Solution Provider Session to Focus on Achieving Rapid, Widespread Adoption of CMMI with ALM
ORLANDO, FLORIDA-- MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSX:MKX) will be joined by Lockheed Martin's (NYSE:LMT) Enterprise Solutions and Services unit to present the way that a global organization rapidly achieves large scale adoption of CMMI across new and existing programs.
CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model® Integration) is recognized as the standard for independent benchmarking of industry maturity in critical technical and managerial areas. CMMI is very powerful yet is notoriously difficult to implement, especially quickly and on a large-scale basis.
During this co-presented session to conference attendees, Tuesday,
October 9th at 4:45 PM in Room Oceanic 6 at the Dolphin Hotel, Dr.
Jeffrey Phillips, Chief Technologist, Health Information Technology
Solutions and Mr. Kyle Willers, Manager, Application Development and
Maintenance Solutions, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Solutions and
Services, along with Dan Boutin, Strategic Solutions Manager, MKS, will
discuss the role of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) as a vital
accelerator for Lockheed Martin Information Solutions and Services
automating and streamlining each stage of CMMI maturity.
"Lockheed Martin has proven Level 5 processes and artifacts,"
states Dr. Phillips. "Our goal is to rapidly and consistently implement
Level 3 processes and artifacts across many diverse programs while also
taking early advantage of Level 5 functionality by embedding our
processes within a proven automated ALM platform. Embedding Lockheed
Martin's CMMI processes and best practices within an ALM platform,
enables the consistent monitoring of work performance during all stages
of the development lifecycle. This is critical to achieving CMMI Level
5 maturity benefits such as reducing code defects and product
development and maintenance cost and increasing code re-use and product
quality."
"A unified ALM platform is a proven accelerator for maturity
initiatives like CMMI through automation of processes, end to end
traceability and visibility, and real-time data mining of lifecycle
metrics of key process indicators (KPI)" comments Philip C. Deck,
Chairman and CEO, MKS. "We're delighted to present our shared vision
for accelerated CMMI with Lockheed Martin."
Attendees of Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, which runs from October 7 -
12 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin in Orlando, FL, are also invited to
stop by the MKS booth (#1425) to learn how its enterprise Application
Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution provides Global 1000 organizations
with greater visibility over geographically distributed software
development activities, enhanced development productivity and improved
IT controls for regulatory compliance across zSeries, iSeries and
distributed platforms. See what makes MKS Integrity 2007 stand out.
About MKS
MKS is a globally recognized leader of software application
management, harmonizing the disciplines of application lifecycle
management and IT service management to aid Global companies in
achieving higher levels of productivity, process standardization and
rapid innovation. For more information about MKS, visit our Web site at
http://www.mks.com.
About MKS Integrity
MKS Integrity is an enterprise software platform that coordinates
and manages software application activities and configuration items
through the establishment a unified application data framework to
deliver productivity, visibility and compliance. MKS Integrity's
unified approach provides IT and software engineering organizations
with end to end coverage across the application development lifecycle
with capabilities including requirements management, to software
configuration management (SCM), software change management, build
management and test management, through to deployment and release
management, and IT portfolio management. MKS Integrity facilitates
software applications management within large organizations that have a
need for enterprise class scalability, multi-platform capability,
support for multiple geographic locations, traceability, audit ability
and granular access control and security. By spanning all aspects of
the application the development lifecycle, MKS supports critical
business transformations including SOA, application rationalization and
IT outsourcing.
MKS Integrity's unique single architecture approach to ALM delivers
uncompromised visibility, flexibility and scalability across software
projects, platforms (Windows, UNIX, System i and Mainframe), custom and
packaged applications (SAP and Oracle/Peoplesoft), as well as teams and
locations. MKS Integrity can manage any IT workflow or software
process, while uniting process frameworks such as ITIL, CMMI and CobiT
enabling global development organizations to better meet IT governance
and compliance goals, achieve high levels of software process maturity,
measure project performance with real-time software metrics and make
substantial productivity gains for an overall low total cost of
ownership.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about
140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products and services. Lockheed Martin has
been the number one IT prime contractor for the Federal government in
terms of annual sales each year for the last 13 years.
About Gartner Symposium/Itxpo
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the IT industry's largest and most
strategic conference, providing business leaders with a look at the
future of IT. For more than 10,000 IT professionals from the world's
leading enterprises, Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key
components of their annual planning efforts. Attendees rely on Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo to gain insight into how their organizations can use
technology to address business challenges and improve operational
efficiency. For more information, please visit www.gartner.com/symposium/us.
Copyright (c) 2007 MKS Inc. and MKS Toolkit are trademarks or
registered trademarks of MKS Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in
this release are the property of their respective owners.
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