> Run build…, …, …, Still waiting? …? Still waiting? …? Are you STILL waiting for your slow build to complete? > Finally done? Successful? Good! - Why is your build so slow? - Still struggling with management of your complex build dependencies? > Modify some code. Synchronize from version control system. > Run build…, [Read More →]
Electric Cloud proudly announced ElectricAccelerator 6.0 last week. Eric Melski, ElectricAccelerator Architect, gives us a rundown of the major new features: http://blog.melski.net/2011/10/13/whats-new-in-electricaccelerator-6-0/
This is part two of a five part series where we will present five distinct challenges that if left unaddressed will drastically reduce an organization’s ability to gain the benefits promised by a move to Agile development methods. For complex modern applications, a single pass through the software build-test-deploy process can consume a substantial amount [Read More →]
Tom Mornini makes a strong case for PaaS in his article “DevOps is DoA” (http://www.zdnet.com/news/devops-is-doa/6308483) However, while PaaS solves some DevOps issues, it is definitely not the “NoOps” panacea for most R&D organizations out there. • Some enterprises look at their apps as their crown jewel IP and will never go to an externally hosted [Read More →]
Great article about our customer GE’s journey from waterfall to Agile practices. You are highly encouraged to read through yourself, but here is a short summary and some citations for you: >>“Just one code build within a complex software release for the Energy division could take as long as 24 hours – wanted new software [Read More →]
This is part one of a five part series where we will present five distinct challenges that if left unaddressed will drastically reduce an organization’s ability to gain the benefits promised by a move to Agile development methods. Building, testing, and deploying software by hand is tedious and inefficient. There is little commonality and repeatability [Read More →]
The Agile software development methodology is composed of a number of techniques designed to help deliver incremental releases of high-quality software more quickly than ever before. Although Agile adoption is proceeding steadily, many enterprises aren’t yet fully converted to this approach. However, the trend lines are very clear: industry surveys have shown that the almost [Read More →]
In his Modernizing IT column this week, Eric Knorr at InfoWorld explores “What cloud really means for developers.” He touches on a number of the key benefits to developing on the cloud: things like increased agility, managing geographically dispersed development teams, and the cloud’s ability to support the “bursty” nature of development. He also talks [Read More →]
Exciting announcement – Electric Cloud is Perforce Partner of the Month! For all Perforce User Conference attendees, see you next week!
This week we are exhibiting at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2011 in San Jose, California. If you’re big into embedded systems development, at this time of the year it is the place to be and is a great showcase for the latest state-of-the-art technology and ideas in this space. All the big guys [Read More →]
