ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM
(NYSE: IBM) today announced new, cloud-based DevOps services,
software and infrastructure designed to help large organizations
develop and deliver quality software faster. By tapping into the
collaborative power of IBM's Cloud portfolio and deep business
transformation experience, enterprises can speed the delivery of
software that drives new models of engagement and business.
Software-driven innovation is becoming a primary approach to how
businesses create and deliver new value to customers. A survey of
400 business and IT executives by the IBM Institute for Business
Value showed businesses that are more effective at software
delivery are also more profitable than their peers nearly 70
percent of the time (1). DevOps provides a way for businesses to
remain competitive, applying lean and agile principles to software
development to speed the delivery of software that meets new market
requirements.
IBM's new DevOps Innovation Services help address the challenge
of scaling DevOps, enabling enterprises to transform their software
delivery lifecycle. The hybrid cloud services combine IBM's
industry expertise from hundreds of organizational change and
application development projects with the industry's leading
application development portfolio, including Bluemix, IBM's open
cloud platform-as-a-service. They also apply the flexibility of
IBM's enterprise-grade, hybrid cloud portfolio, which was recently
ranked by Synergy Research Group as the leading hybrid and private
cloud for the enterprise (2). These services are based upon
SoftLayer, IBM's premier cloud infrastructure platform.
Enterprises now have the option of combining on-premise, private
and public clouds with the collaborative DevOps capabilities they
need to deliver apps faster -- along with the data security,
control and integration larger companies need. The new DevOps
Innovation Services enable organizations to assess and benchmark
their readiness for DevOps and chart a path forward, then address
typical bottlenecks in key phases of software delivery, including
development, testing, release and deployment and monitoring. IBM
also today announced new and enhanced software and services that
allow organizations to:
- Manage software development with significantly reduced
set up time and infrastructure costs using a collaborative
lifecycle management (CLM) solution on premise or as managed
service in a virtual private cloud.
- Extend mainframe development and testing to the cloud
with the IBM Rational Development and Test solution, increasing
flexibility and capacity, while reducing time, risk and cost.
Available on premise or as a managed service in a virtual private
cloud.
- Enable the rapid design, deployment and update of
full-stack, hybrid clouds, plus enhanced capabilities for
mainframe deployments using the new IBM UrbanCode Deploy
solution.
- Free up developers to focus on innovation with the IBM
DevOps continuous-delivery pipeline service to automate and
schedule the various stages of software deployment to IBM
Bluemix.
- Continuously monitor user experience with mobile apps in
real-time with IBM MobileFirst Quality Assurance services, drawing
on analytics to understand user behavior and feedback to drive
product improvements.
IDC predicts that by 2015, 60 percent of CIOs will use DevOps as
their primary tool to address the speed and sprawl of mobile, cloud
and open source applications (3).
"Software success is increasingly indistinguishable from
business success," said Kristof
Kloeckner, General Manager, IBM Software Group, Rational.
"IBM is helping clients harness the collaborative power of the
cloud to deliver business outcomes that can compete on the highest
levels of agility, speed and collaboration -- regardless of the
current size or complexity of the organization."
Nationwide and Pearson Improve Software Quality,
Delivery
A new study of 600 IT executives by Forrester
Consulting found development teams that consistently deliver
software the fastest enjoy the highest level of satisfaction from
the business (4).
Nationwide Mutual Insurance, a Fortune 100 company,
applied agile and lean principles to develop new products, services
and channels of customer engagement. As a result, the company
reduced critical software defects by 80 percent, realizing 20
percent efficiency gains in its maintenance and support operations
in just 18 months.
"The true value of DevOps is not just in efficiency. We also
need to anticipate and adapt to market changes and demands with
speed, incorporating feedback more frequently to improve value to
customers," said Steve Farley, Vice
President, Application Development at Nationwide.
Pearson VUE, an international provider of computer-based
exams and testing for academia, government and business
organizations, uses software to crunch large volumes of data from
millions of administered exams to derive and deliver intelligence
to its customers. By collecting data around test-takers' habits,
registrations, patterns and more, Pearson VUE uses this feedback to
continually improve the test-taking experience, sharpening the
accuracy and predictive value of testing results.
"We're continually improving the value and quality of the
intelligence we offer organizations around the world, which rely on
testing for everything from school admissions to medical
licensing," said Guy Speier, senior
group manager at Pearson VUE. "A critical component in doing so is
building, deploying and continuously improving software with the
latest advances in data and analytics. Within just two days of
using IBM DevOps solutions, our teams were rolling out innovations
five times faster."
Today's announcement builds on IBM's existing DevOps portfolio
that offers a comprehensive approach to the lifecycle of software
development. Through acquisitions such as UrbanCode and GreenHat,
and offering an integrated developer experience on open cloud
platforms such as Bluemix to fuel collaboration, IBM DevOps has
been at the forefront of continuous software delivery, equipping
clients with the tools needed to collapse the time from ideation to
market delivery, as well as capture data and insights from users
and testing to enable continuous improvement.
About IBM Cloud Computing
IBM is the global leader in
cloud with a broad portfolio of open cloud solutions to enable
clients for the hybrid cloud era with integration, control over
data and expertise. Since the $2
billion acquisition of SoftLayer, IBM has continued to make
significant investments in building out a comprehensive cloud
portfolio including $1.2 billion to
expand its global footprint to 40 data centers and $1 billion investment to establish Bluemix, a
cloud platform-as-a-service on Cloud Foundry, to help millions of
developers. IBM Cloud has helped more than 30,000 clients around
the world. Today, IBM has 100+ cloud SaaS solutions, thousands of
experts with deep industry knowledge helping clients transform and
a growing global network of data centers. Since 2007, IBM has
invested more than $7 billion in 17
acquisitions to accelerate its cloud initiatives. IBM holds 1,560
cloud patents focused on driving innovation. In fact, IBM for the
21st consecutive year topped the annual list of US patent leaders.
IBM processes more the 5.5M client transactions daily through IBM's
public cloud. For more information about cloud offerings from IBM,
visit http://www.ibm.com/cloud. Follow us on Twitter at @IBMcloud
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1. IBM Institute for Business Value, "The software edge: How
effective software development and delivery drives competitive
advantage," 2013.
2. Synergy Research Group
3. IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2015 Predictions, Doc #
252235, October 2014.
4. Forrester Consulting, "The New Software Imperative: Fast
Delivery With Quality," October 2014.
Study commissioned by IBM.
Contact:
Suzanne Aronowitz
IBM Media Relations
617-693-1811
saronowi@us.com.com
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