XL release provides advanced enterprise release coordination, streamlines path to delivery through automation and collaboration

Boston, MA (USA), September 17, 2013 — XebiaLabs, the leading provider of delivery acceleration software, today announced XL release, an enterprise-class release coordination product. XL release enables teams to integrate release management and execution for the first time while providing a path to fully automated delivery pipelines, getting features and enhancements to your customers and end users faster.

XL release allows all team members to collaborate effectively and simply on application releases – to plan, execute and track both manual and automated tasks from code drop to end-user. Integration with XebiaLabs’ Application Release Automation software Deployit provides a complete solution to deliver higher quality software faster.

The current reality of software releases is that they consist of a mix of automated and manual tasks, all of which have to be scheduled, coordinated and carried out.

Automation and execution of tasks in a typical release cycle cannot be combined with tracking and coordination, since today’s planning tools do not provide automation capabilities. This results in time-consuming overhead to keep the release coordinator, the release team and all other stakeholders in sync.

Handling the communications divide between Development, QA and Operations introduces additional time lags, increases the risk of miscommunications and errors.

“Recognizing the pains in the marketplace, we created a product that not only addresses those pains but can substantially increase the level of automation and standardization of software releases,” said XebiaLabs CEO Coert Baart. “The end-result for our customers is high-quality software, delivered faster.”

Built for DevOps and release teams and managers and designed from the ground up around an integrated, team approach to application delivery, XL release is built around the following core functions:

* Flexible Release Plans – The most intuitive and flexible planner to describe all the manual and automated activities that need to be carried out in your releases. Define teams, assign tasks, create checkpoints and gates and identify dependencies in a few clicks.
* Single Source of Truth – All participants in a release, from Dev through to Ops, share a single, up-to-date view of all release activities, even with globally distributed teams.
* Ready for Reality – Re-plan and adapt to changing circumstances as necessary. Re-run release steps, rollback unfinished tasks and reassign activities while maintaining a full audit trail.
* Release Templates – Transition to more predictable and efficient release plans by defining release templates for applications and even entire application families. Implement Continuous Delivery by progressing to release pipelines for all your application releases.
* Built for the Enterprise – Designed from the ground up to meet the requirements of large organizations, with role-based access control, LDAP integration, calendar syncing and more.
Proactive Conflict Alerts – Dependency management and resource usage analytics help you identify potential sources of release delays and failures before they occur.
* Acceleration Platform – With full out-of-the-box support for automating release activities, standardized release pipelines and comprehensive release acceleration analytics, XL release provides you with a dedicated platform for releasing high-quality applications faster.

Availability:
XL release is now available. For more information call (866) 656-4408 | sales-us@xebialabs.com. Register for the Sept. 18 launch webinar: http://go.xebialabs.com/0913XLrelease_3Registration.html.

About XebiaLabs:
With customers such as 3M, John Deere, Duke Energy, Xerox and Société Générale, XebiaLabs is a leading provider of delivery automation software that helps organizations deliver business value faster and more efficiently. Deployit, the only fully-automated Application Release Automation solution, allows customers to carry out and scale application deployments across all middleware and cloud environments. XL release is the most advanced enterprise release coordination software, allowing IT organizations to plan, track and execute releases faster. Headquartered in the U.S., XebiaLabs has a world-wide network of sales offices and partners. http://www.xebialabs.com

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XebiaLabs Deployit frees up more Operations resources and further accelerates time to market.

Boston, MA (USA), April 29, 2013 — XebiaLabs, the leading provider of Enterprise Continuous Delivery Automation ( http://www.xebialabs.com ), today announced version 3.9 of its Application Release Automation solution Deployit. The new release adds out-of-the-box support for additional middleware stacks and automates the self-service creation of on-demand cloud environments with a single click, accelerating development and testing and freeing up Operations resources.

Deployit automates software deployment, enabling organizations to improve quality and reliably release features quickly, speeding up time-to-market.

XebiaLabs’ latest Deployit 3.9 product release features:
• NewSelf-Service Cloud Pack Available
• .NET Continuous Delivery
• Expert Mode Operations Control with Plan Analyzer
• Updated and Enhanced User Interface
• …and many more user and community-requested features

The new Deployit Cloud Packfor EC2, vSphere and other clouds, is an add-on that provides a self-service portal for Developers, Testers and QA teams to easily spin up and tear down the on-demand environments they need. Deployit 3.9 then automatically deploys your applicationsto new environments, accelerating development and testing. With Deployit Cloud Pack, IT Operations can eliminate labor intensive, manual provisioning tasks, free up resources and support development by providing complete environments for your delivery pipelines with a simple click.

Deployit 3.9 also adds native Microsoft Team Foundation Server integration and new additions to the Windows, IIS and BizTalk content packs. Now Deployit customers running Microsoft and hybrid environments can further accelerate time-to-market and consistently deliver high-quality features more rapidly by implementing fully automated Continuous Delivery pipelines.

For advanced users, an enhanced expert mode includes the new Plan Analyzer for expanded operational control and adds an additional level of technical insight for full, step-by-stepclarity in the application release process. Plan Analyzer provides instant visibility and full control over the deployment plan generation process and provides a “dry run” of the actual deployment commands for power users.

“The newest release of Deployit is the next major step in achieving our vision of creating the premier enterprise Continuous Delivery Platform on the market today,“ said XebiaLabs ( http://www.xebialabs.com ) CEO CoertBaart. “XebiaLabs is focused on helping customers solve today’s application release challenges and accelerate feature delivery time to market. With Deployit, our customers are realizing ROI within 3 months or less, accelerating delivery frequency from months to hours and deploying up to 8x faster.”

Sign up for the 3.9 launch webinar planned for May 8. XebiaLabs will also showcase Deployit at the IBM Impact event April 28-May 3 in Las Vegas at the Venetian Resort Hotel, Booth E5. We look forward to meeting you there! For more information please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/events/impact/mobile.html.

About XebiaLabs:
XebiaLabs is a leading provider of Continuous Delivery Automation focused on helping organizations deliver business value faster and more efficiently. XebiaLabs’ flagship product, Deployit is the only fully automated Application Release Automation solution, allowing customers including 3M, Air France-KLM, Duke Energy, Pitney Bowes, and SociétéGénéraleto carry out and scale application deployments across all middleware and cloud environments. Headquartered in the U.S., XebiaLabs has a world-wide network of sales offices and partners. For more information, please visit http://www.xebialabs.com

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XebiaLabs reports Continuous Delivery, Deployment Automation top IT executives 2013 agenda.

Boston, MA (USA), March 20, 2013 — XebiaLabs, the leading provider of Application Release Automation for the continuous delivery of enterprise software ( http://www.xebialabs.com ), today released the results of a survey conducted over a four-month period to assessApplication Release Automation trends among a key global group of DevOps professionals and C-level executives representing financial services, insurance, healthcare and technology companies with more than 1,000 employees.

The overarching results reveal organizations regard their current application release processes as deficient and are actively seeking to automate “the last mile” of their release process as they look to automate their enterprise application release management to a greater degree.

The survey also indicates organizations are actively looking to implement solutions that help them move away from expensive, error-prone “big bang”releases and towards a continuous delivery approach.

Key Application Release Automation Trends:
* 75% of respondents give their deployment process a failing grade.
* Deployments fail 10-30% of the time.
* 57% of respondents feel there is room for improvement in their release process.
* 48% say inconsistency across their environment and applications is their biggest challenge in the deployment process—followed by dependency on expert resources (40%)and processes that move too slowly (38%).
* 29% list increased efficiency as the top benefit of deployment automation followed by release acceleration (23%) and error elimination (19%).

Continuous vs. Manual Application Deployment and Delivery

Organizations are actively researching solutions that will eliminatemanual deployments, which require a greater effort in terms of scripting and troubleshootingthat also increases in direct proportion to deployment volume. In contrast, with continuous delivery the focus shifts to building a deployment pipeline first, allowing for any number of deployments in a given time period without significantly impacting cost. Ongoing investments are capitalized due to the regular release of new features.

“Our survey indicates a clear need for automation in the application release process,” said CoertBaart, XebiaLabs CEO. “We are also seeing a trend towards choosing “off-the-shelf” solutions rather than developing in-house. Given these market trends, many organizations are feeling some urgency and realizing there are real business benefits to automating their application deployment strategies.”

More than 130 DevOps executives from mid to large-sized companies responded to the survey between October 2012 and January 2013. XebiaLabs asked participants to share their current release management process and pain points as well as their key initiatives for 2013. The survey’s margin of error was plus or minus five percent.

To view the complete Application Release Automation Trends survey results, visit: Http://go.xebialabs.com/Survey2013.html

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