Development and Test

Companies are learning what it takes to move to the cloud by starting with development and test. Rather than migrating existing production applications to the cloud, they are taking a lower barrier to entry approach. Starting with new development projects, they are learning to use and manage cloud resources and at the same time address real business challenges.

Every company — small or large — is pressed to get applications into the hands of users faster. Even companies that have not fully embraced agile development are compressing each stage in the release cycle. Yet, the process of accessing and configuring resources is not being accelerated at an equal pace and continues to take up valuable staff time. Compounding the challenge is the costly rework required when problems aren’t discovered until late in the cycle.

Development and Test Solution Pack

We've designed the RightScale Development and Test Solution Pack to make it simple for software development organizations to get started using the cloud. With RightScale, organizations can provide developers and testers with access to available, easily configured resources and can reduce cycle times and improve product quality.

• Resources are available when you need them, procurement lead times are eliminated, and rework due to inadequate testing or inconsistent environments is minimized.
• Reference architectures are built to your specifications, components re-used in each stage, and changes propagated through all stages.
• Configurations are consistently managed throughout the development life cycle.

The RightScale Development and Test Solution Pack includes RightScale Cloud Management with two different user interfaces: a Self-Service Portal designed for developers and testers to launch servers in the cloud, and the full RightScale Management Dashboard designed for systems professionals to customize the pre-configured environments delivered with the solution pack.

The RightScale Development and Test Solution Pack enables you to spend less time configuring hardware and managing resources, less time fixing errors and reworking code, and more time on experimenting, developing, and testing.

Download the white paper Migrating to the Cloud Starts with Development and Test.