You may have seen the blog vs POC vs. Pilot Production discuss solutions deployments and it made me think about how we are installing to test our internal software specifically for the Cloud Gateway, now part of the Bundle Mobile Solutions (http: //www.citrix. com / products / xenmobile / overview.html).
the expression "eat your own dog food is regularly used by software companies to direction uses its own internally produced to demonstrate the quality and capacity . We follow this house but I would consider it fine that the objective is not only to be "eat", but enjoy the experience! After all, this is a solution for user mobility everywhere so why bother activation if you do not have buy-in from users.
Our Phase POC is fine to get the new features in a stable environment to see at the end of work at the end to ensure we have the working solution. This environment is installed and maintained by one of our test teams and is accessible to all project teams to try the latest and functionality. At this point, we know there will be potential problems but it is to find them and try to make sure it is as stable as possible before entering our "pilot" phase.
The pilot phase sees the roll of the solution to a wide audience, not just engineering and not just the product group that has the solution. At this stage, we expect that the properties be functionally stable and there is more research feedback from users who use the software in all different types of edge cases. For example, we have users connecting from the local network, at home and even many different remote locations behind firewalls and wireless access points. Although it is also tested at a functional level, which gives us a much broader coverage across the board.
Experience is also important in that it not only feels consistent on different devices, but it also feels good for the device used. As we embrace BYO, we have users with all different types of devices waiting to access their applications and data regardless of what they use, but coherently.
This feedback is essential to the team and it is a key step in the release schedule that we are not only deployed internally, but that people enjoy the experience.
The final stage is the production roll-out to all Citrix employees. As mentioned in my previous blog (Living the Citrix story), our solutions are designed to allow people to work and play anywhere and that includes our employees. Our technology is a key element in enabling us to get what we need to do on a daily basis and the production roll-out is an important factor.
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