Serena Software To Present On Future Of Application Development and IT At DevOps Summit 2012

June 7, 2012 - PRLog -- ST. ALBANS, UK – 6th June 2012 – Serena Software, the leader in Orchestrated IT solutions, today announced that it is sponsoring and presenting at DevOps Summit 2012, the first conference in the UK dedicated to the growing DevOps movement. Organised by UNICOM, the event will cover the latest developments in agile development and lean IT strategies, as well as how organisations can encourage better collaboration across their delivery of IT services back to the business.

Kevin Lee, Senior Solutions Architect at Serena Software will be presenting at the event as part of a panel on automation, collaboration and release management. Topics to be discussed during this session will include:

•   Achieving continuous delivery with Integrated Release and Service management
•   Simplifying complexity with Business Architecture
•   Adopting Agile practices in development

Also speaking at the event is Robert Cowham, Chair of the BCS Configuration Management Specialist Group, alongside representatives from Atlassian, Cognitive Edge and Iasa UK.

Unlike traditional software conferences, DevOps Summit provides greater opportunity for interaction and responses from the audience. Keynotes and panel sessions have been designed so that all attendees can walk away from each session with a comprehensive understanding and their questions answered. The event will be held on 20th June 2012 at Kingsway Hall, 66 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 5BX. For more information, tickets for the event or to download the event guide, visit the DevOps Summit page here.

Supporting Quotes
David Hurwitz, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing at Serena Software: “DevOps is continuing to grow in importance for application development professionals and IT operations managers. By improving understanding and collaboration across these two groups, DevOps aims to help IT meet business requirements faster and more effectively. Serena sees DevOps taking on a wider, more strategic role within business IT as agile development and lean IT programmes continue to expand.”

Alec McCutcheon, Director, UNICOM: “To survive the current economic situation, organisations have to increase the pace at which they release and update their applications, and do this in a cost effective way that is acceptable to the stakeholders. The right DevOps strategy will help them achieve this through supporting effective teams, efficient IT configuration and the delivery of reliable software. We are proud to present DevOps Summit, bringing together practitioners and developers to share their experiences and demonstrate how a cohesive result-oriented approach can be achieved through collaboration across development and operations.”  

Helpful Links

•   Serena Software - http://www.serena.com
•   Serena Blog - http://www.serena.com/blog
•   DevOps Summit - http://www.devopssummit.com

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About Serena Software
Serena Software provides Orchestrated IT solutions to the Global 2000. Serena’s mission is to help enterprises orchestrate their IT processes for tremendous competitive advantage.  Its 4,000 active enterprise customers, encompassing almost one million users worldwide, have made Serena the largest independent ALM vendor, and are now using Serena to orchestrate IT service management and other vital processes.  Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Serena serves enterprise customers from 29 offices in 14 countries. Serena is a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners, the leader in private investments in technology-enabled industries. For more information on Serena, visit http://www.serena.com.

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