“You can establish a fully automated and continuous Build, Release, and Deployment infrastructure for all of your software development activities in a fraction of the time and cost it takes for you to search, interview, hire, train, and retain a full-time on-site Build & Release Engineer”
It’s about creating values for you and your company. I obsess about Build and Release, that’s because I’m really good at it. No software development should be without a battle hardened Build and Release infrastructure. Nobody likes surprises when it comes to their software releases. Whether a release is big or small, it should be traceable and reproducible in every step of the development cycle. You need to be “quick to market” and be able to scale when market demand grows. The best way to prepare your company for such events will be to establish a Build and Release infrastructure. This is where I can help..
From my extensive experience in the field, I noticed many organizations ranging from start-ups to fortune 500 companies often have deficiencies in areas of Software Build and Release Management. These deficiencies are a direct result of the lack of talented resources in this particular field.
Many companies tend to rotate Software Engineers for Software Configuration Management related duties because of the lack of funding to recruit a full-time Build/Release Engineer. This can result in wasteful development cycles for the Software Engineers involved. However, the issue further magnifies in smaller organizations when there just aren’t enough tasks to warrant the hiring of a full-time Build or Release Engineer.
There are also instances where companies do have the resources for a full-time Build/Release Engineer but have an extremely hard time recruiting one. At times, the recruitment process can take up to 6+ months to a year to place a qualified candidate. During this time frame, the quality of the builds and releases suffer due to the lack of established formal processes and infrastructure to enforce these processes.
I offer full Software Build, Release, and Configuration Management consulting services and solutions. Consulting services and solutions include but are not limited to:
Software Build Management Services & Solutions
- Specializing in cost effective Open Source technologies
- Implement continuous integration builds
- Fully adapts to agile methodologies
- Fully automate software builds
- Fully automate distribution
- Fully automate build results publishing and notification
- Integrate automated unit testing into software builds
- Complete and robust automated build solutions
Software Release Management Services
- Assess current process and (if needed) improves it
- Establish a new release process fulfilling all the requirements of your organization
- Develop checks and balances to existing processes to ensure accurate software artifact deliveries
- Implement MD5, SHA check sums to ensure bit integrity and traceability
- Implement access control infrastructure on released artifact distribution to ensure highest level of security
SCM Solutions: Framework and Infrastructure Development
- Assess current infrastructure and recommend improvements (if needed) for optimal performance gain
- Develop an entire automated build and release framework from the foundation leveraging available Open Source tools
- Ensure framework to be fully portable and scalable
- Establish a robust SCM infrastructure to support the organization’s development ambition
- Expertise with in-house as well as cloud based solutions
Technologies We Work With
- Build Tools: ANT, .Net Ant (NAnt), Gradle
- Continuous Integration Tools: Hudson, Jenkins, CruiseControl, CruiseControl.NET
- Hosted Solutions: JIRA Studios (Bamboo CI, Confluence Wiki, JIRA Bug Database)
- Issue Databases: Bugzilla, JIRA, DevTracker, VersionOne, Trac
- Source Control Tools: CVS, Subversion, Perforce, MS Team Foundation, VSS
- Scripting: PERL, Shell Scripts
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
- System Configuration Management: Puppet
- Web Technologies: PHP, Java
- Cloud Computing and Virtualization: Amazon AWS, Rackspace, VMWare ESX, VirtualBox
- Misc: WebLogic, Tomcat
Why AllSCM as your Build, Release, and SCM Consultant?
- 13 years of experience in the field of Software Build and Release and counting
- Practical and hands-on implementation of countless SCM frameworks and infrastructures
- Quickest way to get your build and release infrastructures established/stablized
- Most cost effective way for smaller groups/organizations to establish a formal SCM infrastructure using stable and actively maintained Open Source tools.
- Security conscious to safeguard source codes with the industry’s best practices
- Agile process driven to promote efficient software builds and releases
Need more information?
Download my whitepaper which delves into details on how you can benefit from hiring a consultant for your software build and release needs.
This whitepaper covers the scenarios in which a start-up to medium/large sized organization can benefit from my SCM consulting services in terms of fast-tracking the hiring process, time to engagement, and infrastructure implementation.
What Are You Waiting For?
Contact Me as soon as you can for a free, no obligation, phone consultation of how my services can benefit your company. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you to unleash your organization’s build and release potentials.