Enterprise Release Management: A Comprehensive Guide

Enterprise Release Management: A Comprehensive Guide

Enterprise Release Management (ERM) is a set of end-to-end practices that enable large organizations to effectively manage software releases. ERM is uniquely designed for the challenges of multiple teams building and releasing software simultaneously. ERM establishes...
Your Essential Test Environment Management Checklist

Your Essential Test Environment Management Checklist

“Test Environment Management Checklist.” Yep, that sounds like a mouthful, but don’t let that discourage you. The idea here is quite simple—adopting a checklist to evaluate the soundness of your test environment management approach. Even though the idea sounds simple...
A Detailed Guide to SAP Data Masking

A Detailed Guide to SAP Data Masking

SAP systems handle some of the most sensitive data in the enterprise: financial transactions, HR information, supplier records, customer profiles, operational details, and more. For that reason, copying production data into non-production systems without modification...
Release vs Deployment Management: What’s the Difference?

Release vs Deployment Management: What’s the Difference?

In the always-an-adventure world of IT service management, there are several key processes that are essential for delivering high-quality services to customers and end-users. Two of the most critical processes are release management and deployment management....
7 Tools to Help with Application Rationalization

7 Tools to Help with Application Rationalization

Application rationalization is the process of identifying which applications an organization should keep, update, consolidate, or retire. Think of it as a financial adviser, but instead of your investment portfolio, it’s your application portfolio. Most...
Pairing DevOps with Test Environment Management

Pairing DevOps with Test Environment Management

For many organizations, DevOps is the best practice for efficiency. However, this model doesn’t come easily as the organization needs to put certain things in place. For example, the firm needs to incorporate the right tools to ensure its delivery pipeline and...