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Mainframe Application Developers Can Achieve Process and Issue Management Via
Web Browsers to Control Change Across the Enterprise
 SAN MATEO, Calif. - Dec.
12, 2006 - Serena Software, Inc.,
the Change GovernanceTM leader, today announced a newly upgraded integration between its
best-of-breed solutions for mainframe application development and Web-based
process control and enforcement. This
new integration between Serena®
ChangeMan® ZMF
5.6 and Serena TeamTrack® 6.6
allows users to improve the quality, predictability, and control of the
software development process, reduce risks and costs through more efficient
process management, and create an audit trail for easier regulatory
compliance.
Companies
are increasingly working in heterogeneous environments and, until now, lacked
visibility between their mainframe and distributed application development
environments. By integrating mainframe
and distributed application lifecycle management, Serena customers can
visualize the impact of changes before they take place,
orchestrate the optimal implementation of those changes, and enforce best
practice lifecycle processes across all development activities, regardless of
platform or location.
"This integration
between ChangeMan ZMF and TeamTrack is yet another example of Serena's
commitment to fostering innovation in the mainframe arena and delivering
solutions that efficiently, consistently, and successfully control change across
the enterprise," said Matt DiMaria, senior vice president of marketing,
Serena. "Our 25 years of mainframe
experience make Serena uniquely qualified to help enterprises integrate and
automate change processes, bridge silos of change across their organizations,
and, ultimately, transform change into strategic business
advantage in the face of increased regulatory demands, competitive pressures and
globalization."
ChangeMan ZMF 5.6 is
Serena's comprehensive and fully integrated solution for software change
management on the mainframe.
Serena
TeamTrack 6.6 is the
latest version of Serena's secure and highly configurable process and issue
management solution that maps, tracks, and enforces business processes down to
the task level. Together, these
solutions provide visibility into the entire application development landscape,
keeping everyone on the path to better software, improved business practices,
increased profitability, and competitive advantages.
Enhancements to this new
interface include:
- Better
collaboration and project quality - This
new interface provides the ability to execute a corresponding transition in
TeamTrack upon ZMF promotion for better collaboration between mainframe
developers and counterparts in other parts of the organization, such as
developers on distributed systems and operations specialists, resulting in
better project quality. Plus,
non-technical personnel (in management, for example) now have greater visibility
into their mainframe application development projects.
- Reduced
costs and risk - With
tighter integration between ChangeMan ZMF and TeamTrack, package creation is
faster and simpler than ever before, while ensuring that standard processes are
enforced across the enterprise to lower risk and reduce costs. Customers now have the ability to create
packages in ZMF and have an item automatically generated in TeamTrack that is
linked to that ZMF package. The
integration now coordinates promotion events between ChangeMan ZMF and
TeamTrack. When ZMF receives a promotion
request, ZMF informs TeamTrack of the request and information about the
promotion is passed to TeamTrack, including current promotion level, target
promotion level, and highest promotion level.
- Open
standards for better adaptability and integrations
- The new interface has adopted standards defined in the Eclipse Application
Lifecycle Framework (ALF) project to notify ALF of important events within the
application lifecycle. With this new
version ZMF can inform ALF of process results from the ZMF lifecycle such as
package audit, freeze, and promotion. By
adopting ALF eventing standards, Serena is demonstrating commitment to open
standards that allow customers and partners to integrate the myriad tools so
often present in ALM organizations.
Availability
The newly upgraded
integration between Serena ChangeMan ZMF 5.6 and Serena TeamTrack 6.6 is
available now. Customers
can obtain the required components as well as implementation details from
http://www.serena.com/US/products/zmf/teamtrack-for-changeman-zmf.aspx. For
more information, contact Serena at 1-800-547-7827 or www.serena.com.
About Serena Software,
Inc.
Serena Software, the Change
GovernanceTM leader, provides software and services to more than 15,000
organizations around the world-including 96 of the Fortune 100 and 90 of the
Global 100. Recognized by IDC as the largest software provider focused
exclusively on change, Serena offers a new approach to change-Change
Governance-that enables businesses to efficiently, consistently, and
successfully control change across the enterprise. Serena helps companies
capitalize on change to achieve transformative business results. Serena has more
than 800 employees worldwide and is headquartered in San
Mateo, California, with offices
throughout the U.S.,
Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information,
please visit www.serena.com.
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