XebiaLabs

XebiaLabs is an independent software company specializing in DevOps and continuous delivery for large enterprise organizations. XebiaLabs offers the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform,[1] a solution for Application Release Orchestration (ARO). These components include release orchestration, deployment automation, and DevOps intelligence.

XebiaLabs, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustrySoftware development tools
Founded2008
Headquarters
Key people
  • Derek Langone, CEO
  • Martin Angert (director, Susquehanna Growth Equity), Board of Directors
  • Arun Mathew, (partner, Accel) Board of Directors
Products
  • XebiaLabs DevOps Platform
Number of employees
150+
Websitexebialabs.com

The company has over 150 employees and is headquartered in the US in Burlington, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, India, and Spain. Among XebiaLabs customers are General Electric,[2] NASA, KLM,[3] KeyBank,[4] ABN AMRO Bank,[5] Electronic Arts (EA), Marriot, and John Hancock Financial Services.[6]

History

Founded in 2008, XebiaLabs was originally backed by Xebia Group, a digital software and services company based in the Netherlands. In 2014, XebiaLabs received funding from its first institutional investor, Updata Partners.[7][8] In April 2015, Derek Langone assumed the role of CEO.[9]

In 2017, new business grew by 117%, as the company added new Global 2000 clients, including AIG, Bank of America, Toyota, Allianz, DaVita Inc., TD Bank, Scotiabank, Raiffeisenbank, Anthem, Paycom, and NASA.[10]

In February 2018, the company announced that it secured a Series B growth investment of over $100M from investors, including Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel, along with many existing shareholders.[10] As part of the investment, Martin Angert, director at Susquehanna Growth Equity, and Arun Mathew, partner at Accel, joined the XebiaLabs Board of Directors.

Also in 2018, XebiaLabs posted record revenue growth, and the company added new customers, such as Amgen, AXA, Bosch, Bpifrance, Maersk, MathWorks, TJX, T-Mobile, and Zions Bancorporation.[11] The company also added offices in Germany and Spain and increased global staff by 40%. Stephen Gregorio, former Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Black Duck Software, joined the company as EVP and CFO.[12]

In 2019, Christian van den Branden joined XebiaLabs as Chief Product Officer.[13]

DevOps author and thought leader Gene Kim is a strategic advisor.[14]

Products

XebiaLabs offers the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform, an Application Release Orchestration solution that offers release orchestration, deployment automation, and DevOps Intelligence. It supports technology platforms such as containers, the cloud, middleware, and mainframes. It integrates with DevOps tools in areas such as continuous Integration, security, database, analytics, environment provisioning, and issue tracking, and manages the integrations.

Key Partnerships

XebiaLabs is an Advanced Technology Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN).[15]

The company is also a CapGemini DevOps Strategic Partner.[16]

In October, 2019, XebiaLabs announced that Wipro Limited, (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, renewed and extended its partnership with XebiaLabs as their Strategic Enterprise DevOps Partner across the globe.[17]

Industry Recognition and Awards

In 2017, XebiaLabs was named a leader in the Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation (ARA) for the second year in a row.[18] And in their 2017 “Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Release Automation” report, Gartner scored XebiaLabs highest in three out of four use cases.[19]

In 2018, XebiaLabs was again placed in the Leaders quadrant by Gartner in their Magic Quadrant for Application Release Orchestration report (formerly called the “Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation”).[20]

In 2019, XebiaLabs was placed in the Leaders quadrant by Gartner in their Magic Quadrant for Application Release Orchestration report for the fourth consecutive year.[21] Gartner also recognized XebiaLabs in the 2019 “Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Release Automation” report, where the company received a score of 4.89 out of 5 in the release manager use case and a score of 4.84 out of 5 in the application/product owner use case.[22]

In “The Forrester Wave: Continuous Delivery and Release Automation, Q3 2017” report, Forrester Research named XebiaLabs a leader and gave it the highest score in the Current Offering category.[23] In the prior year, Forrester ranked XebiaLabs highest in the category of strategy and named it a ‘Strong Performer’ in “The Forrester Wave™: Application Release Automation, Q3 2016,” report.[24]

In August 2018, XebiaLabs was recognized as a Strong Performer and received a differentiated rating in the criteria of analytics, integration, vision, and market approach in "The Forrester New Wave™: Value Stream Management Tools, Q3.”[25]

XebiaLabs is also known in the DevOps community for its “Periodic Table of DevOps Tools,” a DevOps landscape tool that allows users to see many of the tools used in DevOps toolchains.[26][27] The company announced version 3 of The Periodic Table of DevOps Tools in June 2018, adding 52 new DevOps tools, a new design, and the addition of categories, such as Analytics and AIOps.[28]

In June 2017, the company was chosen as a winner of the 2017 SD Times 100: 'Best in Show' Awards for Software Development in the DevOps category.[29]

In April 2018, XebiaLabs was selected as an honoree as part of the Boston Business Journal's Best Places to Work awards.[30]

See also

References
  1. Breeden II, John (October 23, 2017). "How XebiaLabs brings order and efficiency to DevOps projects". CSO. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. "Continuous Delivery at General Electric with XebiaLabs. Eric Haynes and Gary Kern of GE speak about their Continuous Delivery journey and experience with XebiaLabs". XebiaLabs YouTube. October 18, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. "How Air France-KLM is Enabling 200 Self-service Deployments Weekly". XebiaLabs Website. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. Cohan, Peter (April 13, 2017). "Startup Snatching Share From IBM And CA In $2.3 Billion Market". Forbes. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  5. "DevOps for Adults: Scale your DevOps Initiative Beyond its Awkward Teenage Years. Stefan Simenon of ABN AMRO Bank presents at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018, London". IT Revolution YouTube. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  6. "DevOps for Everyone: Bringing DevOps Success to Every App, Tool & Role in Your Org. Kurt Straube of John Hancock Financial Services and Robert Stroud of XebiaLabs present at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018, London". XebiaLabs YouTube. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  7. "XebiaLabs Raises $12M in Growth Equity". Dow Jones: Private Equity and Venture Capital. June 9, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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  9. "Derek Langone". BizJournals. April 21, 2015: 1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  11. "XebiaLabs Drives DevOps Innovation Following 2018 $100M+ Strategic Capital Investment". Business Wire. January 30, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  12. "XebiaLabs Welcomes Stephen Gregorio as its New EVP & Chief Financial Officer"". Boston Business Journal. June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  13. "XebiaLabs Welcomes Veteran Technology Executive Christian van den Branden as New Chief Product Officer". BusinessWire. January 22, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  14. "Gene Kim Joins XebiaLabs as Strategic Advisor". BusinessWire. February 14, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  15. "XebiaLabs Accelerates Enterprise Application Shift to the Cloud with Amazon Web Services". Business Wire. November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  16. "Capgemini Selects XebiaLabs as DevOps Strategic Partner". February 6, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  17. "Wipro and XebiaLabs Renew and Extend Partnership for Strategic Enterprise DevOps". Business Wire. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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  19. Gartner, Inc., by Colin Fletcher and Laurie F. Wurster (September 27, 2017). "Critical Capabilities for Application Release Automation". Gartner. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
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  22. "Gartner: Critical Capabilities for Application Release Orchestration". October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
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  24. Forrester Research, Inc., by Amy DeMartine and Robert Stroud (September 30, 2016). "The Forrester Wave™: Application Release Automation, Q3 2016: The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up". Forrester. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  25. Forrester Research, Inc., by Christopher Condo and Bill Seguin (August 6, 2018). "The Forrester New Wave™: Value Stream Management Tools, Q3 2018". Forrester. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  26. Hering, Mico (May 15, 2016). "Managing the Plethora of DevOps Tools". DZone. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  27. Duncan, Stephan (October 4, 2017). "XebiaLabs' Ultimate Periodic Table of DevOps Tools". DevOps Solutions Review. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  28. "XebiaLabs Unveils 'Periodic Table of DevOps Tools' v.3 at DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018". BusinessWire. June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  29. "The 2017 SD Times 100: 'Best in Show' in Software Development". SD Times. June 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  30. Halpern, Joe (April 12, 2018). "BBJ announces 2018 Best Places to Work honorees". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
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