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Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide

By : Paul Swartout
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Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide

By: Paul Swartout

Overview of this book

<p>For a while now, there has been a buzz around the IT industry regarding continuous delivery and DevOps. This book will provide you with some background information into these two new kids on the block and how they can help you to optimize, streamline and improve the way you work and ultimately how you ship quality software. <br /><br />"Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide" will provide you with a clear and concise insight into what continuous delivery and DevOps are all about, how to go about preparing for and implementing them and what quantifiable business value they bring. Included within are some tricks and trips based upon real world experiences which may help you reduce the time and effort needed if you were to go it alone.<br /><br />In this book, you will be taken through a journey of discovery starting with real world successes, how you should prepare, plan for and implement CD and DevOps and what the pitfalls are along the way<br /><br />We will start looking at the evolution of a typical software house from fledgling start-up through the growing pains that comes with global success to a best of both worlds. We’ll delve into the many aspects of what they did to complete this evolution covering topics such as how they realized there was a problem to solve, how they set about preparing for and implementing continuous delivery and DevOps and what tools, techniques and approaches they used along the way – some technical and some not so. If you work within an organization that delivers software, you will be able to plot where you are on the evolutionary scale, understand where you need to do to be more effective, cherry pick the tools, techniques and approaches that work for you and realize the best of both worlds.<br /><br />"Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart guide" will provide you with the background and information you need to realize the benefits within your own business</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Reviewers

Daniel Albu is a freelance Interactive Developer who specializes in Flash Platform and HTML5 based solutions, with more than 10 years of experience in production and deployment of rich media websites, games, and applications.

Daniel has unique expertise in the development and delivery of Flash Platform-based technologies and HTML5 solutions.

Moreover, Daniel provides worldwide remote training and consultancy services around Flash Platform and HTML5 based solutions for companies and individuals alike.

Visit Daniel's website: http://www.danielalbu.com

Read his blog: http://www.flashdeveloper.co

Or follow him on Twitter: @danielalbu

Jacob Kottackal Ninan is a Project Manager with a Bachelor of Engineering and MBA degree. He has worked globally for companies like International Air Transport Association (IATA) and eBay.

Jacob is passionate about technology. He also takes up consulting assignments in management and business.

Jacob was a contributor to the 5th edition of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) for the Project Management Institute, USA.

He was also a member and Independent Consultant at Technical Working Group, World Resources Institute / WBCSD Scope 3 Emissions Protocol Development contributing to the GHG emission standards.

Jacob co- founded Kottackal Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd., which is behind the e-commerce hotel booking portal for the Indian market (www.luxotel.in).

He can be contacted at

Leonardo Risuleo is a designer and developer with several years experience in mobile, new media, and user experience (http://www.leonardorisuleo.info/). He's a highly dedicated professional and passionate about what he does. He started back in 2003 and during these years he worked on a variety of different mobile and embedded platforms for a number of well-known brands. Leo designs, prototypes, and develops mobile applications, games, widgets, and websites.

Apart from being a Flash Platform enthusiast Leo also contributes to the Flash and mobile community as an author and blogger, and he's co-founder of the Italian Mobile & Devices Adobe User Group. From 2008 to 2010 Leo had the honor to be the Forum Nokia Champion, a recognition and reward program for top mobile developers worldwide.

In 2010 he formally founded Small Screen Design (http://www.smallscreendesign.com/), a design and development studio focused on mobile design and user experience.

Veturi JV Subramanyeswari is currently working as a Solution Architect at a well-known software consulting MNC in India. Post joining this company she served a few Indian MNCs, many start ups, and R&D sectors in various roles such as Programmer, Tech Lead, Research Assistant, Architect, and so on. She has more than eight years of experience working with web technologies covering media and entertainment, publishing, healthcare, enterprise architecture, manufacturing, public sector, defense communication, gaming, and so on. She is also a well-known speaker who delivers talks on Drupal, Open Source, PHP, Women in Technology, and so on.

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