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Wakaleo Consulting provides consulting, training and mentoring services in Agile Java Development
and Testing Practices, Software Development Life Cycle optimization, and Agile Methodologies.
Wakaleo helps companies with training and assistance in areas such as Continuous Integration, Build
Automation, Test-Driven Development, Automated Web Testing and Clean Code, using open source
tools such as Maven, Jenkins, Selenium 2, and Nexus. Wakaleo Consulting also runs public and on-site
training around Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, Build Automation, Clean Code
practices, Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development, including Certified Scrum
Developer (CSD) courses.
8.2. CloudBees
CloudBees^5 is the only cloud company focused on servicing the complete develop-to-deploy life cycle
of Java web applications in the cloud. The company is also the world’s premier expert on the Jenkins/
Hudson continuous integration tool.
Jenkins/Hudson creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi leads a CloudBees team of experts from around the world.
They’ve created Nectar, a supported and enhanced version of Jenkins that is available on-premise by
subscription. If you depend on Jenkins for mission-critical software processes, Nectar provides a highly-
tested, stable, and fully-supported version of Jenkins. It also includes Nectar-only functionality such as
automatic scaling to VMWare virtual machines.
If you’re ready to explore the power of continuous integration in the cloud, CloudBees makes Jenkins/
Hudson available as part of its DEV@cloud build platform. You can get started with Jenkins instantly
and can scale as needed—no big up-front investment in build servers, no more limited capacity for
builds, and no maintenance hassles. Once an application is ready to go live, you can deploy on
CloudBees’s RUN@cloud Platform as a Service in just a few clicks.
With CloudBees’s DEV@cloud and RUN@cloud services, you don’t have to worry about servers,
virtual machines or IT staff. And with Nectar, you enjoy the most powerful, stable, supported Jenkins
available.
8.3. Odd-e
Odd-e^6 is an Asian-based company that builds products in innovative ways and helps others achieve
the same. The team consists of experienced coaches and product developers who work according to
the values of scrum, agile, lean, and craftsmanship, and the company is structured the same way. For
example, Odd-e doesn’t have an organizational hierarchy or managers making decisions for others.
Instead, individuals self-organize and use all their skills to continuously improve their competence. The
company provides training and follow-up coaching to help others collaboratively seek and develop a
better way of working.
(^4) http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527938
(^5) http://www.cloudbees.com
(^6) http://www.odd-e.com