DROPS Features

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D eploy

R elease

O rchestrate

P rovision

S ecure

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Synchronize code and data

Dependencies between diverse applications and DBMS? Ensure the integrity of both your software AND database upgrades.

Infrastructure Definition

Define environments across any number of heterogeneous infrastructure items, on premise, multi-platform and multi-cloud. DROPS supports agent-based or agentless operation.

Process Modeling

Model your deployment process graphically, and draw dependencies in a single click. For more complex deployments, choose from a library of 250+ customizable scripts. .. Users can also design deployment processes externally ‘as code’. This new feature is called Deployment Process As Code.

Database Upgrades

In sync with your application deployment, automate the upgrades and rollback for all your databases, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 for I, PostgreSQL and more.

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Release DROPS

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Full-Stack Release Management

Working in a mix of languages, tools and technologies? DROPS simplifies the release management process, deploying your legacy and Web apps in sync.

Application Level deployment

Manage deployments at the application level. Relieve your DevOps of tedious deployment tasks. DROPS takes care of artefacts and their inter-dependencies automatically.

Artefact Process

Import artifacts automatically from any external source: Git, Nexus repository, private SaaS, file system, … Artifacts are grouped into a DROPS release, regardless of their source.

Release Tracking

DROPS keeps a complete audit trail over the deployment of each artifact in each release. Track who deployed what, on which infrastructure and environment and when.

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Plan And Pilot Your Releases

Need to manage ALL releases from one single pane of glass? Centralize deployment planning and control at the application level. Easy, secure and compliant.

Deployment Boards

Monitor your deployments in real time, using personal filters to customize your view. Plan and execute your deployments from an easy-to-use DROPS Deployment board.

Pipelines Boards

Sequence your deployments in the form of pipelines. Once successful and validated, deploy to the next environment in the sequence automatically. Plan, execute, track and restart your pipeline from the DROPS Pipeline board.

Validation & Notification

Automate your approval workflow with DROPS. Automated notifications prompt authorized user(s) to validate the next deployment in the sequence.

Real Time Dashboards

Track your KPIs with configurable dashboards. DROPS dashboards provide real-time observability over all key DORA metrics and more. Gain valuable insights to ensure compliance and full transparency over your value stream.

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Provisioning Schema
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WITH DROPS, Provision

Automate Your Cloud Infrastructure

Need hybrid, full-stack environments in a snap? Create on-demand Hybrid or Multi-cloud environments and deploy them in-sync within seconds.

Pre Deployment Tasks

Provision and instantiate environments multi-cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud). DROPS integrates with all industry-standard DevOps tools (Ansible playbooks, Azure DevOps, …)

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Secure 24/7 Availability

Need guaranteed uptime and continuous operations? Protect the integrity of your production environment with rollback-on-error across all target platforms.

Built in Rollback

In case of error, automate the return to last stable state, across all platforms and DBMS. DROPS rollback guarantees the stability of your production environment.

Responsibility Matrix

Secure your deployments with customizable roles and ‘segregation of duties’.

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FAQ

General

DROPS is a centralized and universal application deployment management solution that orchestrates and secures the delivery of your application systems across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments.

DROPS supports the deployment of all types of standard or containerized applications, internal developments, and configuration data, providing a universal solution for diverse needs.

Yes, DROPS integrates with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, simplifying deployment management in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Features

DROPS synchronizes software and database versions, ensuring data integrity during deployments. DROPS is also capable of providing an automated rollback process (both structure and data).

DROPS enables the synchronous deployment of all parts of an application, regardless of the technical target on which they run.

Through deployment plans, DROPS provides the ability to synchronously deploy the releases of multiple applications following a coherent compatibility schema.

Yes, DROPS allows centralized scheduling and control of deployments, providing simplified and secure management.

Yes, DROPS automates the creation of hybrid or multi-cloud environments on demand, enabling synchronized deployments within seconds.

Security

DROPS provides 24/7 availability and safeguards the integrity of the production environment with rollback features in case of errors across all platforms.

DROPS allows the separation of artifact referencing processes from their actual deployment. Each process is controlled by specific role schemas, enabling a clear separation of actions.

Yes, DROPS supports platforms such as Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX, as well as “legacy” platforms like IBM i and IBM z/OS, making deployments in heterogeneous environments seamless.

DROPS centralizes deployment management, ensuring strict control and complete traceability, thereby enhancing the security of application delivery processes.

DROPS can be integrated with external vulnerability scanning systems to identify environments with vulnerabilities.

Measurement and Evaluation

DROPS provides DORA metrics, recognized as the standard indicators for deployment activity.

Yes, DROPS provides a standard set of around ten key indicators to evaluate deployment activity and associated trends.

Integration

DROPS integrates with various tools through REST APIs or a CLI (Command Line Interface), making it easy to include in existing CI/CD pipelines.

Yes, all configuration elements (including deployment processes) can be managed “As Code.”

DROPS operates with or without agents, adaptable to your configuration. If agents are required, they are automatically provided.

DROPS offers an ergonomic web console for visually planning and organizing deployments, enhancing collaboration between operational and technical teams.

DROPS offers uniform principles for managing deployments, regardless of the technical foundations of the applications. This simplifies application integration while enabling skill sharing and reducing the need for diverse expertise..

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