company as senior vice president of business and corporate development to build upon Puppet Labs’ dynamic partner ecosystem. Jamie Hull joins as vice president of product, and will drive further innovation in Puppet, the world’s most widely used IT automation tool.

    “I’m happy to announce two great additions to our executive team who will accelerate product innovation and drive further growth in our ecosystem during an important time of our growth,” said Luke Kanies, founder and CEO of Puppet Labs. “Jamie and Simon will be fantastic assets to Puppet Labs. Their strong leadership skills will propel Puppet Labs forward as we bring automation and its benefits, from 15 percent penetration, to the entire market.”

    unnamed As the head of business and corporate development, Simon will drive Puppet Labs’ partner strategy and execution. Simon joins Puppet Labs from Citrix where he was vice president of portfolio, strategy and alliances. In that role, Simon built the strategic alliances organization to create and manage partnerships with global technology companies like Cisco, Microsoft, SAP, IBM and Fujitsu, all of which were key to Citrix’s success. During his time at Citrix, he was also responsible for the “Citrix Ready” ecosystem program and the company’s open source development organization, and also led the portfolio strategy team for Citrix’s Enterprise Service Provider Business.

    “Puppet Labs’ leadership in IT automation has been enabled by the most robust partner ecosystem in the industry, and a strong commitment to collaboration and customer success,” said Simon. “I look forward to helping Puppet build its next phase of growth through strategic partnerships and by building a world-class ecosystem.”

    unnamed-1Jamie Hull will lead the Puppet Labs product team. As the former vice president of mobile products at Evernote, Jamie will bring an empirical user-first perspective to how Puppet Labs builds, develops and ships software to its users. At Evernote, Jamie headed up the iOS and Android product teams and led development of the two core mobile platforms, from initial design through development and to deployment. Prior to joining Evernote, Jamie led product and development teams at a mix of consumer product and B2B service companies, including Comcast (Plaxo), UpMo, Blurb and AOL/Advertising.com. She began her career in web development, where she managed engineering, product development and user experience.

    “Puppet Labs has a long history of building products that its users love, and that provide real results for businesses,” said Jamie. “I’m excited to work with Luke and his team to build upon these successes and to shape the future of Puppet for the next decade.”

    Additional Resources:

    About Puppet Labs

    Puppet Labs, Inc. is the leader in IT automation. Puppet Labs software provides system administrators the operational agility, efficiency and insight they need to proactively manage dynamic infrastructure, scaling from tens of servers to thousands, both on premise and in the cloud. Thousands of the world’s leading organizations use Puppet Labs software to configure and manage their IT infrastructure, including Bank of America, Cisco, NYSE, Salesforce.com and WebEx. Based in Portland, Oregon, Puppet Labs employs 400 people. The company is backed by investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, VMware, Cisco, True Ventures and Radar Partners. To learn more, please visit PuppetLabs.com.

  • Devops throwback thursday

    Devops throwback thursday

    Today marks one of my favorite days of the work week, besides Friday, my favorite of course.  It’s Thursday, which means another round of #DevOpsTBT (Devops Throwback Thursday).  In order to be considered to win you must create a captivating/funny/intelligent throwback thursday entry, in a style of your choosing.  Whether that be a meme or a sentence such as “Remember when….#DevOpsTBT”.  You can use https://imgflip.com/memegenerator as an easy source for generating memes if you would like to submit in that style.

    To submit your entry for a chance to win a t-shirt (top 5 TBT entries receives a t-shirt), simply post it to twitter tweeting @DevOpsDotCom and using the hashtag #DevOpsTBT.

    Here is your only winner from last week (it’s really simple to win a t-shirt, just play along):

    Here are some examples of DevOpsTBT to help get the wheels spinning:

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  • Automic empowers cloud Continuous Delivery with OpenStack Integration

    SEATTLE, Wash. & VIENNA–(Business Wire)–Automic, the leader in Business Automation today announced integration with OpenStack, one of the leading open-source software platforms for cloud computing. The new OpenStack plug-in integrates with Automic Release Automation, enabling users to streamline deployment and provisioning of OpenStack computing resources alongside application components and new versions, resulting in the Continuous Delivery of applications to the cloud. The OpenStack action pack is available immediately from the Automic Marketplace.

    The Automic OpenStack action pack uniquely supports the efforts of DevOps engineers, developers, and system administrators to help them create, deploy, and run applications by automatically provisioning or de-provisioning OpenStack environments in the cloud.

    The Automic OpenStack action pack enables users to:

    • Automate the server compute pool in an OpenStack cloud environment. Activities include creating, starting, stopping, deleting and configuring compute resources. Some of the typical use cases include setting up and destroying environments on demand and per schedule (for test environments for example).
    • Dynamically scaling up and down an existing compute environment using automation.
    • Manage configuration changes in an existing environment.

    “We are delighted to add OpenStack to the list of integrations that we currently offer our customers on the Automic Marketplace” said John Purrier, Chief Technology Officer of Automic, and a founder of OpenStack. “As organizations drive adoption of both Cloud infrastructures and DevOps practices, Application Release Automation supports the need to orchestrate and automate both sides of the fence while providing a completeContinuous Delivery mechanism for DevOps teams. Adding OpenStack to our existing list of integrations is a natural progression of our offering, driven by the demands of our customers.”

    The DevOps movement is a natural extension of the increase in the enterprise open source and hybrid Cloud adoption. While a big chunk of the DevOps movement is spearheaded by development, operations are usually in the driver’s seat for Cloud adoption at enterprises. DevOps is the critical enabler of the Continuous Delivery pipeline, one that seamlessly connects developers and operations.

    A hybrid Cloud strategy is the predominant choice of most enterprise IT departments, while OpenStack is leading in the open source software space for creating private and public Clouds. With hundreds of the world’s leading organizations relying on OpenStack and a projected CAGR of 31%, OpenStack is core to many organizations’ hybrid Cloud strategy.

    Tweet this:

    #DevOps deployment in the cloud. @Automic announces integration with @OpenStack. Available now at https://marketplace.automic.com

    Additional information

    Connect with Automic on Twitter and LinkedIn

    Availability and pricing:

    The plugin is available from the Automic Marketplace. The OpenStack plug-in is free for Automic Release Automation Customers. Pricing is on demand for non-Automic customers.

    About Automic

    Automic, a leader in business automation, helps enterprises drive competitive advantage by automating their IT and business systems – from on-premise to the Cloud, Big Data and the Internet of Things. With offices worldwide, Automic powers over 2,600 customers including Bosch, Netflix, eBay, AMC Theatres, Carphone Warehouse, ExxonMobil, BT Global Services, Société Générale, NHS SBS, General Electric and Swisscom. More information can be found at www.automic.com.

    Automic
    Courtney Glymph
    Courtney.glymph@automic.com
    +447584058886

  • Devops meme monday

    Devops meme monday

    Today starts a new week and a new round of entertaining memes. Last week we featured “Be Like Bob”, and this week we will leave it open to you. Simply find a picture and create a funny and/or cunning devops themed meme. You can use https://imgflip.com/memegenerator as an easy source for generating memes.

    To submit your meme for a chance to win a t-shirt (top 5 memes receives a t-shirt), simply post it to twitter tweeting @DevOpsDotCom and using the hashtag #DevOpsMM.

    Here are your winners from last week:

     

    Here are some examples of DevOps memes to help get the wheels spinning: 

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  • Dynatrace Underpins Huawei’s End-to-End SmartCare Offering, Spanning Every Touchpoint Across Traditional and Digital Channels

    Boston, MA – February 4, 2016 –Digital Performance software company, Dynatrace, today announced that Huawei has selected its suite of performance monitoring and management solutions to deliver the telecommunication industry’s first holistic ICT customer experience management (CEM) solution.

    The HUAWEI SmartCare® offering marks the beginning of a new era for the telco industry, enabling operators to shift from network-based experience management to an actual user-based model that directly addresses the diverse and demanding behaviors of end users today – across all channels and touchpoints.

    Powered by Dynatrace and Huawei technologies, this new CEM offering will allow operators to measure and map the true customer experience, irrespective of IT environment complexities.

    Wayne Ju, Regional Director for Dynatrace Greater China, explains: “Future-proofing Huawei’s offering in the CEM industry was a critical factor in their decision to select Dynatrace. Our solutions make enterprises truly proactive in how they manage and monitor each customer’s journey and adapt to changing behaviors, market trends and technology developments.

    “These powerful and flexible capabilities make us the ideal partner for Huawei. They had the vision for a CEM solution that encompasses every aspect of the customer experience – from brand awareness to purchased services and how those services are being used, seeking customer support and make recommendations to peers,” said Ju. “This kind of granular, holistic customer detail will enable telco operators to survive and thrive in the digital economy.”

    “Together with our industry partners, Huawei places tremendous focus and effort into advancing our CEM portfolio. We develop the metrics, processes, organizations and platforms required to help operators transform from network-centric to customer-centric operations. In collaboration with Dynatrace, we will give operators a clear competitive advantage in the digital economy,” explains Liu Feng, HUAWEI SmartCare® CEM Domain General Manager.

     

    About Dynatrace

    Dynatrace  is the innovator behind the industry’s premier digital performance platform, making real-time information about digital performance visible and actionable for everyone across business and IT. We help customers of all sizes see their applications and digital channels through the lens of their end users. More than 8,000 organizations use these insights to master complexity, gain operational agility and grow revenue by delivering amazing customer experiences.

    Read more about Dynatrace’s leadership in the digital performance and APM market, here.

    Follow Dynatrace on:

    Try the free Dynatrace Performance Test here.

    Press Contacts

    Kayla Siefker, Sr. Global Public Relations Manager, Dynatrace, kayla.siefker@dynatrace.com, 313-227-3092

    Will Clark, Warner Communications, 401-714-4192, will@warnerpr.com

    For Sales and Marketing Information

    Dynatrace, 404 Wyman St., Suite 500, Waltham, MA 02451, 781-530-1000, http://www.dynatrace.com

  • XEBIALABS ANNOUNCES RECORD GROWTH AS ENTERPRISE DEVOPS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY ADOPTION ACCELERATES

    Global Market Leaders Select XebiaLabs for Enterprise-Scale DevOps & Continuous Delivery
    BOSTON, MA — (Marketwired) — 02/04/16 — XebiaLabs today announced record software subscription growth as market demand for its DevOps and Continuous Delivery solutions accelerates. Some of the largest and most successful companies in the financial services, manufacturing, retail and technology sectors have selected XebiaLabs’ deployment automation and release orchestration software to gain full visibility into their software release process, reduce application deployment failures, dramatically reduce deployment times and help them ship better software.

    To take advantage of the growing momentum and accelerate growth, in April 2015 XebiaLabs appointed Derek Langone as Chief Executive Officer. The 20-year software industry veteran has held multiple leadership roles in high-growth software companies, including President of SmartBear Software, where he helped the software quality tools provider grow 1,500% in five years while executing four acquisitions. Since Derek has taken the helm at XebiaLabs, the company accelerated its revenue growth and completed the last quarter of the year with 148% growth in subscription bookings.

    “XebiaLabs is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the massive shift to DevOps in the enterprise. Our agentless technology allows for automated deployment to mainframes right through to automation of the newest container technologies and on to connected devices. Our focus on data collection and reporting brings insight and actionable intelligence to the software release orchestration process for the first time,” said Langone. “However, the greatest asset XebiaLabs brings to the market is our six years of singular focus guiding the largest companies with the most complex environments across the globe to realize the benefit of DevOps at scale.”

    “Rapid software delivery is becoming increasingly business-critical as evidenced by growth and interest well beyond the ‘unicorn’ phase to a broader, more mainstream enterprise DevOps market,” said Jay Lyman, Research Manager, 451 Research. “DevOps and Continuous Delivery increasingly represent standard practices in the enterprise, but organizations still struggle with complexity, culture and gaining visibility into their process to ensure releases are safe and reliable, as well as fast. Providers such as XebiaLabs sit in between large enterprise users and the expansive array of tools, systems and other software critical to effective DevOps implementations.”

    Other XebiaLabs highlights from 2015 include:

    • Major customer wins and multi-year contracts from leading brands such as ING Bank, Priceline, Hyundai and many other global financial services, retail, manufacturing, and technology organizations.
    • 2015 was marked by product innovation and multiple new product releases. These releases included new features for advanced release orchestration, satellite deployment, and dependency management as well as new dashboards for software quality, which allow teams to significantly simplify the management of large and complex software releases.
    • XebiaLabs pioneered release automation with industry-first capabilities to manage the complex dependencies between microservices throughout the application release and deployment process. This capability is becoming crucial with the proliferation of microservices in enterprise application architectures.
    • As companies begin to implement Docker and other container technologies at scale, they discover that release management and deployment problems present new challenges. XebiaLabs continued to innovate to help companies manage hybrid deployments and multiple interdependent release pipelines with ease. The company’s tools provide enterprises with much-needed visibility, compliance, security, reporting, auditability, and process enforcement for their container releases.
    • To support the growing enterprise demand for cloud solutions, XebiaLabs announced partnerships with Amazon and Microsoft. XebiaLabs was selected to the Amazon AWS DevOps Competency Network and enables Amazon’s CodePipeline users to deploy applications to on-premises and hybrid IT infrastructures. In addition, XL Deploy was accepted into the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
    • XebiaLabs received recognition as a key vendor in all major industry reports from Gartner, 451 Research and Forrester Research. The most recent report from 451 research is available for download: https://xebialabs.com/resources/analyst-reports/speed-in-growing-devops-deployment-of-applications/.
    • In 2015 XebiaLabs was also selected as the DevOps and Continuous delivery partner for several recognized systems integrators who are dedicating considerable resources to their expanding Enterprise DevOps practices.
    • The XebiaLabs team was tapped to share its domain expertise and market vision at scores of DevOps and Continuous Delivery conferences, webinars and other events. It also launched The Periodic Table of DevOps Tools online. Since its launch, the table garnered more than 250,000 unique views and has been used to illustrate the DevOps market landscape at industry conferences worldwide.

    About XebiaLabs
    XebiaLabs develops enterprise-scale Continuous Delivery and DevOps software, providing companies with the visibility, automation and control they need to deliver software faster and with less risk. Global market leaders rely on XebiaLabs to meet the increasing demand for accelerated and more reliable software releases. For more information, please visit http://www.xebialabs.com.

    Press Contacts:
    Heather Moses
    VP Marketing
    Email Contact

  • OpsClarity Introduces Monitoring for Data-First Applications

    SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(Business Wire)–OpsClarity, the intelligent web-scale applications monitoring company, today announced that its Intelligent Monitoring solution now provides monitoring for the growing and popular suite of open source data processing frameworks. OpsClarity understands the extremely complex and distributed runtime characteristics of modern data processing frameworks like Apache Kafka, Apache Storm, Apache Spark as well as datastores such as Elasticsearch, Cassandra, MongoDB and others that act as sinks to these data processing frameworks. The solution enables DevOps teams to gain visibility into how these technologies are dependent on each other and troubleshoot performance issues.

    “Open source data processing frameworks have rapidly matured and gained enterprise adoption to provide immediate business value, whether it be to identify customer preferences on the fly, detect online fraud or IOT-enable the next electronic device in our homes,” said Amit Sasturkar, Co-Founder and CTO of OpsClarity. “OpsClarity has deep domain understanding of these distributed and complex data processing frameworks and how they work together and has built an intelligent assistant that visualizes the entire environment, detects and correlates failures, and provides guided troubleshooting.”

    Enterprises use big-data frameworks to process and understand large-scale data. Technologies like Apache Kafka, Apache Spark and Apache Storm are constantly expanding the scope of what is possible. However, most of these data processing frameworks are themselves a complex collection of several distributed and dynamic components such as producers/consumers and masters/slaves. Monitoring and managing these data processing frameworks and how they are dependent on each other is a non-trivial undertaking and usually requires an extremely experienced operations expert to manually identify the individual metrics, chart and plot them, and then correlate events across them.

    “Unresponsive applications, system failures and operational issues adversely impact customer satisfaction, revenue and brand loyalty for virtually any enterprise today,” said Holger Mueller, VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. “The distributed and complex characteristics of modern data-first applications can add to these issues and make it harder than ever to troubleshoot problems. It is good to see vendors addressing this critical area with approaches that include analytics, data science, and proactive automation of key processes to keep up with the changes being driven by DevOps and web-scale architectures.”

    OpsClarity leverages an advanced data-science and real-time streaming analytics-based approach to ingest huge amount of metrics and events data from a disparate set of the open source frameworks and intelligently correlate metrics and events across them. OpsClarity synthesizes the various metrics, alerts and signals into an intuitive visual service topology along with overlaid health status. This radically simplifies the effort required by DevOps to set up and troubleshoot these modern data frameworks.

    The OpsClarity Intelligent Monitoring solution provides the following for data processing frameworks:

    • Auto-Discover: Automatically discover all the components of various data processing frameworks and automatically configure a deep and specific collection of metrics, events, alerts, process and network data. For example, Kafka brokers, Spark masters/slaves, Storm supervisors/workers are auto-discovered and auto-configured.
    • Visual Topology: Automatically discover the service connections and dependencies to generate a logical visual topology for these data processing frameworks.
    • Health Analysis: Enables immediate understanding of data processing framework component health, prioritized anomalies, and service-level metrics – all within the context of the topology.
    • Troubleshooting: a highly-specific and actionable anomaly detection and event correlation capability that allows for rapid root cause analysis.

    To learn more about OpsClarity and its Intelligent Monitoring solution, please click here.

    About OpsClarity

    OpsClarity is transforming modern software operations with data-science-driven monitoring solutions that help today’s DevOps teams continuously visualize, understand and troubleshoot performance of their rapidly changing web-scale application environments. Built by alumni from Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Twitter and Google, the OpsClarity Intelligent Operations Platform is the only solution that can dynamically adapt to and learn every component of a company’s applications and infrastructure and extract key insights needed to maximize operational speed and agility. OpsClarity is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information about OpsClarity, visithttp://www.opsclarity.com.

    OpsClarity
    Sachin Agarwal, 408-462-9538
    Press@OpsClarity.com

  • Polatis and Quali Deliver Dynamic Fiber Layer Management Solution for Automating Network Equipment and System Lab Testing

    New solution enables dynamic provisioning of Layer 1 resources to create flexible “production-like” environments for network equipment and system-wide testing.

    Bedford, MA and Santa Clara, CA – February 4, 2016 – Polatis, the performance leader in all-optical switching, and Quali, the leading provider of cloud sandbox software for DevOps automation, have developed and delivered an integrated fiber layer management solution.  Quali’s CloudShell cloud sandboxing platform integrated with Polatis’ family of fiber layer switching products provides an easy-to-use and extremely flexible solution for configuring fiber layer connectivity on-demand.  The joint solution enables infrastructure vendors, data center operators and network service providers to quickly, and simply, execute complex equipment, system and service testing on high-speed (10/40/100+ Gbps) optical backbones.

    The integration allows Quali’s CloudShell software to control Polatis’ all-optical switching products, providing the ability to reconfigure Layer 1 resources dynamically from anywhere in the world. Further, it enables the orchestration needed to seamlessly manage higher layer network elements, and other connected equipment, from a single control point. Quali’s visual modelling tool dramatically simplifies the process of modelling and provisioning complex connectivity. The low loss and superior optical performance of Polatis switches enable the most accurate and reliable testing, in a wide range of network applications, with virtually no latency and minimal system impairments.

    CloudShell’s cloud sandboxing and DevOps automation platform manages the entire lab and data center infrastructure: inventory, modelling, provisioning, lab-wide connectivity, resource planning and reporting.  Together with Polatis, the result is a highly efficient, multi-tenant system that enables fiber and equipment resources to be easily shared across multiple test topologies simultaneously without concern for conflict.

    “By abstracting complex system environments, CloudShell enables Polatis customers to greatly simplify testing on high speed networks, and greatly increase productivity by enabling our switches to be used independently and simultaneously for multiple test beds,” said Gerald Wesel, president and CEO of Polatis. “Quali truly understands the need for the highest standards in testing, which is evident in the CloudShell platform when coupled with Polatis switches.  Driven by our common customers, we are extremely pleased to partner with Quali to bring them the best possible solution for their testing needs.”

    With CloudShell’s architecture based on abstracting connectivity and Polatis’ rich software interfaces, including NETCONF and OpenFlow, the integration enables testing of SDN (Software Defined Network) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) applications.  This includes stressing network topologies with intense packet generation, and simulating fiber cuts and degrading optical signals, among other tests.

    “Our customers want to increase the productivity and efficiency of their labs and data centers while at the same time maintaining the highest standard of accuracy and reliability,” said Lior Koriat, CEO of Quali.  “The ability to support existing and emerging environments, along with the flexibility to deploy Polatis’ wide range of fiber layer switches in their environments, makes this an extremely compelling solution.”

    “WWT has been working with both Quali and Polatis for a number of years, and both provide the best solution in their respective market segments of Lab Automation and Optical Switching,” according to Kathi Bomar, WWT Technical Solutions Architect.  “Not only will this partnership provide WWT with a tool for our internal Labs and technical showcases, but we look forward to helping our Networking and Data Center clients implement the combined solutions utilizing Cisco, Polatis and Quali.  We believe our customers will benefit from the automation of these solutions orchestrated by Quali’s CloudShell, as can be seen in WWT’s Advanced Technology Center.”

    Polatis is the only all-optical switch vendor to release a NETCONF interface and associated YANG models required for integration with transport SDN and network functions                           virtualization (NFV) management platforms. Polatis’ range of embedded SDN and network management interfaces include NETCONF, OpenFlow, REST, TL1 and SNMP.
    About Quali Quali is the leading software provider of Cloud Sandboxes.  Their innovative CloudShell software automates the DevOps lifecycle, by providing dev, test, QA, and compliance teams personal replicas of their production environments enabling total control over the development, test, and release of products and applications.  The Global 100 depend on Quali to ensure speed to market while enhancing the quality of the products they deliver to customers. For more information visit www.qualisystems.com.

    About Polatis
    Polatis delivers the world’s lowest loss all-optical switching solutions for remote fiber-layer provisioning, protection, monitoring, reconfiguration and test, with over 3 billion port-hours accumulated in service to date.   Dependable, field-proven DirectLight™  optical matrix switch technology scales from 4×4 to 192×192 ports, applying class-leading performance to provide dynamic optical networking for telecommunications, data center, government, test and video markets.  For more information, please visit www.polatis.com.

    Matt Burke
    matthew.burke@polatis.com
    +1 603.315.0618

  • DBmaestro Unveils TeamWork Version 5.0

    New version includes first of its kind Pipeline Builder for a significantly easier automated database deployment pipeline

    Houston, Texas, February 3, 2016 – DBmaestro (www.DBmaestro.com), the pioneer and leading provider of DevOps for Database solutions, announced the release of TeamWork version 5.0 which includes a first of its kind Pipeline Builder, enabling users to visually describe the database environment and the deployment flow. The new version brings maturity and stability to DevOps for database by making it significantly easier to set up an automated database deployment pipeline for Continuous Delivery processes.

    DBmaestro also unleashed new and enhanced compliance and audit capabilities for the database. DBmaestro prevents unauthorized changes to both database structure and the data it contains. Organizations now have the ability to define access levels down to database objects or content, and review compliance reports showing all database modifications or attempts of unauthorized or out-of-process modifications.

    “With the entire market moving to Continuous Delivery, automation, and compliance, organizations are seeking any possible edge,” said Yaniv Yehuda, CTO DBmaestro. “DBmaestro constantly strive to deliver the best of breed DevOps for database solutions to the market. The new version enhances database development and deployment automation, compliance and audit capabilities for the database as well as collaboration between application development and database development teams. These added capabilities means quicker, safer, easier, and cheaper deployment.”

    Some of the value added benefits of the new version include:

    • Quicker, easier and safer onboarding of database Continuous Delivery processes and automation
    • Documenting and reporting of security breaches
    • Eliminating errors which can occur while manually setting up the Continuous Delivery pipeline
    • Clear visualization of the database delivery pipeline, environments and flows
    • An added deployment safety net for the release process. Pipeline Builder verifies that upgrade packages are up-to-date and can be safely executed without potentially breaking the target environment

    Right now, you can download a free trial of DBmaestro TeamWork’s version 5.0 with the first-of-its-kind pipeline builder. Click here for a free 14 day trial.

    About DBmaestro

    DBmaestro is a pioneer and leading DevOps for database solution provider. Its flagship product, DBmaestro TeamWork, enables agile development, Continuous Integration and Delivery for the Database.

    TeamWork supports streamlining of development process management and enforcing change policy practices. The solution empowers Agile team collaboration while fostering regulatory compliance and governance. With DBmaestro, organizations can facilitate DevOps for database by executing deployment automation, enhancing and reinforcing security as well as mitigating risk.

    DBmaestro’s solutions are deployed at many major international companies, including Visa, Isracard (MasterCard), Frost Bank, Thomson Holidays, Bank Leumi, and others.

  • Shippable Strengthens Leadership Team with Software Industry Pioneers

    Google Kubernetes cofounder and technical lead Joe Beda becomes a strategic advisor, Microsoft and VMware veteran Charles Fitzgerald joins Shippable’s Board of Directors, and developer and open source marketing expert Matt Carter joins leadership team

    SEATTLE – February 3, 2016 – Shippable has added multiple senior software experts to its leadership team as it builds out its application delivery pipeline for developers. Joe Beda, cofounder of Google Kubernetes and Google Compute Engine, has become a strategic advisor; Charles Fitzgerald, a veteran of building developer platforms, has joined Shippable’s Board of Directors; and Matt Carter, a former Microsoft and Hortonworks marketing director, has been appointed Shippable’s Vice President of Marketing.

    Shippable is a continuous delivery pipeline that enables software development teams to accelerate release cycles by automating the process of building, testing and deploying applications. The pipeline integrates with modern software development tools including GitHub and Bitbucket, as well as on-premises repositories, and provides seamless deployment to private clouds as well as leading public clouds including Amazon and Google. Shippable supports all application architectures, from enterprise-grade multi-tier to containerized microservices. Customers choose Shippable so they can focus on product innovation, thus accelerating their journey to cloud-independent microservices.

    Shippable is used today by more than 8,000 organizations and over 50,000 developers at companies including Concur, Google, Cisco, Lithium and Pushspring. Started as a TechStars incubation project, the company is backed by Seattle-based investors Madrona Venture Group, Founders’ Co-op and Divergent Ventures.

    Beda has a wide variety of skills and experience. Most recently, he helped start the Kubernetes open source project at Google to manage clusters of compute containers. Before that, Beda founded Google Compute Engine and was the lead engineer for the project. Previously, Beda worked on the Google ads system to build tools to help advertisers pick the right keywords and bids, connect Google services to the public telephone network, and defining and launching Google Talk. He’s currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Accel Partners.

    “I’m excited to be advising Shippable as they bring automation to container building, verification and deployment,” says Beda. “Automation is a critical component of realizing the promise of containers and the cloud native philosophy. It enables developers to work in smaller and more nimble teams while simultaneously reducing the operations burden. The result is a development process that moves faster and produces a higher quality product.”

    Fitzgerald brings considerable product positioning, market strategy, developer relations and startup experience to Shippable. He spent 18 years at Microsoft, in a wide variety of platform roles including General Manager of Platform Strategy for .NET from its inception. More recently, he helped launch Cloud Foundry at VMware and build a polyglot developer relations organization. He currently is an investor and advisor to early stage technology companies.

    “Shippable is driving the evolution of continuous integration and continuous deployment into a cohesive and end-to-end pipeline to speed to the delivery of applications,” says Fitzgerald. “I look forward to helping this great team bring its vision for the future of software delivery to fruition.”

    Carter joins Shippable from Hortonworks, where he was Senior Director of Developer Marketing and Platform Evangelism. In this role he created and implemented its developer marketing and community engagement strategy. Prior to Hortonworks, Carter worked in product management and marketing at Microsoft for 12 years, finally as Director of Developer Marketing, where he was responsible for creating integrated marketing strategies and global execution of marketing campaigns for software developers.

    “Charles is a highly regarded expert in the emerging tech and developer arenas, and has extensive experience helping early stage companies grow rapidly. Joe’s cloud computing background and experience launching Kubernetes make him an ideal advisor as we help companies deploy new container-based applications on cloud architecture. Matt offers a deep understanding of developers and the tools they need to bring new apps and services to market quickly. All three strengthen our leadership and operations teams, and will help us accelerate our business,” says Avi Cavale, cofounder and CEO at Shippable.

    About Shippable

    Founded in 2013, Shippable’s mission is to remove all friction in software engineering so that software flows from the developer’s keyboard all the way to the end user with no stops along the way. Using Docker, we bring you the power of full automation, with complete control and confidence, no matter how large or complex your software engineering world is. For more information visit www.shippable.com.