When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Admittedly, Lockheed Martin Information Technology has a tougher assignment than most, and that’s to clean up the Hanford nuclear waste site. As the IT group serving the project, the Lockheed team ...

The data-management problems in IC design and those in software development have superficial similarities, even though the steps in the two development processes are quite different. Both require the ...

Change is inevitable when computer software is built and change increases the level of confusion among software engineers who are working on a project. The art of coordinating software development to ...

Large software organizations—especially those running multiple concurrent development projects, with each project divided among teams—are beginning to agree. These companies have been scorched often ...

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These top IT asset management tools can increase visibility of your IT assets for improved risk reduction. Find out which one is best for your business. IT assets are software, hardware or cloud ...

Serena Software announced this week the release of Serena Dimensions Express, a developer-focused software configuration management tool that is intended to be easy to use. With the product, advanced ...

Ever had a situation where you don't know what code is actually in production? How about when you need to do a hot fix and you break production software? Usually, this is the result of an unstructured ...