Software lifecycle management (SLM) is the discipline for managing software development across its life cycle. I’ve been covering this space since 2003 when I started as an IT industry analyst and have witnessed its evolution as the vendor tool category of application life cycle management (ALM). It’s useful to ask what the difference is between … continue reading
Many may view it as a collision of ideologies, but pairing ALM with Agile practices makes a lot of sense to those who have pushed ahead in the latest application development and delivery methodologies. Raj Mehta, president and CEO of Infosys International, an enterprise services firm, explains it best: “Most people do not realize that … continue reading
Many Agile and DevOps teams are successfully reducing software delivery cycle times and improving product quality, but their work doesn’t always align with business objectives because CIOs and IT portfolio managers lack the visibility they need to ensure business and product alignment. Although modern software tools generate a lot of data and more of them … continue reading
If you’re an agile team, you may still be planning, developing, testing and deploying by instinct. But what if you bring data science into the picture? Enter HPE Predictive Analytics, which can surface everything from accurate planning estimates in agile projects to efficiencies in defect detection for continuous testing. SD Times spoke with Collin Chau, a … continue reading
Application delivery teams and the application lifecycle management tools they use are reaching a breaking point as they struggle to support continuous delivery of applications with an expanding array of architectures and form factors. According to Ashish Kuthiala, Austin-based senior director for Agile and DevOps portfolio offerings at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software, three key disruptions … continue reading
Version-control and source-code-management provider Perforce Software is adding a new set of ALM solutions to its portfolio. The company announced the acquisition of Seapine Software, a provider of application life-cycle management tools. “The Seapine suite of products strongly complements the Perforce portfolio, and both companies address many of the same enterprise product development needs including … continue reading
HPE wants to keep up with the ever-changing software development life cycles with the release of a new application life-cycle management (ALM) solution for DevOps and agile environments. The company unveiled HPE ALM Octane, designed to provide insights into software, speed up delivery, and ensure quality user experiences. According to the company, HPE ALM Octane … continue reading
The Justice Department is seeing another lawsuit, this filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit to determine whether the government has used secret court orders to force technology companies to decrypt their customers’ private communications, according to an EFF announcement. The lawsuit against the DOJ states that it … continue reading
TechExcel is taking a turn toward project portfolio management with the latest release DevSuite 9.5, its application life-cycle management suite. “In today’s world, project management is very important to every organization,” said Tieren Zhou, founder and chief software architect of TechExcel. “It really helps a organization be successful and generate revenue.” With the new project … continue reading
Blueprint v5.4 provides clear insight into project status and performance at any point in software development lifecycle … continue reading
Tasktop Sync 3.0 includes new capabilities for teams using products from Serena, Rally, JIRA and Clarity PPM … continue reading
