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CollabNet Launches Free Continuous Delivery Webinar Series for Enterprise Cloud and Agile Development

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:14:18 +0000

Series of Six Webinars Will Cover Best Practices and Tools for Successful Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Implementations; Free Registration Available Now

BRISBANE, Calif., Nov. 7, 2011 â�� CollabNetÂ®, the leader in enterprise Agile development in the Cloud, today announced a new webinar series on Continuous Delivery. The â��Closing the Agile Loopâ�� series consists of six free webinars that will provide attendees with suggested best practices and case studies on how to deploy Continuous Delivery pipelines in a step-by-step process. Senior systems architect Darryl Bowler and senior consultant Brian Dawson will present the practical advice, case studies and common tools that IT organizations can use for successful Continuous Delivery implementations in the enterprise. The first webinar in the series, â��Continuous Integration (CI) 101,â�� is now available for on-demand replay at: (http://www.open.collab.net/webinar/108/).

Business leaders worldwide recognize the need to automate the software delivery processes to increase predictability, reduce risk, drive cost savings and improve alignment between development and IT operations. CollabNet helps enterprises become more Agile and responsive through its TeamForgeÂ® ALM platform and Agile project management application, ScrumWorksÂ® Pro. CollabNet also provides workshops to help companies start CI projects and automate the build management process using Hudson/Jenkins. Complete information on the workshops can be found at (www.collab.net/getCI).

â��Together with our enterprise customers we have developed a set of continuous integration practices that scales tools and processes from the workgroup to IT operations,â�� said Bowler. â��This webinar series will outline proven cloud-based Continuous Delivery practices that development and IT professionals can use to streamline the delivery process.â��

The November edition of the series, â��Keeping Track: Version Control & Change Management for CI,â�� will address issues management, Subversion and Git best practices that are proven to maximize value in a CI process and lower technical debt.

WHO: CollabNet senior systems architect Darryl Bowler and CollabNet senior consultant Brian Dawson.

WHAT: â��Closing the Agile Loop,â�� a free monthly webinar series on Continuous Delivery for the enterprise

. WHEN: October 2011

â��Continuous Integration 101â��

On-demand replay available at (http://www.open.collab.net/webinar/108/)

Thursday, November 17, 2011, 9a.m. -10a.m PDT

â��Keeping Track: Version Control & Change Management for Continuous Integrationâ��

Free registration: (https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/434629494)

December 2011 (Date and time TBA)

â��End of Ticketing Hell: Integrating Code Qualityâ��

January 2012 (Date and time TBA)

â��Closing the Agile Loop: Continuous Feedbackâ��

February 2012 (Date and time TBA)

â��Beyond Continuous Build: Build Gridsâ��

March 2012 (Date and time TBA)

â��Continuous Delivery: The Last Mileâ��

For more information, please visit http://visit.collab.net/getci_webinar.html.

About CollabNet

CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise Cloud development, powering global software development for over 7,000 companies, from workgroups to enterprises. As the company that spawned from deep open source roots with the sponsoring of industry-leading Subversion, we are dedicated to leveraging collaboration, Agile methods, and Cloud computing to transform the way software development organizations develop and deploy applications, in their cloud or ours. Through this transformation, CollabNet clients have recognized improved productivity by up to 70% and reduced their cost of software development by up to 80% due to the implementation of highly Agile and enterprise-wide collaborative and distributed techniques. Our solutions include TeamForgeÂ®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed developers, ScrumWorksÂ® Pro Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed SCM, and Agile training and transformation services. For more information, please visit www.collab.net.

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THOUGHTWORKS JEZ HUMBLE’S BOOK CONTINUOUS DELIVERY RECOGNIZED WITH JOLT EXCELLENCE AWARD

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:30:09 +0000

Continuous Delivery named top book of the year by software development editors and industry experts

CHICAGO, Sept., 29, 2011 - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com) the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, today announced that Jez Humble and David Farley's book, Continuous Delivery, has been awarded the Jolt Excellence Award, given to the top software development book of the year. Released in 2010, Continuous Delivery is recognized as one of the most important industry books to be published, as enterprises work to extend the benefits of Lean and Agile methods beyond small teams and through the entire development and delivery lifecycle.

"I have reviewed many books as part of my work on the Jolt Awards, but it's been a very long time since I have read a book as useful and likely game-changing as Continuous Delivery," said Andrew Binstock, editor-in-chief of Dr. Dobb's Journal. "I have literally never read a better book on process. I believe that going forward, Continuous Delivery will redefine Agile process and Continuous Integration (CI); and it will have as much influence as Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring did on code."

Jolt Awards are given to products, books and web sites that have "Jolted" the industry by helping to create faster, easier and more efficient software. The Awards are judged by a respected panel of Dr. Dobb's Journal editors, expert advisers and columnists. This year's judges reviewed 15 titles from an original list of 51 nominations. In addition, Domain-Specific Languages, by ThoughtWorks' Martin Fowler with Rebecca Parsons, was a Jolt Award finalist. To read the full article highlighting the books that received a Jolt Award, please visit: (http://drdobbs.com/JOLTawards/231500080).

Continuous Delivery, (Addison- Wesley Signature Series, Foreword by Martin Fowler, co-authors Jez Humble and David Farley), explains how delivering software to users can be a painful, risky and time-consuming process. It outlines the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality through the automation of the build, deployment and testing process. The book represents the culmination and collective experience gathered from large-scale enterprise Agile engagements conducted by ThoughtWorks' professional services teams. To review or order Continuous Delivery please visit: (www.informit.com/title/0321601912).

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle^®, Go^{^TM} and Twist^®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS TO KICK OFF MONTHLY WEBINAR SERIES ON CONTINUOUS DELIVERY STARTING SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:48:05 +0000

WHO: ThoughtWorks experts on Continuous Delivery, including Jez Humble, Jim Highsmith and Rolf Russell.

WHAT: Continuous Delivery represents a major breakthrough in the enterprise adoption and scaling of Agile methods beyond small teams and across the organization. ThoughtWorks offers a range of in-person and online resources to help IT organization utilize Continuous Delivery to deliver high quality software faster, more predictably and with less risk. To meet growing demand for practical and useful information on Continuous Delivery, ThoughtWorks will present complimentary, monthly webinars on the various methods and processes to achieve organizational agility.

Introduction To Continuous Delivery, Sept. 15, 2011 - 2 p.m. Eastern

Rolf Russell, ThoughtWorks' Continuous Delivery practice lead, will kick off the webinar series with an introduction to Continuous Delivery. This talk introduces the principles and practices of Continuous Delivery, and aims to make it possible for an organization to deliver frequently (weekly, daily or even hourly) and confidently. As organizations' Continuous Delivery capabilities mature, they begin to develop code that is always production releasable, with business stakeholders pressing the release button as often as it makes business sense to do so. This webinar will touch on systems thinking, build pipelining, trunk-based development and automation.

Scaling DevOps, Sept. 21, 2011 - 12 p.m., Eastern

Jez Humble, principal consultant with ThoughtWorks, and co-author of Continuous Delivery, will outline how DevOps can be implemented in large organizations. He will highlight common issues with DevOps adoption, such as managing risk, compliance with regulations and frameworks such as ITIL, and meeting auditing requirements. He will illustrate how DevOps improves the ability of organizations to meet the goals of good governance. He also will provide examples of how DevOps has been implemented within organizations such as Amazon, and how it moved from projects and products to providing infrastructure as a service.

Stop Doing Agile Start Being Agile, Oct. 20, 2011 - 12 p.m. Eastern

Adaptive leadership is two dimensional: being Agile and doing Agile. Jim Highsmith, Chief Agile Strategist, will explore those activities that an agile leader or executive must "do" and provide insight on how to "be" Agile. The session will explore how adaptive leadership is critical to transforming IT organizations. Leading an Agile enterprise requires understanding agility from a strategic business perspective as well as understanding how practices like Continuous Design and Delivery help create a sustainable environment to create highly responsive and value-driven IT organizations.

INFO: For more information on all ThoughtWorks events please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events). To arrange an interview with any of the ThoughtWorks Continuous Delivery experts, please contact Christie Denniston at cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com or 303-581-7760.

THOUGHTWORKS’ CTO REBECCA PARSONS TO SHARE INSIGHTS ON ENTERPRISE AGILE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY IN BRAZIL

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:18:54 +0000

ThoughtWorks continues to help Brazilian development organizations scale Agile practices through quarterly Executive Technology Briefs

1 Sept. 2011 - Porto Alegre, Brazil - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development services, today announced that Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks' CTO, will share her insights and experiences related to Agile development and IT optimization during the company's Quarterly Tech Briefing event, on Sept. 8 at 1:30 p.m., at the offices of Editora Abril. In addition to this free event tailored to IT executives, Parsons will deliver a keynote presentation at the QCon 2011 Sao Paulo conference on Sept. 11 at 10:55 a.m.

To register for the ThoughtWorks Quarterly Tech Briefing please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/cycle-time-reduction-application-delivery-key).

For more information on QCon 2011 Brazil please visit: (http://www.qconsp.com/)

"Brazil has emerged as a global leader in software development and leads the region in adopting and scaling Agile development practices within its thriving economy," said Parsons. "I look forward to returning to Brazil to visit with colleagues and customers, and to participate in the ThoughtWorks Quarterly Tech Briefing and QCon Brazil conference."

The ThoughtWorks Quarterly Tech Briefings provide area IT professionals and executives the opportunity to engage with ThoughtWorks' experts to learn the latest practices and strategies for successful Agile deployments. During her presentation, Parsons will discuss "Making IT & Business Work," a presentation based on her 20+ years of application development experience. She will describe a variety of techniques that help IT organizations release software more rapidly and cope with the fast pace of change. Techniques include Continuous Delivery - an evolutionary approach to enterprise architecture - and more effective use of software metrics. She also will discuss how leaders can manage the organizational structure of IT to influence the ability of an enterprise to extract maximum value from its technology investments.

"The reception we have had for the Quarterly Tech Briefings has been very strong as IT organizations look to scale Agile programs beyond project management and further throughout organizations and supply-chains," said Gary F. DeGregorio, market principal for ThoughtWorks South America. "The reaction of Brazilian companies to Continuous Delivery has been very positive and has already resulted in local implementation of techniques. Having Rebecca return to present her thought leadership and experience with local IT executives supports our continued mission to advance the value and success of Agile and Lean adoption in the enterprise."

ThoughtWorks' opened its first office in Brazil in 2009 and has experienced continued growth both from North American and domestic Brazilian markets. The use of "near-shore" IT services based here continues to increase due to a highly skilled talent base, convenient time zone proximity and travel accessibility via overnight flights from the United States. With its office located in the TECNOPUC Technology Innovation Park on the campus of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, ThoughtWorks now employs more than 100 technologists with an additional 40 consultants expected to join the company by the end of 2011. The company is currently doubling the size of its office space to accommodate growth in Brazil and is looking at additional expansion within other countries in South America.

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle^®, Go^TM and Twist^®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS ROLLS OUT AGILE FUNDAMENTALS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY WORKSHOPS IN THE U.K. AND PARIS

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:54:31 +0000

Leaders in Agile software development expand popular workshop series

CHICAGO AND LONDON, June 20, 2011 - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, and its product division, ThoughtWorks Studios, today announced the availability of the Agile Fundamentals for Leaders and Continuous Delivery for DevOps workshops in the U.K. (Manchester and London) and Paris. Part of the ThoughtWorks Learning workshops and knowledge series, both events provide hands-on, experience-based tutorials designed to help enterprise IT customers adopt, scale and succeed using Agile methods.

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/agile-fundamentals-leaders)

Manchester, U.K. - June 24

Paris - July 1

London - July 11

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders provides not just the vocabulary of Agile, but the core understandings and concepts behind the terms. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the values, principles and practices that have led Agile software development to become a strategic initiative for today's software-driven organizations. Based on years of direct experience helping global customers succeed with Agile, the workshop is designed to help technology leaders make informed decisions and develop winning strategies that are best suited for their organization. It is a must-attend event for leaders in IT that are looking to develop and deploy higher quality software with more predictable results.

Continuous Delivery for DevOps

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/thoughtworks-continuous-delivery-devops)

Manchester, U.K. - June 23

Paris - June 30

London - July 25

ThoughtWorks has pioneered many of today's best practices for Agile development and these one-day workshops highlight how Continuous Delivery and DevOps are helping IT organizations deliver software value faster and with more predictability. Continuous Delivery for DevOps provides the organizational principles and practices that enable businesses to keep software production-ready throughout the application lifecycle, so it can be released on-demand with a single click. The practices help close the gap between development (applications/software engineering teams), technology operations (release managers) and quality assurance (testing and QA managers). The workshops highlight the importance of fast feedback throughout the delivery process, how to improve collaboration between people involved in delivering software, principles and practices that enable continuous deployment, how to automate testing and deployment, how to manage continuous delivery with large and distributed teams, and strategies to transform an organization's delivery process to enable continuous delivery.

Both workshops are available to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register please follow the links above.

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle®, Go^TM and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS DEFINES AGILE ALM IN NEW WHITE PAPER

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:14:25 +0000

Five key organizational practices make up Agile ALM

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, June 7, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today released a new white paper - Agile ALM: Redefining ALM with Five Key Practices. The paper outlines an entirely new and modern approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) that helps IT organizations meet increasing customer expectations and quickly adapt to competitive pressures through the design, development and Continuous Delivery of high quality software.

To download a complimentary copy of the white paper please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=resource_whitepapers/whitepaper/download/redefining_alm).

"The impact and reach of Agile software methodologies now spans the entire application lifecycle, making the use of traditional ALM tools and processes counter-productive for organizations moving to a more rapid and incremental build, test and release cycle," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios and co-author of the white paper. "Thispaper draws on the collective experience of both ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios to provide five strategic building blocks IT executives can use to bridge Agile principles into ALM."

While traditional ALM-applied tools enforce pre-defined standardized processes, ThoughtWorks sees Agile ALM as the application of tools to support people and the processes that best suit the way they actually work when creating great software. The white paper outlines five key organizational practices of Agile ALM, and describes how organizations that keep these practices in the forefront of all software delivery activities will reap the benefits in increased agility.

In addition to co-authors Cyndi Mitchell, Chad Wathington and Ethan Teng, ThoughtWorks' luminariesMartin Fowler, Jim Highsmith and Jez Humble provide an introductory overview into each of the five practices for Agile ALM:

Evolve Process Definition

Agile ALM recognizes that the most effective process for any software initiative cannot be defined up-front; it must be continuously discovered, evolved and refined over time.

Embrace Heterogeneity

Agile ALM embraces the fact that every software project is different. Just as processes cannot be completely defined up-front, they also cannot be completely standardized across all teams.

Build the Right Thing

Organizations that focus on building the right thing over managing the lifecycle of artifacts create software that is more exciting and useful to their end users and customers. Agile ALM embeds customers and business people into the day-to-day activities of software teams.

Practice Continuous Delivery

Agile ALM continuously delivers a few features every couple ofdays or weeks, instead of a bunch of features once a quarter. Practicing Continuous Delivery ensures that the path to production is clear, kinks in the release process are ironed out early and predictability becomes the norm.

Orchestrate, Don't Manage

Agile ALM calls upon company leaders and managers to become orchestrators by making sure the work being done is aligned with business goals, removing obstacles, fixing bad projects, understanding the portfolio, and helping to spread best-practices across teams.

To download a free copy of Agile ALM: Redefining ALM with Five Key Practices, and to see the entire ThoughtWorks Studios library of Agile-focused white papers please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=resource_whitepapers/whitepaper/download/redefining_alm).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy, ThoughtWorks, Inc., it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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THOUGHTWORKS JEZ HUMBLE AND MARTIN FOWLER TO PRESENT FULL-DAY TUTORIAL ON CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AT BETTER SOFTWARE CONFERENCE 2011

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:43:50 +0000

Fowler and Humble to present practical, useful methods to capitalize on new business opportunities and create a competitive business advantage

WHO: Jez Humble

ThoughtWorks Studios

(www.thoughtworks-studios.com)

Humble is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and is the build and release principal for ThoughtWorks Studios where he leads the design and development of its Agile release management product, Go^TM.

Martin Fowler

Fowler is the Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks. He concentrates on designing enterprise software, looking at what practices are needed to come up with and make a good design

WHAT: Tutorial

Continuous Delivery with a Rapid Deployment Pipeline

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. (Pacific)

To capitalize on new business opportunities and create a competitive advantage, businesses need to rapidly deliver compelling new features to their customers and users-all the while ensuring that software releases are robust and well-tested. Fowler and Humble will discuss how developers can organize development processes to deliver features rapidly and reliably through a surprising pattern of build-deploy-test-release they call the rapid deployment pipeline. After introducing the value and principles of Continuous Delivery, the presenters will explain the deployment pipeline in detail-starting from the end goal of release, moving back through testing, then back to deployment and development practices. Along the way they will discuss how to improve collaboration and feedback to speed up delivery. Fowler and Humble will then dive into the Continuous Delivery ecosystem and explore ways to manage the components, data and infrastructure needed to implement Continuous Delivery. Importantly, they cover the transformation many teams and organizations must make to roll out a successful rapid deployment pipeline.

WHERE: Better Software Conference

Caesars Palace

Las Vegas, NV

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NEW VERSION OF THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS ‘GO’ EXTENDS DEVOPS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY ACROSS APPLICATION LIFECYCLE

Wed, 18 May 2011 17:41:22 +0000

Deeper Mingle integration and state-of-the-art configuration interface enables complete traceability from deployment all the way back to requirements

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in Agile ALM products and services, today announced Go^TM 2.2, a new version of its Agile release management platform that enables organizations to automate the entire build, test and deployment processes. Go 2.2 includes the ability to trace from deployments back to source code and requirements, and provides a state-of-the-art configuration interface for managing large and distributed installations. Also, the free Go Community Edition no longer requires a license so teams can now download, install and be up and running in seconds.

ThoughtWorks Studios continues to lead the DevOps and Continuous Delivery industry through its thought leadership, real-world implementation experience and innovative product offerings. In conjunction with the Go launch, the company today also is kicking off ThoughtWorks Live, a two-day, invitation-only executive event focused on how IT organizations can implement Continuous Delivery and emerging DevOps practices to enable rapid, incremental delivery of high-value software.

"IT organizations require operations teams to work closely with development and testing to ensure rapid, reliable releases of high quality software," said Jez Humble, principal at ThoughtWorks Studios and co-author of the breakthrough book, Continuous Delivery. "Go 2.2 provides the traceability and configuration capabilities to implement DevOps and Continuous Delivery effectively, even in large and highly distributed organizations."

The Go Agile release management platform enables automation of the delivery process, greater collaboration between teams involved in delivering software, and complete traceability of functionality from deployment back to source code and requirements. This enables DevOps and Continuous Delivery by facilitating collaboration between developers, testers and IT operations in large-scale, distributed organizations. Go enables large numbers of continuous integration, testing and production environments to be managed centrally, and provides push-button deployments of software.

New capabilities in Go 2.2 include:

End-to-end Traceability: Go provides complete traceability, from deployment and source code to requirements. New, deeper integrations with Mingle allow for the automatic generation of release notes, and the ability to see both source code changes and which stories have been completed between builds or deployments. The combination of Go and Mingle represents an unparalleled end-to-end requirements and release management solution.
State-of-the-Art Configuration Interface: Go eliminates the need to edit configuration files for unrivalled ease of management for large and distributed installations. This further reduces the risk of rapid, large-scale releases through improved visibility and control across the entire delivery process. Configuration files are now version controlled internally within Go.
License-free Community Edition: The free Go Community Edition is now license-free, making it even easier for teams to get started with DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Just download, install and be up and running in seconds.

Go 2.2 Availability

Go 2.2 is available now as part of the Adaptive ALM^TM platform from ThoughtWorks Studios. The Go Community Edition is available as a free download with no license required from the ThoughtWorks Studios website, while the full-version, Go Enterprise, is available via commercial license. For product, download and pricing information please visit (www.thoughtworks-studios.com/go-agile-release-management).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios provides Agile ALM products and training. A division of the Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks, Inc., it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile-based development in the enterprise. Its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, Mingle^® (Agile project management), Twist^® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management/DevOps), helps organizations manage and automate the application lifecycle through an adaptive approach that supports people and processes. Its Agile Workshops deliver training for all facets of Agile ALM practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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TWO-DAY ‘THOUGHTWORKS LIVE’ EVENT PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO VALUE OF CONTINUOUS DELIVERY AND DEVOPS

Industry experts from ThoughtWorks and Forrester Research join senior IT executives to discuss practical approaches to eliminate "the last mile" of Agile ALM

CHICAGO AND LONDON, May 18, 2011 - ThoughtWorks (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, and its product division, ThoughtWorks Studios, today announced the opening of ThoughtWorks Live, a two-day, invitation-only event focused on how IT organizations can implement Continuous Delivery and emerging DevOps practices to enable rapid, incremental delivery of high-value software. ThoughtWorks luminaries, including Martin Fowler, Jez Humble and Cyndi Mitchell, will join Forrester Research's Dave West and senior IT executives from Expedia and Statoil, to present experience-based information that will help attendees extend the value of Agile methods throughout the entire application delivery lifecycle.

"ThoughtWorks helped pioneer many of today's best practices for Agile development and the ThoughtWorks Live event will highlight how Continuous Delivery and DevOps are helping IT organizations deliver software value faster and with more predictability," said Mitchell, managing director of ThoughtWorks Studios and the host of the event. "Continuous Delivery provides the organizational principles and practices to enable businesses to keep software production-ready throughout the application lifecycle, so it can be released on-demand with a single click."

As outlined in Jez Humble's ground-breaking book, Continuous Delivery, getting software released to users is often a painful, risky and time-consuming process. Through automation of the build, deployment and testing process - and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations - delivery teams can get new software released in a matter of hours, sometimes even minutes, no matter the project size or the complexity of the code base. Continuous Delivery helps IT leaders break down the silos that segregate business, development, testing and operations, to create a culture of collaboration, agility and discovery across the entire IT organization.

The ThoughtWorks Live conferences allow business and IT leaders to discuss and share experiences around the latest trends in the software industry. This event, focused on Continuous Delivery and DevOps, includes the following presentations:

Introduction to Continuous Delivery & Adaptive Leadership: Accelerating Organizational Agility - Cyndi Mitchell, Managing Director, ThoughtWorks Studios
Done Agile. What Next? - Dave West, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Implementing Beyond Budgeting-Unlocking the Performance Potential - Bjarte Bogsnes, VP-Performance Management Development, Statoil
Case Study: Scott Durchslog, President, Expedia
Implementing Continuous Delivery - Jez Humble, Build and Release Principal, ThoughtWorks Studios and Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorks
Keynote - Roy Singham, Founder and Chairman, ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to help enterprise IT organizations reap the full benefit of Agile development methodologies. ThoughtWorks offers dedicated development and consulting services, including Continuous Delivery, to a global customer base of software-driven organizations. ThoughtWorks Studios provides a complete suite of Agile ALM solutions, including Mingle (Agile project management), Twist (Agile test automation) and Go, its release management platform that automates the "last mile" of the Agile ALM process and enables Continuous Delivery by facilitating collaboration between developers, testers and IT operations.

ThoughtWorks Studios also today unveiled a new version of its Go^TM Agile release management product that enables Continuous Delivery. Go 2.2 includes complete end-to-end ALM traceability - from deployments all the way back to source code and requirements - through an advanced integration with the Mingle project management solution. This provides the ability to generate release notes automatically, and see which stories have been completed between builds or deployments. Go 2.2 also provides a state of-the-art configuration interface for managing large and distributed installations. Also, the free Go Community Edition no longer requires a license so teams can now download, install and get up and running in seconds.

For more information about ThoughtWorks services please visit (www.thoughtworks.com). For more information about ThoughtWorks Studios products and workshops please visit (www.thoughtworks-studios.com).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

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THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS’ JEZ HUMBLE AND TOM SULSTON TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN DEVOPS AT UPCOMING GOTO CONFERENCE

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:54:27 +0000

THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS' JEZ HUMBLE AND TOM SULSTON TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES IN DEVOPS AT UPCOMING GOTO CONFERENCE

Presentations to outline key principles of Continuous Delivery and explain the technical practices that enable rapid incremental delivery of high quality, valuable software

WHO: Jez Humble
ThoughtWorks Studios
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com)

Humble is co-author of the highly acclaimed book, Continuous Delivery, and product manager of Go^TM, ThoughtWorks Studios' breakthrough product for enterprise Agile release management.

Tom Sulston
ThoughtWorks
(www.thoughtworks.com)

Sulston is a consultant with ThoughtWorks in the build and release space. He is the host of the DevOps track at GOTO.

WHAT: "Continuous Delivery" - May 9, 2011 - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Jez Humble and Tom Sulston)

Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky and time-consuming process. Humble and Sulston will lay out the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Through automation of the build, deployment and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations, delivery teams can get changes released in a matter of hours-sometimes even minutes-no matter the size of a project or the complexity of its code base.

"Remediation Patterns - How to Achieve Low Risk Releases" - May 11, 2011 - 10:35 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. (Jez Humble)

Deployments gone bad are a leading cause of developers spending their evening or weekend hunched over a terminal instead of outdoors having fun. Humble presents a number of patterns that reduce the risk of releases, including techniques for zero-downtime releases, roll-backs and roll forwards. He also discusses how to build reliable releases into the delivery process using automated provisioning, deployment and smoke testing.

"DevOps Counseling: 10 ways to help your Dev and Ops people resolve their differences and learn to love each other again" - May 11, 2011 - 14:05 p.m. - 15:05 p.m. (Tom Sulston)

One of the practices encouraged by DevOps is the creation of cross-functional delivery teams that contain all of the skills necessary to bring software from concept to production. In the enterprise, unfortunately, development and operations teams have historically been separate groups; each with their own management, reporting, tools, and practices. Bringing these teams closer together involves a clash of cultures & values that can be both disheartening and unhelpful. In this session, I propose my top ten tips for helping development and operations people overcome their differences and start truly collaborating on the practices necessary to create and run great software.

WHERE: GOTO Conference
Radisson Blu Falconer Hotel and Conference Center
Falkoner Alle, 9 - DK-2000
Copenhagen, Denmark

CONTACT: For more information or to schedule an interview with Jez Humble or Tom Sulston, please contact Christie Denniston at 303- 581-7760 or by email at: (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).