IBM DevOps - A Better Solution, Inc.

The IBM DevOps family of products (formerly UrbanCode) helps organizations automate their Build and Deployment processes to improve speed to market and lower error rates in your deployment. These tools integrate with many tools to help you implement continuous build, release and deployment processes.

IBM DevOps Build is a continuous integration and build management server optimized for the enterprise. Designed for teams that provide build management as a service to other groups, IBM DevOps Build provides scalable configuration and management of build infrastructures with seamless integration in to development, testing and release tooling. This extensible, customizable build solution provides a wide range of plugins for most common tools and easily works within a customized framework.

IBM DevOps Deploy orchestrates and automates the deployment of applications, middleware configurations and database changes into development, test and production environments. This software enables your team to deploy as often as needed-on demand or on a schedule, and with self-service. IBM DevOps Deploy can help your team to accelerate their time to market, drive down costs and reduce risk.

IBM DevOps Build is a continuous integration and build management server optimized for the enterprise. Designed for teams that provide build management as a service to other groups, UrbanCode Build provides scalable configuration and management of build infrastructures with seamless integration in to development, testing and release tooling. This extensible, customizable build solution provides a wide range of plugins for most common tools and easily works within a customized framework.

IBM DevOps Build provides a continuous integration loop from detecting change to executing builds through delivering feedback:

• Centrally defined templates and processes simplify the addition of new projects by dispersed development teams.
• Global reporting extends beyond individual builds or projects to include access to all build activity across the worldwide enterprise.
• Dependency management and awareness facilitates complex project builds based on project relationships.
• Fine-grained access controls ensure a secure build environment.

Scales beautifully

Unlike common continuous integration tools that are easiest to implement for at the team level, UrbanCode Build is designed for an enterprise to setup a build as a service. The central team can easily setup standard security rules and build templates while the multitude of development teams have freedom to create projects and get rapid feedback within that framework.

IBM DevOps Deploy orchestrates and automates the deployment of applications, middleware configurations and database changes into development, test and production environments. This software enables your team to deploy as often as needed-on demand or on a schedule, and with self-service. UrbanCode Deploy can help your team to accelerate their time to market, drive down costs and reduce risk.

IBM DevOps Deploy features:

• Deployment process automation - create automated deployment processes using the graphical editor; run processes on thousands of machines simultaneously.
• Environment and configuration management - use powerful management features that permit configuration-only and traditional code-and-configuration deployments.
• Artifact repository - store deployment artifacts more securely to enable traceability.
• Middleware configuration management - detect IBM WebSphere^® Application Server configurations.
• Security, approvals and notifications - customize user permissions, define entrance criteria for environments, and inform stakeholders of deployment actions.

Typical Uses:

• Continuous Delivery: Integrate with build and test tools to automatically deploy, test and promote new builds.
• Production Deployments: Orchestrate a complex production deployments of applications and configuration.
• Self Service: Grant different teams rights to "push the go button" for different applications and environments.
• Incremental Updates: Deploy only the changes components or missing incremental (patch) versions.