System U Application Deployment Automation Case Study

This case study details the application deployment automation efforts undertaken by System U, the fourth largest retail group in France. The document outlines the challenges faced by System U in 2015, including slow and high-risk deployment processes that relied heavily on manual operations and disparate tools. To address these issues, Vincent Le Guern, Software Architecture Manager, initiated a project to enhance automation, ultimately selecting the DROPS solution from ARCAD Software. The case study describes how DROPS has been implemented to streamline deployments across various platforms, including IBM i and Linux, and how it has facilitated a significant reduction in deployment costs and time. The document also highlights future plans to further integrate DROPS into a DevOps framework, aiming to create a continuous delivery pipeline and automate additional processes such as server management and smoke testing. Overall, the case study presents a comprehensive view of System U's journey toward improved deployment efficiency.