Harness, the Modern Software Delivery Platform® company, has announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud. This collaboration focuses on new integrations leveraging generative AI technologies to enhance the developer experience throughout the software development lifecycle.
Key Benefits of the Expanded Partnership:
- Enhanced Developer Experience:
- Generative AI is embedded in the development lifecycle, fostering a data-driven culture of continuous innovation and improvement.
- Addressing Challenges:
- Provides solutions for organizations facing software delivery velocity, application reliability challenges, frequent downtime, and difficulties in early issue identification.
Statements from Leadership:
- Jyoti Bansal, Co-founder and CEO of Harness:
- “We are thrilled to deepen our partnership with Google Cloud, bringing transformative AI capabilities to the software development lifecycle. Our combined solutions empower engineering teams to innovate continuously, improve application reliability, and significantly reduce developer toil.”
- Gabe Monroy, VP of Developer Experience at Google Cloud:
- “The integration of Harness AI Productivity Insights with Gemini Code Assist provides customers with deeper visibility into developer productivity gains unlocked by AI code assistants.”
Key Announcements:
- Harness AI Productivity Insights for Gemini Code Assist:
- Offers out-of-the-box insights into the productivity gains achieved through Gemini Code Assist, enabling teams to measure AI impact effectively using established metric frameworks like DORA.
- Harness AI Code Assistant Utilizing Google Cloud’s Gemini:
- AI Code Assistant leverages Google Cloud’s Gemini models to enhance code creation, debugging, and optimization capabilities, providing developers with more accurate suggestions for complex codebases.
- Harness Chaos Engineering and Google Cloud’s Cloud Build Integration:
- The new integration allows developers using Cloud Build alongside Google Kubernetes Engine to build and ensure application reliability through chaos experiments in Cloud Build pipelines.
- Harness introduces a free tier for their Chaos Engineering module to provide frictionless integration for Google Cloud customers.
Industry Impact:
- Testimonial from Sanjeev Hasiza, Head of Software Development at Johnson Controls:
- “The solutions from Harness and Google Cloud have been game-changers to our software development process. We’re excited to see these two industry leaders deepen their collaboration.”
Harness’s expanded partnership with Google Cloud represents a significant leap in enhancing AI capabilities within the software development lifecycle. By addressing key challenges and providing advanced tools, this collaboration aims to boost productivity and reliability, empowering organizations to innovate faster and deliver higher-quality software.
