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The Next Decade of DevOps

DevOps as a phrase first appeared on October 30, 2009 when the first DevOps Days was held in Ghent, Belgium. For those of us who have been on this journey since before DevOps was a word, it’s hard to believe we just made a career out of something we thought…

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UrbanCode Velocity 1.2 Introduces Value Stream Visualization

On June 4, 2019, we proudly announced the release of UrbanCode Velocity version 1.2. This new version introduces the concept of value stream visualization, which helps product teams optimize software delivery flow. Kanban boards and CI/CD systems require teams to piece together data from various systems in order to get…

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Day 2 DevOps Sessions at the DevOps Enterprise Summit: London 2019

Believe it or not, DevOps is entering its second decade this year, and the industry is transforming. We faced our “Day 1” challenges of automation, so what’s next? When I go to a DevOps conference, I look for sessions that address how DevOps is expanding and evolving beyond what most…

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DevOps Enterprise Summit Dos and Don’ts

With nearly 1,000 attendees and 40+ speakers across three days, the DevOps Enterprise Summit can be an overwhelming event. How do you get the most out of this industry event? We’ve got you covered with our summit Dos and Don’ts. DO have a plan Save time at the show. Check…

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Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 – Maintenance Mode

Maintenance happens. It's a business necessity - upgrades, patches, security updates, you name it. With the release of UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3, the product team has added Maintenance Mode functionality to UrbanCode Deploy. This functionality provides a great way to let your end users know maintenance is coming. When…

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Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 – Not Environment Gates

Environment gates have always been a great way of ensuring that only quality code gets promoted to production-like environments. Whether you are applying them automatically after successfully running your test automation, or applying them manually as needed; Environment Gates play a key role in the resiliency of your environments and…

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Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 – Distributed Front End Server

One of the newest features we are very excited about for UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 is our Distributed Front End Server. We don’t have to tell you that resiliency within your DevOps automation framework is important. Having a framework that supports high availability and disaster recovery is critical to ensuring the…

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UrbanCode Expands TechConnect Venue at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London

Due to the popularity of our past TechConnect events, we have expanded our venue to allow more customers to join in this exciting one-day session. TechConnect is scheduled for Monday, June 24, 2019, in London; the day before the 2019 DevOps Enterprise Summit. TechConnect is a free event for UrbanCode…

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Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 – Agent Logs Available in the UI

Agents add a ton of value to UrbanCode Deploy. They make sure the communication from our deployment server to our deployment target servers is secure and encrypted. Agents also pair with relays to make sure that we can intelligently transfer files across the globe for international deployments, and make firewall…

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Steps to Install UCD 7.0.2 agent on z/OS and UCD server on Windows

This blog is to intended to provide you a sample installation steps for UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) on z/OS. This blog is mainly contributed by Regi Barosa in IBM. Thanks to him for the effort. Here are the steps I did to install UCD Server on my Windows and the z/OS…

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DevOps expert, Chris Nowak, joins the UrbanCode team

We’re thrilled to announce that DevOps expert, Chris Nowak, has joined the UrbanCode team as our Client Transformation Strategist. Chris brings with him an impressive 23 years of experience in change management, SLDC, and DevOps, including being awarded a US Patent in DevOps Methodology (USP #8875091). Chris was head of…

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Blog Series: Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3 – Agent Pools

Hey UrbanCoders! Thanks for checking back for our second update as we march toward the UCD 7.0.3 release! This week, we’re talking about a small but powerful enhancement to agent pools. UrbanCode Deploy has long given users the ability to leverage agent pools. Instead of managing each agent individually, you…

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How Often Should I Upgrade my IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) Server?

The answer to this question is perhaps a little subjective, but personally speaking, I’d recommend upgrading your server at least once a year. In the recent past there have been between 4 and 9 releases per year, so very roughly 2 per quarter. Some of these releases will just be…

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Blog Series: Introducing UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.3

Our goal has always been to modernize the way enterprises do DevOps, and 2019 is no exception. This year has been full of fun and innovation in the UrbanCode labs as we strive to bring you even more cool features and functionality. The “No Limits” release of UrbanCode Deploy 7.0…

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Boost performance with agent relay caching

At the enterprise scale, performance is a limiting factor. UrbanCode Deploy is designed for the enterprise, of course, and provides features that help you grow while remaining performant. One feature that you can use to scale your installation is the agent relay. Relays manage agents outside the firewall. This feature…

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How Many Instances of UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) Should I Have?

Well this is an interesting question, but the short answer is 1!! Now there are some reasons to have multiple instances, but this is generally considered to be a major anti-pattern as UCD is designed to deploy through the whole environment stack from development right through to production. In some…

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Reminder: UrbanCode to Host TechConnect at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London

Following the overwhelming success of our first two UrbanCode TechConnect events, we’re excited to hold the next event in this growing series. TechConnect is scheduled for Monday, June 24, 2019, in London, the day before the 2019 DevOps Enterprise Summit. TechConnect is a free event for UrbanCode users who want…

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UrbanCode Velocity releases three versions in March

UrbanCode Velocity maintained its aggressive release schedule with three March releases. By the way, we use our own production UrbanCode Velocity instance to manage our continuous delivery cadence. Along with the usual bug fixes and new integrations, versions 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 1.1.5 provide many enhancements to the installer. The installer…