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Build Release Management

One Way > Check-out, Check-in, Check-out, Check-in.

There are plenty of third party version control tools that help your developers version their software when coding. But when you are done coding, how do you keep track of different builds of code? How do you route your application components into the software development lifecycle for testing or QA? And once you do, how do you track all the changes? And worse, if QA rejects the application, how do you track it back to development? How do you manage all those lines of code with multiple development teams? Developing applications can be a daunting task even in the most simplistic development environment. But combine multiple applications with multiple development teams in multiple locations, and you add a degree of complexity that can become unmanageable. And then, what happens if you get audited? How can you pass an IT audit with flying colors?

The Aldon Way > Graduating From Version Control.

While version control tools give you the ability to manage software versioning through check-outs and check-ins, it can’t help you with the software build and release process.  Aldon’s Build Release Management solution gives you total control of the entire build release management process by taking advantage of the benefits that an application lifecycle management offering brings with the additional benefit of getting compliant. From the time a build is assembled and imported into Aldon, our solution tracks, manages, and deploys your application through our automated workflows and best practices.  At any given time, you can see, capture, promote, and report on changes in the software development cycle. What’s more, we give you complete version control flexibility--your developers can use any version control system they choose, even Aldon’s.

And because Aldon traces all the steps your build package takes and automatically deploys them out to deployment targets, you can easily cut costs by saving time you would have spent when you routed the packages manually. By replacing tedious manual processes, you can reduce costs, ensure application integrity, gain efficiencies, and speed up software delivery times. And because our solution offers you a structured application lifecycle processes with complete traceability, you can easily meet regulatory compliance.

Working on Multiple Releases and Applications Simultaneously.

Applications can be broken down into versions or releases. This helps maintain custom versions or modified packaged applications. Our solutions even let your developers maintain a production version concurrently with a new version under development.

Making Auditors Happy.

Managers can always view, control, and report to auditors every change, all along the development road. Aldon makes achieving IT compliance easy; plus you’ll improve productivity and deliver higher quality software.

Seeing Everything That Happened.

Any build package can be associated with one or more tasks. The association applies to all files in the package. This allows you to view all history.

Keeping Build Package Integrity.

With the complete ability to capture, see, track, and report on all changes, you now have the capability to maintain package integrity and automate workflow.

Not Impeding Developers.

Developers can use whatever version control tool they so choose. Development teams can work in isolation and stay in their own environment until it’s time to build the package. Then Aldon takes over, and if the package has to go back to them, it brings the history of what happened with it helping developers know what happened.

Failsafe Build Promotion.

When a partial failure of a build package happens the target environment is marked, preventing promotion or deployment of the package until the problem is solved.

Air Traffic Control for Build Packages.

Aldon ensures that the appropriate files are automatically deployed to the correct locations throughout the software development process. And when it comes to application deployment, we deploy the components to appropriate target locations at every stage. This means that we automatically gather, package, distribute, and install application components to all target platforms with the greatest of ease.

Telling Your Boss “I Have it Under Control.”

Wouldn’t it be great to tell your bosses that you have it all under control and, that short of a disaster, you will release an application on time and on budget? Well now you can. You can always view, control, and report to auditors every change, all along the development road.

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