diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4684aa7b9..004c98e4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,46 @@
       <url>${release.scm.url}</url>
    </scm>
 
+   <ciManagement>
+      <system>Hudson</system>
+      <url>https://hudson.eclipse.org/hawkbit/</url>
+   </ciManagement>
+
+   <developers>
+      <developer>
+         <id>kaizimmerm</id>
+         <email>kai.zimmermann@bosch-si.com</email>
+         <organization>Bosch Software Innovations GmbH</organization>
+         <organizationUrl>https://www.bosch-si.com</organizationUrl>
+         <roles>
+            <role>Lead</role>
+            <role>Committer</role>
+         </roles>
+      </developer>
+      <developer>
+         <id>michahirsch</id>
+         <email>michael.hirsch@bosch-si.com</email>
+         <organization>Bosch Software Innovations GmbH</organization>
+         <organizationUrl>https://www.bosch-si.com</organizationUrl>
+         <roles>
+            <role>Committer</role>
+         </roles>
+      </developer>
+   </developers>
+
+   <distributionManagement>
+      <repository>
+         <id>ossrh</id>
+         <name>hawkBit Repository - Release</name>
+         <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+      </repository>
+      <snapshotRepository>
+         <id>ossrh</id>
+         <name>hawkBit Repository - Snapshots</name>
+         <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      </snapshotRepository>
+   </distributionManagement>
+
    <repositories>
       <repository>
          <id>vaadin-addons</id>
@@ -60,14 +100,14 @@
 
    <properties>
       <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-   
       <spring.boot.version>1.3.7.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+      <snapshotDependencyAllowed>true</snapshotDependencyAllowed>
 
       <!-- Spring boot version overrides (should be reviewed with every boot upgrade) - START -->
-      <!-- Newer versions needed than defined in Boot-->
+      <!-- Newer versions needed than defined in Boot -->
       <spring-amqp.version>1.6.1.RELEASE</spring-amqp.version>
       <spring-security.version>4.1.2.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
-      <!--  Support for MongoDB 3 -->
+      <!-- Support for MongoDB 3 -->
       <mongodb.version>3.2.2</mongodb.version>
       <!-- Spring boot version overrides - END -->
 
@@ -114,7 +154,7 @@
       <release.scm.url>https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit.git</release.scm.url>
       <!-- Release - END -->
 
-      <!-- Sonar - START-->
+      <!-- Sonar - START -->
       <sonar.host.url>https://sonar.eu-gb.mybluemix.net</sonar.host.url>
       <sonar.github.repository>eclipse/hawkbit</sonar.github.repository>
       <sonar.links.homepage>https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.hawkbit</sonar.links.homepage>
@@ -125,7 +165,7 @@
       <sonar.jacoco.reportPath>${jacoco.outputDir}/${jacoco.out.ut.file}</sonar.jacoco.reportPath>
       <jacoco.out.it.file>jacoco-it.exec</jacoco.out.it.file>
       <sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>${jacoco.outputDir}/${jacoco.out.it.file}</sonar.jacoco.itReportPath>
-      <!-- Sonar - END-->
+      <!-- Sonar - END -->
    </properties>
 
 
@@ -135,11 +175,27 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-                <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
-                <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
+               <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
+               <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
+               <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
             </configuration>
-         </plugin>  
+         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <!-- Use the Nexus Staging plugin as a full replacement for the standard Maven Deploy plugin. See https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-maven-plugins/tree/master/staging/maven-plugin 
+               why this makes sense :-) We can control whether we want to deploy to the Eclipse repo or Maven Central by a combination of the version being a SNAPSHOT 
+               or RELEASE version and property skipStaging=true/false. In any case we can take advantage of the plugin's "deferred deploy" feature which makes sure that 
+               all artifacts of a multi-module project are deployed as a whole at the end of the build process instead of deploying each module's artifacts individually 
+               as part of building the module. -->
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.5</version>
+            <extensions>true</extensions>
+            <configuration>
+               <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+               <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+               <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
             <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -164,6 +220,32 @@
                </mapping>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.1</version>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <!-- Make sure that only non-snapshot versions are used for the dependencies. Only active when property 'snapshotDependencyAllowed' is 
+                     false. -->
+                  <id>enforce-no-snapshots</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>enforce</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <skip>${snapshotDependencyAllowed}</skip>
+                     <rules>
+                        <requireReleaseDeps>
+                           <message>No Snapshots Allowed!</message>
+                        </requireReleaseDeps>
+                        <requireReleaseVersion>
+                           <message>No Snapshots Allowed!</message>
+                        </requireReleaseVersion>
+                     </rules>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -218,7 +300,7 @@
             </executions>
          </plugin>
       </plugins>
-      
+
       <pluginManagement>
          <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -238,7 +320,7 @@
                               </goals>
                            </pluginExecutionFilter>
                            <action>
-                              <ignore/>
+                              <ignore />
                            </action>
                         </pluginExecution>
                         <pluginExecution>
@@ -252,7 +334,7 @@
                               </goals>
                            </pluginExecutionFilter>
                            <action>
-                              <ignore/>
+                              <ignore />
                            </action>
                         </pluginExecution>
                      </pluginExecutions>
@@ -323,13 +405,43 @@
                <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.processor.plugin.version}</version>
+               <groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
+               <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${maven.processor.plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
          </plugins>
       </pluginManagement>
    </build>
+   <profiles>
+      <profile>
+         <!-- this profile generates GPG signatures -->
+         <id>create_gpg_signature</id>
+         <activation>
+            <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            <property>
+               <name>createGPGSignature</name>
+            </property>
+         </activation>
+         <build>
+            <plugins>
+               <plugin>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                  <version>1.6</version>
+                  <executions>
+                     <execution>
+                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                           <goal>sign</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                     </execution>
+                  </executions>
+               </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+         </build>
+      </profile>
+   </profiles>
 
    <dependencyManagement>
       <dependencies>
@@ -496,7 +608,7 @@
                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
+         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>