When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Software configuration management (SCM) encompasses the systematic control, organisation and automation of software development processes. It involves tracking and controlling changes in the software, ...

Large software organizations—especially those running multiple concurrent development projects, with each project divided among teams—are beginning to agree. These companies have been scorched often ...

Admittedly, Lockheed Martin Information Technology has a tougher assignment than most, and that’s to clean up the Hanford nuclear waste site. As the IT group serving the project, the Lockheed team ...

The Central Technical Support Facility’s Configuration Management Branch manages the deployed force software baseline for the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 to support interoperability ...

The data-management problems in IC design and those in software development have superficial similarities, even though the steps in the two development processes are quite different. Both require the ...

A review of the configuration management tool, Chef Progress. Learn about its features, pricing, and benefits. Chef (aka Progress Chef) is a configuration management tool that helps organizations ...

A trio of cloud industry leaders have launched a new company with the mission of modernizing software configuration data management. That event demonstrated that software is now critical ...

AccuRev on Monday will release an upgrade to its SCM (software configuration management) package that the company argues offers a superior alternative to file-based SCM systems. Intended for ...