2022 was a significant year for Rocket DevOps as far as innovation is concerned.

We released two new IBM i products: Rocket DevOps portal (our DevOps orchestration & reporting portal and API provider) and Rocket DevOps test (our integrated IBM i+ testing solution).

In response to feedback from customers, we added a major new function to LMi: Change File Whilst Active (this can reduce the downtime associated with structural database changes from hours/days to minutes).

At the end of 2022, to reflect the evolution of Rocket DevOps and make it easier for our customers to upgrade, we rebranded our core DevOps products. So, in November 2022 and starting from release 10.2, Lifecycle Manager for IBM i (LMi) became Rocket DevOps core for IBM i (RDOi) and Lifecycle Manager for Enterprise (LMe) became Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise (RDOe).

Our innovation story continues strongly as we move into 2023. This year, you will see us introduce new technologies that allow Rocket DevOps customers to fully embrace modern development tools, such as Git, Jira, and Jenkins.

We're kicking off the year with the beta release of our Visual Studio Code Extension for RDOi. It's ready to download and we're looking for customers who'd like to try this new integration. It takes only a few minutes to install, and we've made it super easy to use.

If you're interested in trying this preview release, please email me and I'll provide all the details you need to get started.

As usual, I'd love to hear what you like and what you don't like about Rocket DevOps, your success stories, and your suggestions for improving our products.

I wish you a happy and healthy 2023.

Chris


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Chris White
Principal Product Manager
Rocket Software
cwhite@rocketsoftware.com
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