Software Release Risk Management
16 AUGUST, 2017 by Rohit Gupta How are you managing the software release risks associated with constant change? In today’s fast paced market, every business is under immense pressure to outshine their competitors in regards to product offering and customer...
The Cost of Inefficient Test Environment Management
14 AUGUST, 2017 by Ashley Hosking Do you know how much inefficient Test Environment Management is costing you?One thing that stands out from our discussions with organisations in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe is the distinct lack of awareness when it...
March to Digital
An interesting article on ZDNET that talks about the challenges IT and Test Environments are causing businesses as they strive to be competitive and agile. Organizations can’t afford to lose 500+ hours a year (per IT professional) due to these technology environment...
The Test Environment Pizza
I had an “interesting” chat with a potential client this week…I could tell the client was somewhat distracted and had something “greater” on their mind.
So, I probed slightly & the vision became apparent: “We want our Projects to Self-Service the Test Environments”…
Complex IT Environment to Blame
An interesting article from IT News on why companies need to start looking at platforms like Enov8 EcoSystem to better understand and control their IT Environments, capabilities and operations…
6 Tips For A Successful Migration Program
Whether it is uplifting legacy technology assets or planning data centre migrations to private or public cloud (or a hybrid) – Here are 6 tips to help plan a successful migration.
How ‘Smelly’ are your IT Environments?
Kent beck, the inventor of XP extreme programming, once wrote about the concept of “Smelly Code”.
Given IT Environments seem to be a significant challenge for so many organizations, It got us thinking…
Announcement: Delta Society Partnership
We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Delta Society Australia! Delta is a national not-for-profit organisation that brings the joy of animal companionship to those…
Importance of Resilience Management
Waiting for bad things to happen is never a good practice. Once a system is down, it may already be too late and damage to the business could be irreversible. IT resilience is about preventing a disaster recovery situation before it happens.
Why Not Zero?
A group of leading technology companies have announced they will work together on the establishment of a new “Zero Outage” industry standard. A standard to safeguard quality…
Leveraging Data Automation
A core part of managing your IT & Test environments is the management of your systems information & data and the streamlining of these operations. This can be achieved by leveraging “best of breed” tools…
Leveraging Application Automation
A core part of managing your IT & Test environments is the ability to streamline operations by leveraging your favourite tools. Enov8 can integrate all your favourite development & test tools…
Integrate your Infrastructure Orchestration Tools
Integrate EcoSystem with your existing Infrastructure Orchestration toolsets for Configuration, Provisioning and Decommissioning…
The Blind Spot
It is hard to believe most enterprises are still managing their Development & Test Environment assets and activities with non-scalable and non-Integratable methods like spreadsheets, word documents and emails. This results in major blind spots and inefficiencies…
Announcement: Ministry of Testing
Enov8 are pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring our friends at the Ministry of Testing this year…
Test Environment Management Workshops Singapore
Attention Singapore Development and Test Managers. Is your development and testing plagued with Test Environment issues e.g. delays, outages and misconfigurations?…
Test Environment Management Explained
Despite most companies spending between 45%-55% of IT spend on Training, Development & Testing – TEM still seems an area of significant confusion and neglect. In the hope to educate and raise the bar on TEM, here is a quick overview of “IT & Test Environment Management best practices” from Enov8….
Agile? or Run-Run-Stop?
Despite the ongoing push for Agile, Development and Test Environment issues continue to cause significant disruptions to our IT Projects & our Time to Market…
Resilience Doesn’t Stop at Production
Industry analysis indicates about 20% of IT project productivity is lost due to IT environment issues in development, test & training…
Test Environment Management Maturity Index – TEMMi
With 45%+ Infrastructure & License Spend being for Non Production & with IT Projects losing up to 20% in Productivity due to IT Environment issues. It is now clear that Test Environment Management can’t be ignored…