Compuware Brings Home Two DevOps Dozen Awards
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Matthew DeLaere
3y ago
Overview: Compuware won two 2020 DevOps Dozen Awards, for Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution and Best DevOps-Related Podcast Series.   The winners of DevOps.com’s 2020 DevOps Dozen Awards have been announced, and Compuware, a BMC Company, took home two top spots. Compuware Topaz shared honors for Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution. Topaz helps meet a glaring need in the mainframe community. In order to thrive in an environment where, as Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley likes to say, “big no longer beats small; fast beats slow,” mainframe organizations must develop and deliver new features and ..read more
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A Solution for Test Data Management
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Bill Clayton
3y ago
Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. Parts 1 defined TDM and explained why it’s crucial to the success of your organization. Part 2 identified key stakeholders, and Part 3, described some of the challenges associated with implementation of a TDM strategy. In the conclusion of the series, Principal Consultant Bill Clayton details BMC Compuware’s TDM solution and describes the benefits of implementing a TDM strategy.   BMC Compuware offers a comprehensive Test Data Management solution which inc ..read more
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Overcoming TDM Challenges
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Bill Clayton
3y ago
Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I’ve defined TDM, explained why it’s crucial to the success of your organization, and identified key stakeholders. In Part 3, we cover some of the challenges associated with implementation of a TDM strategy.   The challenges of implementing a TDM strategy come in many different forms. Following are some of the more common that I’ve seen. Corporate Acquisitions. Many of the businesses that I have worked with have been banks ..read more
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Test Data Management Stakeholders
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by Bill Clayton
3y ago
Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. In Part 2, we discuss the stakeholders interested in implementing a TDM strategy.   In Part 1 of this series, we discussed TDM and why it is crucial to your organization’s success. A robust TDM strategy includes more than consideration of risk mitigation and legal compliance—it must also address the concerns of stakeholders within your organization and those of your customers. Following are some of the roles that may have a stake in what an organization is ..read more
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What is Test Data Management and Why Do We Need It?
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Bill Clayton
3y ago
Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. In Part 1, we discuss what TDM is and why it is critical to your enterprise.   Defining a TDM strategy can be challenging—the growing number of systems and environments can even make it seem impossible. This series will address some of the common questions that customers have asked and discuss the delivery and implementation of a cross-platform mainframe and distributed TDM. This series was written both to help enterprises understand the need for a TDM str ..read more
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Avoid Agile Sprint Planning Panic
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by Zyad Alyashae and Mark Schettenhelm
3y ago
Overview: Panic is never good, but proper preparation can keep it from seeping into your Agile sprint planning meetings. Use these 7 tips to help plan properly and avoid panic.   At times, Agile sprint planning meetings can cause panic, and that’s never a good thing. One example is when items aren’t defined clearly enough—it becomes difficult to allot stories when they aren’t clearly understood. Agile development is by nature fast-paced, but if planning is done right you shouldn’t be in a situation that leads to panic. Here are 7 tips you should consider to avoid panic at your next planni ..read more
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How to Execute SDSF Commands from Topaz
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by Connor Blair
3y ago
As part of our Technical Tuesday blog series, each week developers, technical consultants, and others share tutorials, helpful hints, and information on features that will help you better utilize our tools. This week’s tutorial comes from software developer Connor Blair. To see more tutorials from Connor, check back each week or visit his page on Medium.   For this tutorial, we are going to APF authorize a library as an example SDSF command. For this tutorial, I will be using Topaz Workbench. To do that we need to open the console.   Select the console options menu and select “z/OS ..read more
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How Much Better Should You Leave Things?
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by Zyad Alyashae and Katie Eluskie
3y ago
Overview: When finding a previously unnoticed bug you may feel compelled to fix it before moving on. But there can be unintended consequences to doing so. Before making any changes, speak with stakeholders and determine if a fix is necessary immediately and the consequences of such an action. And be sure to document what you’ve done!   We have all been there: you’re deep into code and find a bug that has not been noticed before, or some code that should be cleaned up. You are right there so why not fix it? Sometimes the answer is yes, it makes sense to fix it then, following the old backp ..read more
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Getting Started with Hiperstation Tutorial
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Connor Blair
3y ago
As part of our Technical Tuesday blog series, each week developers, technical consultants, and others will share tutorials, helpful hints, and information on features that will help you better utilize our tools. This week’s tutorial comes from software developer Connor Blair. To see more tutorials from Connor, check back each week or visit his page on Medium.   Hiperstation is a great tool for developing automated tests on z/OS. By recording common tasks performed on ISPF, Hiperstation saves the developer time and energy. In this tutorial, we are going to walk through the process of recor ..read more
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Championing the Mainframe on College Campuses
Compuware - Mainframe Software Solutions
by Matthew DeLaere
3y ago
Overview: East Carolina University Adjunct Professor Dr. Cameron Seay recently joined the Modern Mainframe podcast to talk about his career, his efforts to raise the profile of the mainframe in college curricula, how to attract new students to the platform, and more.   The issue of replacing talent replacement is well known in the mainframe community. As many developers and other mainframe professionals approach retirement age organizations are facing increasing pressure to find, train, and retain new talent—the 2020 BMC Mainframe Survey shows that staffing and skills are a top priority f ..read more
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