ReleaseTEAMJanuary 2011



In This Issue
January T-RUG
CM Crossroads
CRUG membership drive
IBM News
ReleaseTEAM is hiring!
Partner News- ABS
Partner News- AccuRev
Partner News- Electric Cloud


Quick Links


January T-RUG Meeting

Toronto RUG

ReleaseTEAM cordially invites you to join us for the next Toronto Rational Users' Group meeting. We will have food and drinks, raffle prizes and an exciting, informative presentation.

Our presenter for the January meeting will be Kartik Kanakasabesan
, Jazz Jumpstart Manager with IBM Rational. Kartik will deliver a discussion and demo of RTC for our group.

Please register for the meeting HERE.

Remember to bring a friend or colleague!
 

Please contact Beth Beese at bbeese@releaseteam.com
for more details.



CM Crossroads Feature Article

Behaviorally Speaking - Standards and Frameworks
 

December 14, 2010
 

By Bob Aiello  

Reprinted here with Permission
 
CM Crossroads

This week I was chatting with a colleague of mine who is an expert in Configuration Management - with many years of experience implementing build and release management frameworks. I was shocked when he mentioned that he had never really read any of the industry standards and frameworks and had simply learned CM from the trenches. I am a trench level guy myself, but I was further shocked when he asked me if I thought CM gurus should just go off and learn standards on their own.

This discussion made me rethink whether or not standards are really important. Read on if you would like to take a cold hard look at what industry standards bring to the table and whether or not they are worth your time to study and implement.
 


Click HERE to read the full article!






 CRUG-
Join us!

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If you have never been to one of our IBM Rational User Group meetings, you are missing a fun and informative rendezvous of like minded individuals!

Join us for inside info from our local IBM reps, tips and tricks for administration of IBM rational tools from our fellow members, and lively discussion around best practices for software development professionals.

Please register for our next meeting HERE.

Everyone is welcome- bring a friend or colleague!

Please contact Beth Beese at bbeese@releaseteam.com
for more details.

Happy New Year from ReleaseTEAM! We are excited about the prospect of a new year with new partners and new customers, and we hope to work with YOU in 2011. ReleaseTEAM provides premium level support, consulting and training for IBM Rational ALM tools, as well as other SCM applications in the marketplace today.

Take a look at our newly revamped website at

www.releaseteam.com

or call me for more details on our service offerings.


Thank you for your continued interest in ReleaseTEAM.
We hope you find this newsletter informative and useful. If you don't see what you are looking for, just ask!
 

Sincerely,

Beth Beese
Sales Manager
ReleaseTEAM
bbeese@releaseteam.com
303-242-8412



IBM News & TechNotes
IBM Business Partner

 

 
To see the latest IBM Rational TechNotes
CLICK HERE


 

Innovate 2011 is coming June 5-9 to Orlando, FL! Don't miss it this year!
 


Innovate 2011 recognizes, celebrates and enables the development and delivery of software -- not only as a key accelerator for growth, but also as the defining competitive differentiator for our generation.

More than ever, Innovate 2011 is built around your needs and interests and is filled with more education, technical solutions, and opportunities to network and interact with experts. The agenda features over 400 technical sessions in 17 tracks.

Click HERE for more details and registration!

 


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ReleaseTEAM is hiring!

 

We are currently recruiting SCM consultants, and we are excited about the opportunity to work with you!

 

ReleaseTEAM has many client assignments with
 

immediate start dates to fill,
 

are you available for a new contract assignment?

 

We do not want to contact you for potential opportunities if you are currently employed or otherwise engaged. To keep our records current we would like a quick status update from you.

 

Please send your current availability and an updated resume to jobs@releaseteam.com

 

We look forward to hearing from you soon! 






ABS

 

A Better Solution, Inc. has some exciting 
 

news on the horizon!  
 


 

ABS will deliver new releases of ClearTrigger and ClearReplica software in January 2011. There will be new product features and support for additional Operating Systems: SUSE Linux, Sun x86 and  CentOS

 

ABS will also announce 2 new products that engineers can use for Rational and non-Rational products   

 

ABS has added new Web-enabled training classes   

Click HERE to view the new courses! 


 

Register for the ABS newsletter to get these exciting updates directly in your inbox! Click HERE
 





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Successfully scaling Agile processes across the enterprise


In conjunction with AgileCycle- The Agile ALM Suite,
Accurev introduces our industry's first Agile Glossary!


Check out the Agile Glossary HERE:
 

http://www.accurev.com/software-development-glossary.html


1000's of companies trust their Scrum processes to AgileCycle tools. AgileCycle is Ideal for Agile, mixed or hybrid, and waterfall processes. AccuRev is a full-service partner for Agile ALM software, consulting and training solutions. Optimize and automate your software development processes with AccuRev and ReleaseTEAM!






Electric Cloud

Cloud computing is happening in a big way. Attend our webinar to learn more....


 

No wonder that cloud computing is hot: infrastructure-as-a-service, resource elasticity, and user self-service promises huge returns. Software development and test's need for scalable, flexible, compute-intensive IT infrastructure makes it a great customer for the benefits of cloud computing. Whether it is vast clusters for testing, dozens of machines to run ALM tools, or the incessant requests for "just one more box," development teams are always asking for something and it is always changing.  Because of these unique needs as well as security concerns, many enterprises are turning first to building a private cloud -- run by IT, used by development -- within their own firewall.


 

Attendees of this webinar will learn:

-A blueprint for creating a private development cloud

-How workflow automation and resource management allow development teams to effectively use a private cloud infrastructure

-How build-test-deploy tasks can be run in a shared environment

-January 26th, 11am PST
 

Click HERE to register!


Thank you for your interest in ReleaseTEAM, we look forward to hearing from you soon!
 
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