'''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>
