CA Software Change Manager r12 Helps Prevent Business Disruptions by Managing Software Change from Request to Release
ISLANDIA, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–
News Facts
- CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced a new release of CA
Software Change Manager[2] to help organizations better manage and
control globally distributed software change initiatives, from request
to release. By integrating CA Software Change Manager r12 with CA
Clarity[3], CA
Service Desk Manager[4] and CA
Software Delivery[5], CA offers customers the ability to streamline
software and operational change management processes and more quickly
respond to changing business opportunities and demands. - CA Software Change Manager r12 (formerly known as CA Harvest Change
Manager) is designed to support IPv6 and FIPS 140-2, and includes more
than 200 process and functionality enhancements such as a completely
new developer’s interface and modern
development environment. Integrated software change and build
management are designed to result in higher quality applications and
faster deployment cycles. - According to Enterprise Management Associates, more than 60 percent of
all critical system and application outages are caused by
inappropriate change. An integrated solution of CA Software Change
Manager with CA Service Desk Manager and CA Software Delivery helps
organizations prioritize and quickly deliver the right changes with a
clear understanding of service dependencies. This helps minimize
service interruptions and optimize application maintenance costs. - Organizations managing application portfolios with CA Clarity and
managing software change with CA Software Change Manager benefit from
the integration as they can better manage release projects with
greater confidence that the right governance processes are in-place
and projects are delivered on time. - This release is one of 10 new and enhanced Enterprise IT Management
(EITM) and Governance solutions CA
has announced today[6] to help organizations address IT management
issues intensified by today’s challenging
economy by better adapting to change, capitalizing on new
opportunities and controlling costs.
- New Features Help Prevent Business Disruptions:
- New Developer Workbench – The new Eclipse™-based,
full-featured interface is designed to optimize both traditional
and agile software development lifecycles, supporting isolated and
shared work areas for optimum flexibility in development. CA
Software Change Manager r12 also allows users to custom-configure
their interface giving them easier access to the information they
need in the way they want to see it for improved developer
productivity. - Refactoring Support – CA Software
Change Manager r12 is designed to ease refactoring, including Java™
refactoring, by automating the changes in the software change
management system. As programmers use refactoring for more agile
development, CA Software Change Manager gives them the ability to
rename files and paths of the source code without breaking Builds.
It also retains full auditing, security permissions, and an
archived history of modifications with complete roll back support. - Work Area Synchronization – CA
Software Change Manager r12 helps deliver higher quality code
faster as it tracks, analyzes and reconciles files that developers
are working on while disconnected, and then synchronizes easily
with the change management repository at any time, with full
control and management of code conflicts and Concurrent
Development.
- New Developer Workbench – The new Eclipse™-based,
- CA Software Change Manager r12 Premium Edition with OpenMake Meister
is designed to solve the cost, delay and compliance problems
associated with mismanaged builds. While continuing to offer “build
forensics” to bridge the production
application back to its source code and ease audit processes for
compliance needs, CA Software Change Manager r12 has simplified the
entire build process by integrating the OpenMake user interface within
the CA Software Change Manager interface so developers can see the
build while continuing to code. - CA is a leader in helping customers execute successful change
management across the enterprise. CA Software Change Manager r12 with CA
Endevor Software Change Manager[7] is designed to provide integrated
and simultaneous release management for distributed and mainframe
platforms. This need has escalated in recent years as businesses
deploy SOA-based Web services on the mainframe to support applications
on a distributed platform.
Supporting Quotes
- “CA Software Change Manager r12 is designed
to provide critical functionality in IT change, configuration and
release management that helps ensure that customers have an optimized
development environment that gives them the flexibility to capitalize
on emerging business opportunities,” said
Brian Bell, senior vice president and general manger, CA Service
Management. “It continues to provide the
trusted server technology known by thousands of customers for managing
software changes and now combines that with a modernized interface for
the developer community.” - “CA Software Change Manager r12 is highly
scalable to help meet the diverse needs of an organization’s
global development teams, which typically operate with multiple
methodologies, multi-platform environments and on multiple projects at
the same time,” said Prajval Parthasarathy,
vice president, software engineering, CA. “At
CA we use CA Software Change Manager in our own development
environment to manage the needs of 3,500 developers worldwide. Their
work is managed from a single datacenter that requires fewer than four
administrators.” - “At Sallie Mae we began incorporating IT
Infrastructure Library guidance to improve our IT effectiveness and
capitalize on emerging opportunities while reaping the cost savings
that come from better processes. In deploying CA Software Change
Manager and integrating it with CA Service Desk Manager we have
streamlined our application change processes to make it more
consistent and automated and in line with ITIL guidance,”
said Jo Lee Hayes, vice president of Enterprise Technologies, Sallie
Mae. “We worked closely with CA on this new
release of CA Software Change Manager and our developers are looking
forward to its full deployment at Sallie Mae.” - “We’ve been
working with CA Software Change Manager, formerly known as Harvest,
for several years and have built a solid business helping
organizations solve their software change and configuration management
challenges,” Warren McCall, president and
CEO, SCM Solutions, Inc., said. “With the
enhancements to release 12 of CA Software Change Manager and the price
point CA offers, we anticipate our customers will be impressed with
the return on investment they can get by using CA Software Change
Manager in their application development process.”
- “OpenMake is a proud CA partner and this
release is the result of many years of cooperation and co-development
to help create a seamless solution for software change and build
management,” said Stephen King, CEO
OpenMake Software. “Modern development
requires continuous build management to be part of a complete change
solution for quality and compliance needs. CA Software Change Manager
r12 Premium Edition delivers that capability.” - “Users increasingly seek integration across the broad swath of change,
system service and demand management products to be able to succeed
and survive with an increasingly chaotic and unpredictable global
economy,” said Melinda Carol-Ballou, IDC
program director, Application Lifecycle Management & ITMS. “And
in an industry where compliance seems to touch every aspect of IT, the
ability to demonstrate control over the software change process is
being mandated by businesses to support governance and corporate
compliance initiatives.”
CA World 2008
- To learn more about how CA solutions help customers govern, manage and
secure IT for greater business value, join the world’s
largest gathering of CA customers and partners at CA
World 2008[8], November 16-20, 2008, at The Venetian Congress and
Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Additional Resources
— IDC
Report: Sallie Mae Evolves Effective Change and Service Management:
Setting a Baseline First to Establish Key Benefits[9]
— Technology
Brief: CA Saves $3 Million a Year, Improves Competitive Advantage by
Simplifying Software Change Management[10]
— Industry
Research: Change, Configuration and Release: What’s
Really Driving Top Performance?[11]
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Management (EITM) vision and expertise, organizations can more
effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize business
performance and sustain competitive advantage. For more information,
visit www.ca.com[12].
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- ^ CA Endevor Software Change Manager (cts.businesswire.com)
- ^ CA World 2008 (cts.businesswire.com)
- ^ IDC Report: Sallie Mae Evolves Effective Change and Service Management: Setting a Baseline First to Establish Key Benefits (cts.businesswire.com)
- ^ Technology Brief: CA Saves $3 Million a Year, Improves Competitive Advantage by Simplifying Software Change Management (cts.businesswire.com)
- ^ Industry Research: Change, Configuration and Release: What’s Really Driving Top Performance? (cts.businesswire.com)
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