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Patterns for Continuous Delivery

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to implementing Continuous Delivery. The number and composition of the teams will greatly affect what options are available and what trade-offs need to be made. Staff editor Jonathan Allen reflects on some of the patterns he has observed over the last 15 years.

Jonathan Allen
on Sep 15, 2011
A Discussion With Neal Gafter on the Future of Java

Microsoft's Neal Gafter, who was primary designer and implementer of the Java SE 4 and 5 language enhancements and now works for Microsoft on .NET platform languages, discusses the impact of Oracle's acquisition of Sun on Java,makes the case for adding segmented stacks and a meta-object protocol to Java,, and offers some insights into how Java and C#/.NET compare.

Charles Humble
on Sep 14, 2011
Liz Keogh: 10 years of Agile - the Prophecy of Failure, and the Failure of Prophecy

Liz Keogh, recipient of the Gordon Pask award in 2010, discusses the predictions of Agile as a fad and how the movement has stood the test of time over the last ten years. She warns against complacency and of ignoring the manifesto value of "individuals and interactions over processes and tools" in our examination of Agile principles and practices - Agile itself must evolve to remain relevant.

Shane Hastie
on Sep 13, 2011
Controlling and Steering Open Source Projects

Open source software has become an important part of the software business. In this IEEE article, author Dirk Riehle discusses how the commercial software firms can control or steer open source software projects to meet their business needs. He talks about how these firms depend on open source and how they manage that dependency to meet their business goals.

Dirk Riehle
on Sep 12, 2011
Interview: François-Régis Sinot on Opa, a Web Development Platform

An interview with François-Régis Sinot, an architect working on Opa which is a web development platform including a language, a built-in web server, database and distributed execution engine.

Abel Avram
on Sep 07, 2011
Interview and Book Review: Continuous Delivery

Continuous delivery means that a software product is production-ready from day one of the project, even if all features not implemented, and the product can be released to users on demand. InfoQ spoke with Jez Humble and David Farley, authors of "Continuous Delivery" book on the continuous delivery concept and how it can be used to deliver the software product more efficiently.

Srini Penchikala
on Sep 06, 2011
SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer Discusses the Impact of the Cloud on Enterprise IT

This article is a transcript of an interview with SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer, recorded at the inaugural What's Next Conference in Paris in May. Colyer discusses the impact of mobile devices, HTML 5 and cloud-computing on enterprise IT generally, and SpringSource's Cloud Foundary product.

Charles Humble
on Sep 06, 2011
The Problem with Cloud-Computing Standardization

In this IEEE article, author Sixto Ortiz Jr. discusses the issues and challenges we are facing in cloud computing standardization. He also compares the cloud-computing standards proposed by organizations like Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), IEEE, Open Grid Forum, OASIS, and Storage Networking Industry Association.

Sixto Ortiz Jr
on Sep 02, 2011
Interview with Rob Linton, author of “Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application”

A new "Amazon Web Services : Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application" book by Rob Linton provides a deep insight into Amazon Web Services (AWS) covering a wide spectrum of topics from describing AWS components and their role in applications architecture to step-by-step instructions on setting and configuring each AWS component . InfoQ spoke with by Rob Linton about his book.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 01, 2011
Design For Hybrid Agile Adoption

Offshore Development is a critical success factor for many organizations as is adopting Agile methodologies. However, these two techniques have never worked well together. Overcoming this challenge, “Design for Hybrid Agile Adoption (DH2A)”, is a methodology defined to successfully execute Agile projects in a distributed and out-sourced environment. This article provides an overview of DH2A.

Upadrista Venkatesh
on Sep 01, 2011
DIY SOA: How to build your own Simple Service Repository

One of the prerequisites for successful SOA implementations is service repository–a place to store and track changes of the existing Services portfolio. In his article Ben Wilcock describes shortcomings of existing commercial and open source implementation and proposes a simple Service Registry implementation. He also outlines how such repository can be leveraged is SOA delivery process.

Ben Wilcock
on Aug 31, 2011
Naresh Jain: Dealing with Change in an Evolving Contextual World

Naresh Jain won the Gordan Pask award in 2007. He writes about the need to adapt our processes and build on top of agile practices, one size doesn't fit all and processes must evolve as we tackle more and more complex problems. He examines some of the key elements from the Lean Startup movement and shows how they are the logical next step for many agile implementations.

Naresh Jain
on Aug 24, 2011

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