You may be asking yourself, why should I consider application release automation tools? Why should I spend my annual budget on something that we can do in-house? What will it really do for me?
In a recent Gartner report, analyst Ronni J. Colville answers this question and more!
As the DevOps movement becomes increasingly popular, so do tools that can automate application deployments. In a recent report by Gartner, the world’s largest information technology research and advisory company, Nolio’s application release automation (ARA) is cited as one such tool that can help IT organizations to limit downtime, ensure faster time to market and allow a quicker delivery of new features .
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Using Amdocs CES for your convergent billing and customer care needs?
If so, you’re in good company. Top service providers worldwide rely on the cutting-edge technology of Amdocs Customer Experience Systems (CES) to support their business processes. Global organizations like AT&T and Vodafone rely on Amdocs to deliver the core of their business, from billing and OMS to customer support and data services.
However, managing the ongoing operations of Amdocs CES can be extremely complex. IT Operations teams often have to contend with frequent application deployments to multiple environments. Not only is this convoluted and error prone; but it is also time-consuming, expensive, and wastes valuable operational resources.
Application deployment automation solutions are the way of the future, according to $27.8 billion financial services company American Express (AMEX).
This week AMEX announced that it has significantly accelerated its rate of software updates and made agile development a success through the implementation of unified and repeatable release processes.
Paul Stoxen, director of the development center and application development security at AMEX, told CIO Information Technology Magazine (CIO.com) that the company is using repeatable processes to roll out software updates more efficiently.
