# Accelerating Continuous Delivery By Improving NuGet Package Management

**January 26, 2015**  
By [Derek Weeks](/content/blog/author/derek-weeks/index.html)  
1 minute read time

Recently at Microsoft's TechEd in Europe, Marcel de Vries, Visual Studio ALM MVP and CTO Xpirit, wowed the audience when presenting a talk on how to accelerate continuous delivery by improving NuGet component management.

Use of [repository](/content/resources/articles/what-are-code-repositories/index.html) managers in continuous delivery environments reduces build times 20-fold, compared to relying on public open source repositories like the NuGet Gallery. By relying on a local caching proxy for the NuGet Gallery and hosting your own proprietary NuGet packages locally, you can dramatically improve build speeds and reliability.

Marcel showed how a repository manager that integrates with NuGet helps .NET developers manage component versions, [dependencies](/content/resources/articles/what-are-software-dependencies/index.html) and license types using proxy facilities to ensure a continuous flow of development and faster cycle times.

Walk away knowing how to integrate the [Sonatype Platform](/content/products/nexus-one-platform/index.html) in your continuous delivery strategy and benefit from a frictionless experience for all developers.

Written by **Derek Weeks**

Derek serves as vice president and DevOps advocate at Sonatype and is the co-founder of All Day DevOps, an online community of 65,000 IT professionals.

Tags

repository manager, Nexus Repo Reel, Nuget, Component Management, Nexus Repository, Open Source, Continuous Delivery