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'''ARAApplication-release automation''' ('''Application-release automationARA''') refers to the process of packaging and deploying an [[application software|application]] or update of an application from development, across various environments, and ultimately to production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gartner IT Glossary {{ndash}} Application Release Automation (ARA)|website=Gartner|url=http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/application-release-automation-ara/|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> ARA solutions must combine the capabilities of deployment automation, environment management and modeling, and release coordination.<ref>{{cite report |title= Application Release Automation Market Forecast|publisher=Forrester |date=2015}}</ref>

== Relationship with DevOps ==

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ARA tools help cultivate [[DevOps]] best practices by providing a combination of automation, environment modeling and workflow-management capabilities. These practices help teams deliver software rapidly, reliably and responsibly. ARA tools achieve a key DevOps goal of implementing [[continuous delivery]] with a large quantity of releases quickly. <ref>{{cite report |title=Garner Market Trends: DevOps – Not a Market, but Tool-Centric Philosophy That supports a Continuous Delivery Value Chain |publisher=Gartner |date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

== Relationship with Deploymentdeployment ==

ARA is more than just [[Software deployment|software-deployment]] automation – it deploys applications using structured release-automation techniques that allow for an increase in visibility for the whole team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Humble |first=Jez |last2=Farley |first2=David |date=2011 |title=Continuous Delivery: reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation |publisher= Pearson Education Inc. |page=255-257 |isbn=978-0-321-60191-9}}</ref> It combines workload automation and release-management tools as they relate to release packages, as well as movement through different environments within the DevOps pipeline.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Overview: Application Release Automation Tools |publisher=Forrester |date=2015}}</ref> ARA tools help regulate deployments, how environments are created and deployed, and how and when releases are deployed.<ref>{{cite report |title=Market Guide for Application Release Automation Solutions |publisher=Gartner |date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

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