01:01 Aug 14, 2009 

...'implementation'-would do ('he is interested in software development and deployment ' sounds better in English than 'he is interested in developing and deploying software'

17:29 Aug 13, 2009 

Thanks, Tina. Sure there are many sources out there where rollout is a subprocess of deployment, or exactly the other way around, or where they are separate processes. There are no hard definitions that are generally accepted. Just google on "rollout deployment" (including quotes) - you'll find many occasions of rollout/deployment and rollout (deployment) etc.

I think, however, that on most occasions these are being used interchangeably, with deployment being about 20 times more prevalent than rollout (or slightly less, allowing for differences in spelling).

When it's certain that no external roll-out is involved (as asker has confirmed below), "deploying" would be my preferred choice.

"... developing and rolling out software" doesn't sound (to my ears) nearly as cute as "... developing en deploying software".

Still, I am willing to admit that the world probably will still be turning tomorrow if asker would choose to use some form of rollout in this sentence :-)

17:14 Aug 13, 2009 

Check this website where deployment is described as a sub-step of the rollout: http://it.toolbox.com/wiki/index.php/Software_Rollout_Proces... A rollout can be to the public at large, or internal within a company.

14:39 Aug 13, 2009 

This is a perfectly acceptable translation of uitrollen in this sense.

12:06 Aug 13, 2009 

ah, good. noticed just after asking (stupid) so quickly added this link in the discussion.

12:05 Aug 13, 2009 

sure, but that was a different context - this is not a brand, but software that needs to be implemented / distributed (i.e. deployed) within an organisation.

12:02 Aug 13, 2009 

12:02 Aug 13, 2009 

just noticed too late that this question had already been asked at proz, sorry.