Case Study: Citrix Adopts DevOps Principles to Gain Efficiency and Speed Software Releases
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Citrix implemented CA Release Automation to enhance its adoption of DevOps and continuous delivery principles, achieving an 80% reduction in application deployment times. The initiative aimed to address significant pain points in manual and scripted processes, while transforming the company culture to support DevOps practices. The outcomes included faster automated releases and substantial cost savings alongside improved compliance and reputation.
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DevTestOps: Working More Effectively
“[Regarding Production Changes]…you get pushback and you wonder
‘why is this such a big deal?’ Being on the other side, you do understand
what’s going on. It was a big eye-opening event for me.”
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Case Study: Citrix Adopts DevOps Principles to Gain Efficiency and Speed Software Releases
- 1. Case Study: Citrix Adopts DevOps Principles to Gain Efficiency and Speed Software Releases Eugene Lehenbauer DevOps: Continuous Delivery Citrix Group Manager, IT DO4T19S #CAWorld
- 2. 2 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Abstract Excited by the promise of DevOps and Continuous Delivery principles, Citrix turned to CA Release Automation to get them started. Learn how Citrix was able to speed application deployment times by 80% and address key pain points with their manual and scripted processes, while working to shift their culture to better embrace DevOps principles. Eugene Lehenbauer Citrix Group Manager, IT
- 3. 3 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Agenda INTRODUCTION CHANGING DIRECTION MYCITRIX® RELEASE AUTOMATION LESSONS LEARNED & KEY POINTS Q & A 1 2 3 4 5
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- 6. 6 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Hiking Checklist SELECT HIKING SPEED: Yours Mine (much faster)
- 7. 7 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Pain Points Fragmented DevOps Adoption Unmeasured Current States Exec Sponsorship for “Concepts”
- 8. 8 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD DevTestOps: Working More Effectively “[Regarding Production Changes]…you get pushback and you wonder ‘why is this such a big deal?’ Being on the other side, you do understand what’s going on. It was a big eye-opening event for me.” CA DevOps Simulation Training
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- 10. 10 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD POC Criteria Enterprise-level Platform Process FlowsCode Flows
- 11. 11 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Licensing Maintenance Support Customers Partners MyCitrix my
- 12. 12 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD MyCitrix Automated Delivery 80% Faster Manual Deployment 97 minutes Proof of Concept 18 minutes Dev Redesign
- 13. 13 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD MyCitrix – Redesigned Original Monolithic Deployment Refactored Architecture my New Architecture1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Decoupled into ‘products’ my
- 14. 14 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD MyCitrix Automated Delivery Manual Deployment 97 minutes Proof of Concept 18 minutes Automated Releases 6 minutes Dev Redesign 25 minutes Up Next: Automated Testing and Promotion 91 Minutes Saved = 94% Faster
- 15. 15 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD MyCitrix – Cost/Benefit Savings for ‘Production’ Deliveries Benefit Risk ROI (3 years) $42K Time & Error Avoidance Other Benefits +Guaranteed SOX Compliance +Solid Reputation +Audit Trail +Self Actualization
- 16. 16 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD What’s Next? CA Service Virtualization CA Release Automation
- 17. 17 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD DevOps Projects: Lessons Learned Mock Deployment Early Involvement Tech Retrospective
- 18. 18 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD • Boost with DevOps Simulation Training • Catalyze with Tools • “Do” Release Automation • Optimize Projects & Learn Forward Summary Key Points
- 19. 19 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Hiking Checklist SELECT HIKING SPEED: Yours Mine (much faster)
- 20. 20 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Recommended Sessions SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME DO4T33T Tech Talk: Evolve from Continuous Integration to Continuous Delivery 11/19/2015 at 12:15 pm DO4T35T Tech Talk: Integrate Infrastructure Configuration Management with Release Automation for the Best of Both Worlds 11/19/2015 at 2:00 pm DO4X210L Hands-On Lab: Build Integrations You Need with CA Release Automation Rapid Dev Kit (RDK) and SW Dev Kit (SDK) 11/19/2015 at 3:00 pm
- 21. 21 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Must See Demos CA Release Automation CA Release Automation Theater 4 Cloud & SaaS Deployments CA Release Automation Theater 4 CA RA Rapid Dev. Kit, SDK CA Release Automation Theater 4 Integrations CA Release Automation Theater 4
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- 23. 23 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Eugene "Bear" Lehenbauer (Group Manager Information Technology) drives IT Delivery Optimization at Citrix. In addition to fostering adoption of DevOps principles and solutions, he directs IT SWAT Team efforts for critical situation resolution. His background in software test engineering and IT operations management brings relevant perspective and insights to help bring architecture/dev, test, and operations efforts into alignment. Eugene.Lehenbauer@citrix.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/eugene-lehenbauer/22/450/523
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