why you should move dev and test to the cloud

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Why You Should MoveDev and Test to the Cloud

October 15, 2009

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Our Speakers Today

Presenting:

• Bernard Golden, CEO of HyperStratus

• Edward M. Goldberg, Evangelist, RightScale

• Betsy Zikakis, VP of Marketing, RightScale

Q&A:

• Daniel Howard, Sr. Account Manager, RightScale


Agenda

• Welcome• Development and Test in the Cloud• Why a Cloud Management Platform • Demo• Q&A

Please use the questions window to ask questions anytime!


Development and Test with RightScale


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What is Cloud Computing?What is Cloud Computing?


Development Dimension Operations

• Agile Working Process • Deliberate

• Low Budget • High

• Spiky Use Profile • Constant

• Dynamic Topology • Stable

• Difficult Load/Scalability • Unnecessary

Development and Operations


• Contention for equipment between Development and QAContention for equipment between Development and QA

• Extended QA cycles due to environment install and Extended QA cycles due to environment install and configurationconfiguration

• QA unable to recreate dev environmentQA unable to recreate dev environment

• Difficult to test scalability and loadDifficult to test scalability and load

• Waste of money, time, and human capitalWaste of money, time, and human capital

Development to QA Handoff Issues


How Cloud Computing Helps Development

Issue Cloud Characteristic

Agile development On-demand resources

Spiky usage No long-term commitment

Low budgets Pay by-the-drink

Changeable topology On-demand resources

Load/Scalabililty On-demand resources


Issue Cloud Characteristic

Equipment contention On-demand resources

Extended installation and configuration Cloning cloud virtual servers

Recreating development environment Cloning cloud virtual servers

Load/Scalabililty On-demand resources

Time, money, human capital On-demand resources, pay by the drink

How Cloud Computing Helps QA


Dev/Test Cloud Computing Challenges• Integration with existing development tools and processesIntegration with existing development tools and processes

• Version control and proliferation of VMsVersion control and proliferation of VMs

• Making scrubbed data sets availableMaking scrubbed data sets available

• Integration with systems inside data centerIntegration with systems inside data centerForcing function for SOA interfacesForcing function for SOA interfaces

• Moving from QA to productionMoving from QA to productionCloud to cloudCloud to cloudCloud to internal data centerCloud to internal data center

• Cloud SDLC managementCloud SDLC managementDuplicating production environmentDuplicating production environmentUpdating production versions with new releasesUpdating production versions with new releases


RightScale Real Customers, Real Deployments, Real Benefits

• Managed Cloud Deployments for over 2 Years

• More than 20,000 users; launched over 600,000 servers

• On-Demand with a range of Customer Service offerings


Complete Management Environment Automation with Control and Portability


RightScale Test and Development Solution

• Integrate with your development tools• Pre-defined and Tested Stacks• Best Practice System Level Designs• Configuration Management Built into the

Templates

• Life Cycle Support • ServerTemplates, Deployments, and Macros • Version Control • Tracking & Auditing• Cost Control Deploy

to Production

Update Code

Support Fail-over

Build Dev Environment

Stage for Integration


Dev and Test Using RightScale

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Let’s get Started - Demo


RightScale Test and Development Advantages

• Repeatability of stage and production environments

• Model datacenter components

• Utilize your existing source code repositories

• Monitor running servers

• Stage new deployments, terminate old

Deploy to

Production

Update Code

Support Fail-over

Build Dev Environment

Stage for Integration


Cloud Dev/Test Jumpstart Program

A one-day audit and action plan to get a dev/test organization up and running in the cloud

The Jumpstart offers:• How cloud computing can increase development productivity• Financial opportunity by leveraging cloud computing in dev/test• Integrating cloud computing with the existing development

environment and processes• Walkthrough of RightScale best practices• Free 30-day VIP RightScale trial• Use your organization's own environment to evaluate financial

and productivity opportunity

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why you should move dev and test to the cloud

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