Many organizations have dramatically accelerated application development through agile methods and other dynamic approaches. But despite the progress made, certain aspects of development, testing, deployment, and maintenance typically remain stuck in the dark ages.

In the two-part, End-to-End Agility webinar series sponsored by rPath, key innovators and practitioners in application delivery will offer a close look at how agility can be extended across the complete application lifecycle, with a specific emphasis on agility in downstream phases. Part 1 of this webinar series, detailed below, will explore how agility can be effectively applied to iterative development and testing. Part 2 will explore how agility can be extended to deployment, maintenance, and other production phases.

Part 1: Extending Agility to Dev and Testing via Virtualization and Cloud

Produced in conjunction with Skytap, the leading provider of cloud-based virtual labs, Part 1 will focus on practices and techniques for extending agility to dev and test phases via virtualization and cloud computing. The test phase is often identified as one of the key process pinch points standing between application innovation and application value. The ongoing feedback loop between development and test in Agile methods and other iterative approaches can generate extraordinary demands on testing infrastructure. Traditional methods for provisioning infrastructure and installing, configuring, and tuning applications for test are simply too slow and cumbersome for this approach. This webinar will provide context and practical advice on how to leverage virtualization and cloud computing to improve flexibility, velocity, cost-effectiveness, and agility in the iterative dev/test cycle.

What:			“Extending Agility to Dev and Testing via Virtualization and Cloud,” Part 1 of the End-to-End Agility webinar series
Who:			Israel Gat, senior consultant, Cutter Consortium; Steve Brodie, chief product and marketing officer, Skytap; and Brett Adam, VP of engineering, rPath
When:			Thursday, March 5, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time (11:00 a.m. Pacific time)
How:			Register for this free event at http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=135533&s=1&k=6F7459EB15CE3A081F7E5895392E23B6&partnerref=rpath1

Development and test managers, IT operations managers, CIO and LOB executives, and others seeking to take time and cost out of application delivery will learn how to:

• Make seamless transitions between dev and test phases via the combined effect of Agile methods and virtualization
• Leverage the cloud to instantly provision collaborative testing environments
• Automate application delivery to virtualized and cloud environments
• “Close the gaps” between dev, test, and ops for fast-cycle application delivery
• Take simple steps to get started today with minimal cost and effort

In addition, all attendees will receive a complimentary copy of “To Release No More or to ‘Release’ Always,” a Cutter Consortium report written by Israel Gat in which he explains why he considers the whole release concept a myth and identifies a “secret sauce” ingredient that further accelerates development and deployment.

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