Press Release
28 September 2011 - London
ThoughtWorks, the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, has today announced that it has been selected by Skyscanner as a strategic technology partner.
The ThoughtWorks team will work alongside Skyscanner’s own talented team of IT specialists, providing best-practice methodologies for an evolving Continuous Delivery framework to ensure optimum efficiency in the launch of exciting new products.
This year already has seen numerous product launches already including both an iphone and android app, a mobile site and car rental comparison as well as numerous improvements in site functionality. Working with Thoughtworks will now allow a co-sourced continuous delivery team to support further product launches planned for the coming months.
“Staggering growth in recent years means that Skyscanner needs agile software development and deployment; capable of efficiently launching the compelling and innovative products that we have in the pipeline,” says Alistair Hann, CTO at Skyscanner.
This year already has seen numerous product launches already including both an iphone and android app, a mobile site and car rental comparison as well as numerous improvements in site functionality. Working with Thoughtworks will now allow a co-sourced continuous delivery team to support further product launches planned for the coming months.
“Staggering growth in recent years means that Skyscanner needs agile software development and deployment; capable of efficiently launching the compelling and innovative products that we have in the pipeline,” says Alistair Hann, CTO at Skyscanner.
He continued, “We chose ThoughtWorks to help us achieve this as they have an excellent track record in agile development and we felt that they were culturally aligned to us and understood our aspirations. We are looking forward to the benefits that working with ThoughtWorks will undoubtedly bring.”
“Getting software released to users is a time-consuming process”, says David Tuck, Client Principal, ThoughtWorks. “By automating the build, deployment and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations, delivery teams can get new software released in a matter of hours – sometimes even minutes – no matter the project size or the complexity of the code base.”
“We are looking forward to working with Skyscanner to break down any silos that segregate business, development, testing and operations, to create a culture of collaboration across the whole organization”.
“Getting software released to users is a time-consuming process”, says David Tuck, Client Principal, ThoughtWorks. “By automating the build, deployment and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers and operations, delivery teams can get new software released in a matter of hours – sometimes even minutes – no matter the project size or the complexity of the code base.”
“We are looking forward to working with Skyscanner to break down any silos that segregate business, development, testing and operations, to create a culture of collaboration across the whole organization”.
About ThoughtWorks
ThoughtWorks - The custom software experts. A company wholly devoted to the art and science of custom software. We make it, and we make our clients better at it. Our bottom line is to design and deliver software fast and predictably. Doing enterprise-scale software is tough, but the returns to those organizations that can deliver – on target – are tremendous. ThoughtWorks' products division offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM solution™, comprised of Mingle®, Go® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. We lead the industry in rapid, reliable and efficient custom software development.About Skyscanner
Skyscanner is Europe’s leading travel search site providing instant online comparisons for millions of flights on over 600 airlines, as well as car hire and hotels.Founded in 2003 by three IT professionals, Gareth Williams, Barry Smith and Bonamy Grimes, Skyscanner is based in Edinburgh with a second office in Singapore. The site is available in 27 languages and is offered as a mobile site as well as both an android and iphone app, the latter of which has had more than 2 million downloads.
Having seen an average annual growth of 94% over the last three years, Skyscanner was ranked in the top 20 in Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 (2011). The company is focusing on rapid expansion in existing and new markets with the objective of becoming number one in the world.
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