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Jenkins core architect, Kohsuke Kawaguchi asserts, "Continuous Integration is synonymous with automation."

However, CI for mobile poses a challenge because to accurately test a mobile application, requires installing and running it on real mobile devices, a typically manual process.

Built with Kohsuke's guidance and enhancements, SOASTA's new Jenkins plugin eliminates all manual tasks around mobile CI testing, using actual mobile devices. In this webinar, CloudBees' Mark Prichard and SOASTA's Mike Ostenberg will demonstrate setting up 100% hands-free mobile CI - live from SOASTA's mobile testing lab (see image, above).

• Build automated tests with TouchTest that capture and replay complex gestures and mobile actions
• Set up the automated build process using CloudBees DEV@cloud (Jenkins as a Service) to make apps testable as part of the build
• Wake up remote mobile devices
• Automatically push out testable apps to real device labs located anywhere
• Execute realistic automated test cases on a variety of devices in the lab
• Reboot devices to assure valid results on subsequent runs
• Review and analyze results anywhere directly in Jenkins in the cloud

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In this webinar, Mark Prichard, PaaS evangelist at CloudBees, will do a deep-dive into two core extensibility concepts at the heart of the CloudBees Platform: ClickStarts™ and ClickStacks™. Using real examples that you can also try, Mark will show how to build, deploy and extend custom application stacks and runtime containers on the CloudBees platform.

Find out how to run high-powered web application frameworks like Play 2, Scala and node.js in the cloud or deploy any JVM-based runtime. With ClickStarts, you can be up and running with these technologies in minutes - no installation hassles or setup headaches, and you control exactly which versions of the runtime container you need for your specific application.

Learn how to:

• Build your own complete application stacks, in just a couple of clicks
• Deploy customized runtimes that plug into CloudBees PaaS services - and you control the container code
• Integrate these custom runtimes with CloudBees Jenkins services for a complete cloud application lifecycle
• Provide custom runtimes and application stacks not only for development, but also for training and skills development with no infrastructure costs or resource issues

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In the unforgiving mobile marketplace, errors can impact the quality of your application and will quickly result in bad ratings and lost opportunity. Device independence simply means more devices to test...but how do you manage that, if you don't want the cost and complexity of running your own private device farm?

And, of course, no amount of emulator testing will ever provide the vital feedback and extensive testing that comes from real users in the field beta-testing your apps on real devices, in real locations, over real networks. How can you manage beta test distributions within an automated continuous integration environment?

The emergence of Platform as a Service (PaaS) – providing application development and runtime services on-demand, in the cloud – is delivering an unexpected benefit for mobile development. PaaS brings scale and control to the challenge of automated testing and continuous delivery for mobile applications.

Join CloudBees and Zubhium to learn how to:

• Configure fully-automated iOS/Android builds using on-demand cloud resources
• Run concurrent, multi-device matrixed builds to test different form factors, platform versions and device locales 
• Run integration tests against live mobile backend applications and databases using PaaS
• Manage beta test distribution to users worldwide, gather direct feedback and real-time crash reporting 

You can sign up for a development account on CloudBees and Zubhium for free (no credit card required) and try out a variety of online examples - and even have the apps pushed to your phone!

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With over 600 plugins, Jenkins CI is the most popular continuous integration development platform. As administrators push Jenkins installations to serve larger and larger audiences of developers, managers, testers and other users, even the built-in "Project-based Matrix Authorization Strategy" can become limiting and a burden to maintain.

In this webinar, Jesse Glick, elite developer and architect at CloudBees, will explain how you can expand the flexibility and power of Jenkins with the Role-based Access Control (RBAC) plugin. RBAC is part of Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees.

Come to this session and learn:

• How to define roles that encapsulate different permissions
• Define groups of users, optionally based on information from LDAP or other security realms
• Assign roles to groups so that basic access control becomes simple

You will also see how the Folders plugin works hand-in-hand with RBAC to create different, secured areas within a single Jenkins master. Role filtering allows permissions to be subtracted as well as added, crucial for hiding sensitive projects inside an otherwise openly browsable system. Administrators can even delegate project-specific security setup to autonomous team leaders. Finally, access to jobs run from secured folders can also be restricted to specific slaves.

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Join Mark Prichard, senior director of product management, CloudBees, and Andrew Phillips, VP product management, XebiaLabs, as they build a continuous delivery pipeline from scratch in simple, easy-to-follow steps.

Using Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, the open source enterprise-grade Continuous Integration platform, and Deployit, the market-leading application release automation solution, they will demonstrate how to: 

• Use templates for enterprise-wide, standard CI builds
• Allow only “good code” with Validated Merge
• Automate packaging of application artifacts and configuration settings
• Automate deployment to enterprise middleware
• Promote applications through the delivery pipeline
• Integrate with release management

You will leave the session with a step-by-step plan for ensuring code and build quality and setting up your enterprise continuous delivery pipelines without scripting.

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October 23, 2012 1:00pm EST

The cloud is the next disruptive enterprise technology and it is changing the way businesses approach IT. Service providers must transform, as well, in order to seize the enormous opportunities, particularly in the area of Platform as a Service (PaaS) for development of web and mobile applications. PaaS empowers Systems Integrators (SIs) to more easily deliver services across the entire build, run and manage application lifecycle. With PaaS, you can deliver even more value to your clients and more revenue to your firm.

Come to this webinar and learn…

• The impact the cloud will have on Systems Integrators and what you can do to make the cloud work to your greatest advantage

• How PaaS accelerates application development, testing, deployment and maintenance…and delivers a clear ROI

• How you can develop and deploy applications more efficiently with the CloudBees PaaS and ensure customer success

• How the CloudBees Services Partner Program gives you access to the resources you need as an SI and how it can help you better serve your customers

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Application developers are building new applications and porting existing mission-critical applications to Platform as a Service (PaaS) clouds. For the most part, many applications can run on a PaaS with no modifications. However, to get the most out of the platform there are design patterns you can follow which will make things simpler, more efficient and easier to maintain. Most of the architectural practices encouraged are not exclusive to cloud deployment, but with a PaaS, they become increasingly important.

Join Michael Neale, senior developer, CloudBees, for a webinar about architectural practices that are essential for effective PaaS app development. Michael will cover topics such as: use of service orientation, use of add-ons when possible, near-stateless applications and running concurrent versions of your application.

Anyone who is considering or planning a cloud application development project will benefit from this session.

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HA! HA! HA! No More Jenkins Downtime!

CloudBees has brought High Availability (HA) to Jenkins - and you thought we were joking! Despite our play on words, this is serious business...Builds will no longer be broken due to bad code check-ins to the repo. Jenkins crashes will not bring a project and development team to a grinding halt - causing lost productivity and wasted resources. Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees now provides functionality to ensure Jenkins uptime, increase governance/oversight and improve productivity for developers and Jenkins administrators.

Join Kohsuke Kawaguchi, founder of the Jenkins project, and Harpreet Singh, senior director, product management, CloudBees, as they demonstrate these new capabilities...you'll be laughing all the way through your next bad code check-in* or Jenkins failure - knowing that the Butler has it all under control for you.

*Of course, we meant your colleague's code - we know yours is perfect!

Jenkins is the most popular open source continuous integration tool, enthusiastically embraced by developers, QA engineers, project managers, release engineers, DevOps teams, and managers alike. While it's super-easy to set up, you'll get superior results, support more projects and save administration time with your Jenkins deployment if you know a few key tips, tricks and optimal settings. This webinar, presented by Mike Lester, director of training, WANdisco, and Ryan Campbell, elite developer and architect, CloudBees, will teach you nine best practices you can easily implement that will make your life – and the life of your whole team – a lot easier. Apply these tips to make sure Jenkins moves at light-speed and is set up to expand quickly enough to meet your continuous integration needs.

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Enterprise architects are facing a cloud computing dilemma – how to enable their business to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing, while protecting and leveraging existing IT investments. Because not all IT resources belong in the cloud, this dilemma is not simple to solve. Architects can and should integrate cloud options into their existing strategies for the organization's business applications and computing infrastructure. Platform as a Service (PaaS) offers up a new set of tools to solve the problem. PaaS can help bridge public and private cloud usage, enabling better trade-offs between in-house resources and use of hosted, curated services.

In this enterprise architecture focused webinar, you will learn:

• The kind of applications best suited for cloud deployment
• How existing IT roles change when shifting to a service-based delivery model
• The basic architectural components of Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• The tradeoffs between public, private and hybrid cloud models 
• How to leverage services and data in your existing systems
• How to get started

Speakers:

• John Rymer, VP and principal analyst, Forrester Research
• Steve Harris, senior VP of Products, CloudBees

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As Jenkins usage grows in an organization, Jenkins administrators go through the mandatory step of setting up authentication and the corresponding authorization permissions to secure Jenkins. Learn how to perform the set up process correctly, while avoiding the pitfalls that can occur.

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Stephen Connolly, elite developer and architect, CloudBees, presents a webinar on premium features in Jenkins Enterprise by CloudBees, an enterprise-level version of the same open source Jenkins we all know and love. Stephen talks about handling large jobs with the Folders plugin, assigning advanced role-based access control, scaling using VMware machine pools and the WikiText plugin for enhanced security.

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Spike Washburn (architect of RUN@cloud) demonstrates how to take Spring and Java web apps and deploy them to the CloudBees RUN@cloud platform. Ryan Campbell (architect of DEV@cloud) takes the deployed applications and ties them into DEV@cloud's Jenkins as a Service, also setting up a continuous deployment environment.