Reduce CAPEX for Testing Environments with Plutora
Almost every large enterprise faces a similar challenge: you’ve moved to cloud-based environments, now how do you achieve some level of elasticity? How do you squeeze more results out of the hardware...
View ArticleVPs to Release Managers: “Do We Have a Plan?”
This post could have also been titled “Questions Release Managers should be Prepared to Answer.” Imagine you report to a VP who is asking you questions about how prepared you are for releases and how...
View ArticleDevOps Trust and Transparency with Plutora
When Forrester analysts Amy DeMartine and Kurt Bittner wrote “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective DevOps” the habit I focused on was habit number one: “Establish trust and transparency between Dev and...
View ArticleOur Best Guess: Release Management Failure
Last week wasn’t a good week for the stability of high-profile systems. United airlines had a ground-stop due to an “automation failure”, the New York Stock Exchange suffered a problem that caused an...
View ArticleWhat Companies Benefit Most from Enterprise Release Management?
There are three characteristics that drive the need to establish a strong Release Management Process (ERM) practice and they are all related to the complications that accompany scale: Team Size – The...
View Article4 Ways to Motivate the Laggards: Managing Slow Releases to Move Faster
If you work in a large enterprise you know what I’m talking about. Some teams move fast (maybe too fast) while other teams still operate as if they are in 1985. How do you get these teams to move...
View Article8 Ways to Improve your Enterprise Release Management Process
What is Enterprise Release Management? Whilst it is common to think of Release Management as the final promotion of a component into a production environment we take a far broader view of the release...
View ArticleHow to Reduce the Cost of Managing Releases
Managing software releases across a large enterprise can be costly. Your organization has to employ several release managers and teams of people dedicated to testing and environment management. If you...
View ArticleA Look At the ROI: Is Enterprise Release Management Worth It?
“In many real-world case studies, Plutora has resulted in returns exceeding 600%. A typical return is around 400% depending on the depth of using the products. Factoring additional savings from...
View ArticleIdea to Delivery: 3 Ways to Align IT Teams With Business Outcomes
Business is demanding better, faster delivery of value from IT so it can compete in a market that’s moving at breakneck speed. How can IT accelerate business outcomes if it’s taking nine months to...
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