What is is Software Deployment?

The process of managing and automating the packaging, testing, distribution and installation of software files and/or applications to systems across an enterprise network. Why is SD important?

An effective SD process protects your organization from the risks associated with planned software changes by automating the process to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of software deployments. A comprehensive SD solution provides:

Reliability Reproducibility Referential Integrity Security

Reliability

Allows for greater control of the distribution process Provides confidence that all files selected for the release will be distributed

Reproducibility

Ensures that a release can be reproduced Provides rollback functionality to re-install the previous release

Referential Integrity

Tracks and archives the contents of each release distributed Maintains an audit trail of release distributions for each machine

Security

Ensures that only authorized personnel have access to release files Ensures only authorized releases are distributed Maintains releases in a secure catalogue Distributes releases in a secure manner

Indications that you need SD

Frequent release distributions Inconsistent distribution results Distribution errors Inability to rollback a release on a target system

What does an effective SD solution address?

Release Packaging Release Management Release Testing Release Distribution and Installation Audit Trail Completion

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