Many organizations rely on bespoke scripting solutions that require manual intervention for each and every new implementation or change. RapidDeploy will address these issues and we can also provide individual consultancy for addressing other automation requirements.
Delivering JavaEE based web applications to enterprise architectures that consist of multiple middleware components such as WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and WebSphere MQ, can be inefficient both in terms of time and quality with manual processes being heavily relied upon and prone to errors. This does not suit a market that expects ever more complex IT solutions to be delivered faster, better and cheaper than ever before.
RapidDeploy enables ‘one-click’ build and deployment for all IBM WebSphere hosted JavaEE applications, enabling anyone to perform repeat build and deployments without the need for WebSpehere administrator intervention Complex environments require high levels of configuration which, if not consistently applied, can lead to defects being introduced at any stage of a project lifecycle, resulting in increased timescales and cost to projects.
A significant number of JavaEE applications are deployed manually which is time consuming and requires instructions to be created and followed manually not only for deployment, but also for rollback. Mission critical applications can be offline for long periods of time if they have been manually deployed.
Where build and deployments are currently automated, the automation scripts are often bespoke for each application and require significant amounts of effort to develop and are not easily re-useable.
Due to the length of time it takes to deploy applications, development teams ‘batch’ work which can result in inefficient resource utilization, particularly for test teams, and less agile developments.
Many of the issues highlighted above can be addressed by taking time to carefully design and implement an efficient, repeatable method for automating the build and deployment of web applications to enterprise architectures.
There are many ways and many tools and techniques that can help automate JavaEE application build and deployments, but there are few products or methods that provide a full end to end solution, MidVision’s RapidDeploy solution and associated methodology provides a complete approach for fully automating build and deployment of enterprise web applications and can even be used in association with existing enterprise toolsets to enhance the functionality of existing build processes.
