ChangeMan ZMF
Software Configuration Management For The Mainframe
Serena ChangeMan ZMF is the industry’s leading software configuration management solution for mainframe systems. It protects corporate assets—and in the process, lets mainframe programmers get more done in less time.
Serena ChangeMan ZMF should be selected as an indispensable weapon in IT’s arsenal of survival and empowerment.
— The Yankee Group
Control Development
Serena ChangeMan ZMF supports the process of moving changes through an organization, and treats change management as a business issue rather than a technical requirement. It eliminates missing source code problems. It employs Change Packages that enhance developer creativity while establishing consistency and improving management reporting. It increases system availability and can simplify software audits.
- Provides rapid return on investment
- Addresses compliance requirements
- Improves availability and customer service
- Enforces IT best practices
- Increases software quality and production reliability
Streamline Audit
ChangeMan ZMF reduces maintenance costs and regression errors by moving code through an automated development life cycle that delivers process and accountability at every step. It integrates scheduling forms and approval processes online that automatically enforce an enterprise’s development processes. With ChangeMan ZMF, application code is easier to find, modify and deploy.
Key features include:
- Automatic warnings and notifications
- Source to load integrity is locked down
- Web access for management approvals
- Integration with desktop reporting tools
- Emergency change provisions
- All activities performed on change packages are captured and tracked
Ease of Use
Customers achieve a rapid return on their investment in ChangeMan ZMF. The solution can be deployed and in production in a fraction of the time required by competing mainframe solutions. Administrative tasks are straightforward and easy to use. Developers have a choice of user interfaces, including traditional ISPF or Windows. Users of Eclipse’s Websphere IDE for the mainframe (WD4z) can access the functionality of ZMF without leaving their IDE.
- Rapid implementation, fast ROI
- Low cost of administration
- Multiple user interfaces including ISPF, Windows, and IDE plug-in
- Integrated, web-based process modeling and control through TeamTrack
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