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1、Agileandthecloud:whyautomatingapplicationdeploymentmattersBusinesswhitepaperExecutivesummaryAgiledevelopmentmethodologiesandthecloudcomputingmodelhaveincreasedthepaceofdeploymentfornewapplicationsandchangerequestsalike.Thispaper,targetedatapplicationownersandtheircounterpartsontheIToperationsteam,
2、exploreshoworganizationscankeeppacewithdemandbystandardizingandautomatingthedeploymentprocessandapproachingitinthecontextoftheapplicationlifecycle.ApplicationsarethebusinessIt’softendifficulttodistinguishbetweenabusinessandtheapplicationsitruns.Fromback-officefunctions,suchasinventorymanagementand
3、humanresources,tocustomer-facingfunctions,suchasretailsalesorcustomercare,companiesdependontheirapplicationstodowhattheydo.Thefactis,formanycompaniesapplicationsarethebusiness.Butnobusinesssucceedsbystandingstill.Thismeansthatasrequirementsevolveandnewtechnologiesemerge,businessesfaceanaccelerated
4、paceofchangefortheapplicationstheymanage.ThishasledmanyITorganizationstoadoptagiledevelopmentmethodologiesthatemphasizerapid,iterativedevelopment,andfrequentreleasecycles.Usingsuchmethodologies,companiesareabletomakehundredsoreventhousandsofapplicationchangeseverymonth.Gartner,infact,estimates“req
5、uestsforchange(RFCs)formidsizeenterprisescanvaryfrom300to1,000permonth,whileforlargerglobalenterprises,RFCscanbeinthe2,000to70,000range.”1ThedeploymentpitfallFasterdevelopmentisgood—butwhataboutdeployment?Asthespeedofdevelopmentcyclesaccelerates,ITfacesincreasedpressuretodeploymoreapplications,upg
6、rades,andchangesinlesstime.Cloudcomputingonlyexacerbatestheproblembecausechangesmadetoonenodecanbeinstantlyclonedtomultiplevirtualmachines.Whilethismakeschangefasterandeasier,italsoincreasesthelikelihoodofthekindoferrorsthatleadtocompliancerisk,poorapplicationperformance,orevenoutages.1Gartner,Bes
7、tPractice:ExecutingReleaseManagementwithChangeandConfigurationManagement,May2010.TableofcontentsExecutivesummary...................................................1Applicationsarethebusiness......................
