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New Agile ALM Connect Conference Scheduled for March 26-29 Connects Tools, Methodologies and People

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:57:38 +0000

Conference Call for Papers is Now Open; Deadline for submissions is November 11

Ottawa, Canada, October 20, 2011 --- The Eclipse Foundation (http://eclipse.org/) is pleased to announce a new technical conference focused on connecting the latest software development tools, Agile methods and people across the entire application lifecycle. This new conference, called Agile ALM Connect, will be held March 26-29 in Reston, VA and will be co-located with EclipseCon 2012.

Agile ALM Connect will include technical sessions to educate practitioners on tools and strategies for modernizing and evolving the application development lifecycle. It will explore:

â�¢ The interaction between development and DevOps

â�¢ Foundations and methodologies for continuous delivery and continuous integration

â�¢ Integration between Test Management, Quality Management, Release Management, Build Management

â�¢ Agile task management

â�¢ Task-focused collaboration

â�¢ ALM and Platform as a Service (PaaS) / Cloud Computing

â�¢ Mobile Development Lifecycle

â�¢ Deploying and scaling Agile methods, such as Scrum and Kanban, with tools

â�¢ Leveraging open source technologies such as Maven, Git, Hudson/Jenkins, Puppet, Mylyn plus many more

â��Agile methods, open-source lifecycle tools and new deployment destinations such as mobile and cloud are transforming the way that we build software,â�� explains Mik Kersten, Agile ALM Connect Program Chair and CEO of Tasktop Technologies. â��In the last few years we have witnessed an explosion of new tools and processes that make building and deploying software easier. But as teams and organizations attempt to modernize their ALM stack, they are hitting against major challenges introduced by the rate of change and the heterogeneity of these new tools and practices. Agile ALM Connect will educate attendees on the new landscape for integrating tools and connecting people to enable a new level of software lifecycle and collaboration.â��

The Eclipse Foundation is a well-respected open source community that provides open source development tools used by millions of developers. Best known for the Eclipse Java IDE, the Eclipse community also produces key Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions: including Hudson for continuous integration, Mylyn for task management, EGit and JGit for distributed source code repositories and integration with Maven. Agile ALM Connect will be co-located with the annual EclipseCon conference.

The Call for Papers (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/agilealm/cfp) is now open for Agile ALM Connect. Industry leaders and technical experts are invited to submit speaking proposal for the conference. Especially desired are case studies and real world experience with Agile and ALM. The deadline for submissions is November 11, 2011. The program will be selected by a program committee that includes the following experts:

â�¢ Mik Kersten, Program Chair and CEO of Tasktop Technologies

â�¢ Luke Kanies, CEO of PuppetLabs

â�¢ Michael Huettermann, Author of Agile ALM

â�¢ Jason Van Zyl, CTO of Sonatype

â�¢ Dave West, Research Director at Forrester Research

Sponsorship opportunities are also available for Agile ALM Connect and EclipseCon. For more information please visit: (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/prospectu).

About the Eclipse Foundation

Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform.

The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at www.eclipse.org

News Release Contact Information:

Ian Skerrett

Eclipse Foundation

613-224-9461

ian.skerrett@eclipse.org

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).

NEW ‘THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING’ ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:19:22 +0000

NEW 'THOUGHTWORKS LEARNING' ROADSHOWS, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE HELP ACCELERATE AGILE ADOPTION AND SUCCESS

Software and IT organizations can tap a range of training and experienced-based knowledge from ThoughtWorks' leaders in enterprise Agile application development

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 - ThoughtWorks Studios (www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learning^TM, a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios. As part of the offering, it also announced its first schedule of publicly available ThoughtWorks Learning Live!^TM workshops that will be held during the month of May in the Dallas metro area, with additional workshops to be delivered in London, Paris, Manchester, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, San Francisco and other selected cities slated throughout the year (to learn more please visit (http://bit.ly/twlearning1)).

"ThoughtWorks Learning combines all of the in-person training and content-based knowledge that ThoughtWorks has developed during the past decade to help organizations adopt and sustain success using Agile-based methodologies," said Adam Monago, vice president, client services at ThoughtWorks Studios. "I am very excited to offer our high-impact Agile Workshops via public registration and to have our first schedule of open enrollment roadshows scheduled in Dallas in May."

Software developers, managers, analysts, testers and executives now have a single resource to obtain a range of useful information and educational offerings that have been "road-tested" and tuned to help software organizations become more efficient and productive when adopting and scaling Agile-based development methods.

The offering includes:

ThoughtWorks Learning Live!: Private and Public workshops - these workshops are recognized as the most useful, practical and original training sessions in the industry. Taught by ThoughtWorks' experts, ThoughtWorks Learning Live! is available through both private, on-site delivery or through public registration courses in select major cities throughout the year. All courses help development teams work more effectively by addressing the current stage of an organization's transition and the state of each area of a team's practice. Each course is highly interactive and infused with real-world experience using Agile in varying domains, roles and levels of expertise. The courses, ranging from introductory to advanced-level topics, are designed for software delivery teams, programmers, testers, engineers, project managers and business executives.
ThoughtWorks Learning Resources: ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios continue to develop useful content for all levels of expertise and areas of interest in software development. Now, together with existing discussions and content from the ThoughtWorks Community site, a single-source of white papers, books, best practices such as games (Planning Poker and Facilitation Patterns) and educational resources such as graphic posters are available to help organizations of all sizes and types achieve Agile success. To review and download free expert content please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1)

As stated, a month-long series of ThoughtWorks Learning Live workshops will be conducted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area throughout May. The workshops include: Agile Fundamentals, Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Development Practices, Amazon Web Services, Agile Business Analytics, Automated Functional Testing and Continuous Delivery. To review the course calendar and abstracts, meet the instructors and register please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Learning
ThoughtWorks Learning focuses on sharing the fundamentals needed to overcome challenges, evolve and succeed with Agile development methodologies. It provides information and training related to software design, engineering, testing and release management that is based on real-world experience. The offerings help organizations extend the benefits of Agile beyond small teams, avoid common pitfalls, breakthrough "improvement plateaus" and continuously improve and modify methods that will best meet its needs. For more information please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM products and training. A division of ThoughtWorks, Inc.®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile development in the enterprise. Its products, Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (Agile test automation) and Go^TM (Agile release management), help organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company's Agile Workshops provide in-depth training that covers all facets of Agile ALM best practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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