CloudBees PaaS Speeds eCommerce AppDev, Deployment at Groupe ADEO 
Groupe ADEO, a do-it-yourself retailer, has selected CloudBees’ Java platform as a service (PaaS) to build a new, global e-commerce application for its 24 business units. CloudBees DEV@cloud service will power an ecommerce solution that can be updated and enhanced in real-time across networks, business units and countries.
Groupe ADEO, a do-it-yourself retailer, has selected CloudBees’ Java platform as a service (PaaS) to build a new, global e-commerce application for its 24 business units. CloudBees DEV@cloud service will power an ecommerce solution that can be updated and enhanced in real-time across networks, business units and countries.
Groupe ADEO will also standardize its business process on the new application, which offers the company the flexibility to extend the app with new concepts and features.
The CloudBees PaaS (platform as a service) lets companies build, test and deploy Java web applications in the cloud. CloudBees is designed to enable software teams to easily and rapidly move development and production to the cloud, without restrictions or infrastructure costs, said Francois Dechery, vice president, international business development, CloudBees.
Groupe ADEO execs saw the need for their company to use a more agile platform to design, develop, deploy and update their core e-commerce applications, according to Cyril Lakech, a Groupe ADEO development team member.
“We saw the cloud as an accelerator to our development efforts,” Lakech said in a statement. Using the CloudBees platform, the retailer can combine the continuous integration benefits of Jenkins with the simplicity and elasticity of the cloud to offer its 24 business units a best-in-class e-commerce solution, he added.
CloudBees’ PaaS approach spans the complete develop-to-deploy lifecycle of Java web applications in the cloud, with all the services required to store (Git, SVN, Maven), build and test (Jenkins) applications in the cloud available as a SaaS. This allows IT teams to avoid the need to worry about servers or virtual machines, according to CloudBees’ Dechery,
CloudBees’ DEV@cloud is architected to deliver reliable and elastic on-demand resources, unlimited scalability, and a seamless transition from development to production. The pricing model is pay for use. Many subscriptions are free, Dechery added.
The CloudBees DEV@cloud service includes these core components: :
- Jenkins as a Service - DEV@cloud is a subscription service for Jenkins servers running in the cloud
- Private and secure Maven repositories
- User management features, to securely administer your team's access rights and privileges
- Private and secure SVN and Git repositories
- A growing set of integrated partner solutions to extend functionality of CloudBees PaaS
- An Eclipse toolkit is available to connect DEV@cloud directly to Eclipse, allowing devs to create and monitor Jenkins jobs running on CloudBees from directly inside Eclipse
CloudBees DEV@cloud service will power an ecommerce solution that can be updated and enhanced in real-time across networks, business units and countries, according to officials. At the core of the DEV@cloud service is Jenkins, a continuous integration server.
A key reason Groupe ADEO chose the CloudBees platform was because it was so quick to turn on and implement the architecture. A France-based systems integrator, Groupe Sfeir helping Groupe ADEO was able to set up CloudBees’ Jenkins-based cloud development environment and create a simple prototype in five days.
Using CloudBees DEV@cloud, Groupe ADEO’s development unit reported these benefits and milestones:
Ability to build productivity increased five times over the previous rate;
Recouped an additional man-week per month -- allotted back to development and back from infrastructure provisioning and maintenance;
Ability to provision additional compute resources instantly to support large build projects
The project is “a great example of how global operations can not only rely on, but truly benefit from using a PaaS in the cloud for mission-critical application development,” CloudBees Dechery said in a statement
