[From the official press release of book publisher CA Press.]
CA Press Releases Newest Title: "Service Virtualization: Reality is Overrated"
Book Concisely Explains Service Virtualization and Helps IT Professionals Drive Innovation.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) October 01, 2012: Oracle OpenWorld 2012, October 1, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announced the release of Service Virtualization: Reality Is Overrated, the latest book from CA Press, at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 with a *free book signing.
This book is the first definitive guide to the IT and business practice of Service Virtualization
(SV). It illustrates how some of the world’s largest organizations can
achieve new levels of agility and efficiency with this unique approach
to application development and testing.
Written by John Michelsen, CA Technologies Chief Technology Officer
and technology inventor, and Jason English, director of CA LISA Product
Marketing at CA Technologies, and editor of the
ServiceVirtualization.com website; the book details how the powerful new
practice of SV captures and simulates today’s complex applications.
The authors provide real-world lessons learned from organizations
that have applied SV within large, complex customer IT
environments--including project plans, metrics and organizational
challenges.
When adopted successfully to remove constraints in the existing
software environment, SV can deliver dramatic improvements to an IT
organization including increased speed, performance and agility for the
development of enterprise application software.
Service Virtualization: Reality Is Overrated
recounts early attempts at simulations, using examples from past
customer projects to help readers understand the ins and outs of SV.
Insights culled from interviews with IT leaders detail how they overcame
struggles with fostering and driving innovation within their
enterprises.
“While Service Virtualization changes the playing field for how
companies deliver innovation to market, it is not nearly as difficult to
adopt as some might expect,” said Michelsen. “When organizations
realize how virtual development and test environments are better than
real ones, they not only save money and time, but even improve their job
satisfaction levels. IT teams are happier and more productive when they
are spending more time on valuable, customer-facing innovation.”
Readers will learn:
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Why IT constraints are the enemy of business agility and how to overcome them;
- The myths and capabilities of SV;
- Industry best practices, case studies and results measurement techniques;
- How SV can be rolled out and used for software development and testing in the cloud.
CA Technologies will host an exclusive Service Virtualization:
Reality Is Overrated book signing event with authors Michelsen and
English at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 in San Francisco on October 2, 2012.
The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. PDT in the Tap and
Brew Lounge (#101) in Moscone South. Attendees will have the opportunity
to meet with authors and receive a copy of this innovative title.
For more information visit:
Service Virtualization: Reality Is Overrated is available on Amazon for $16.49. eBook versions can be purchased from the publisher Apress.
For a limited period, an introductory price is also available.
Participants in the ServiceVirtualization.com community can also qualify
for a free copy of the book by participating in discussions.
*Special conditions for employees from US government bodies applies – details available on request and at the show.
About the Authors
John Michelsen is chief technology officer at CA Technologies, where
he has delivered market-leading inventions delivered in database,
distributed computing, virtual/cloud management, multi-channel web
application portals, Service Virtualization and more. Michelsen is
responsible for CA Technologies technical leadership and innovation,
further developing the company’s software strategy and relationships to
deliver customer value. He joined CA Technologies in 2011 through the
acquisition of ITKO, a company he founded.
Jason English is director of CA LISA Product Marketing at CA
Technologies. Jason joined CA Technologies through the acquisition of
ITKO, where he served in a number of roles including marketing, software
UI design and sales support. Jason is currently focused on CA
Technologies customer advocacy and sharing SV best practices and
resources through the Service Virtualization community.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that
help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support
agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software
and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure
and secure data and identities, from the data centre to the cloud. Learn
more about CA Technologies at http://www.ca.com.
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business leaders all over the world. Apress provides high-quality,
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CA Press Contact:
Tariq Ahmed
CA Technologies
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