DevOps
Release Software as a Matter of Routine
We automate the path from code to production, define your infrastructure in code and prove your recovery, so that releasing software becomes routine for your whole team.
Our Point of View
Frequent, smaller releases are the safer way to ship. Each one carries less change and is easier to reverse, so routine itself reduces the risk.
The Situation
When releasing software depends on one person and a long checklist, teams release less often, and each release becomes riskier than the last. Repeatable servers, alerts worth reading and backups proven by restore change that picture. These are engineering conditions, and they can be corrected.
Our Approach
We automate the path from code to production, so that every release is built, tested and deployed in the same way and a problem can be found and rolled back quickly. Infrastructure is defined in code, restores are tested, and checks on dependencies, secrets and settings run with every release. We establish only what your size justifies, beginning from what you already run.
What We Deliver
From First Commit to Dependable Production
How We Engage
Your First Automated Release in Four Weeks
Four weeks take a defined scope to your first automated release, starting from what you already run. A restore is tested before go-live, so that recovery is proven from the first day.
What You Run Today
We start from what you already run, and record how releases, monitoring and backups work at present.
Expected Outcomes
What Leadership Should Expect to See
Releases Your Whole Team Can Run
The path to production is automated and recorded in a runbook, so your team can release with confidence and without relying on individual memory.
Problems Found Before Customers Report Them
Monitoring and alerts that are worth reading show what has changed, so that a fault can be located and rolled back quickly.
Recovery You Have Already Proven
Backups run automatically and restores are tested, so leadership knows the organisation can recover.
Industries
Where This Work Applies
Products change constantly, so an automated pipeline and rollback keep delivery moving without placing each release in the hands of one engineer.
Every release must be traceable and reversible, so changes run through the same reviewed pipeline, with checks on dependencies, secrets and settings.
Peak trading leaves little room for a failed release, so monitoring, rollback and tested backups protect the periods that matter most.
Insights
Perspectives on Software Delivery
Guide · 5-minute read
Set Up Device Software Evidence From the First Commit, and the File Builds Itself
ExpandNo rule says regulation begins at the first commit, yet the evidence regulators expect can only be created at the time. Most of the controls are ordinary engineering settings.
Guide · 4-minute read
Design the Update Path First and Every Later Firmware Release Is Safer to Ship
ExpandThe update mechanism is the one part of a connected product that cannot repair itself. We design it to survive power loss and a bad image, with your engineers reviewing every step.
Guide · 4-minute read
Plan on-Call as Capacity, With a Budget Your Team Can Keep
ExpandOn-call needs a stated budget like any other capacity. We cut the pages with alerts worth reading, tested recovery and a runbook, and help you promise only the cover you can honour.
Perspective · 4-minute read
Desktop Software That Updates Itself Safely, With a Way Back Designed In
ExpandA server can be repaired by the team that runs it, but a desktop client sits on machines that team cannot reach. We stage every update route and build the way back before the first release.
Perspective · 4-minute read
Smaller, More Frequent Releases Are the Safer Way to Ship, and We Set Them Up in Four Weeks
ExpandLong gaps between releases build larger changes that are harder to test and to reverse. We automate the route to production so that each release is small, repeatable and easy to undo.
Frequently Asked
Questions From Prospective Clients
Is an Automated Pipeline Worthwhile If One Person Handles All Our Releases Today?
Will Automating Releases Require Us to Move to a Different Cloud Provider?
How Do We Know Our Backups Would Actually Restore?
What Happens When an Automated Release Goes Wrong in Production?
Can Our Own Engineers Run the Pipeline and Infrastructure After Handover?
Will We Be Able to See What Each Service Costs Us to Run?
Explore Further
Related Services
Custom Software
Software shaped around your process, for the part of the work that off-the-shelf tools cannot handle, and owned by you.
Web Applications
Portals, dashboards and internal tools that run in any browser, with nothing to install and a record of every action.
Desktop Applications
Windows, macOS and Linux applications that work offline, reach local files and hardware, and update themselves safely.
Next Step
Book an Appointment
Arrange a complimentary 30-minute conversation, with no obligation. You will leave with a candid view on whether the initiative is worth building and, if it is, a scope and a date, with the cost worked out together on the call. Alternatively, send an enquiry and we will respond.