Overview

Manage change throughout the entire development lifecycle. With integrated IBM Change and Release Management, you always know what was modified and why. Track bugs, feature requests, change requests, and development tasks over the complete span of your projects. Apply source code file changes to defects and change requests even while checking in modifications from your IDE.

Key Benefits

• Get complete control of your change management process with advanced branching, triggers, email notifications, fully configurable workflows, and customizable fields.
• Track change requests, bug reports, feature requests and more with all-inclusive defect management.
• Manage source code files with private workspaces, automatic merging, and role-based security.
• Work from anywhere with fast and secure remote access to source files and defects.
• Achieve higher scalability and leverage your existing database infrastructure, backup strategies, and reporting tools with RDBMS-based data storage.

Trident is an IBM Rational Premium partner and has been delivering IBM Rational training, support, consultancy and products of IBM Rational licenses for over 8 years.

IBM Rational have an integrated and mature suite of SCCM products, these products are well regarded in the SCCM space and arguably IBM Rational is the SCCM market leader for large organizations:

IBM Rational ClearCase
is a tool for version control and software configuration management (SCM) of source code and other software assets. ClearCase can handle projects with hundreds or thousands of developers. Trident consultants have experience in all ClearCase variations including ClearCase LT (for smaller, local projects) and ClearCase MultiSite (an option for Rational ClearCase to support geographically distributed projects).

ClearCase supports two use models, Unified Change Management (UCM), and base ClearCase. UCM provides an out-of-the-box model while base ClearCase provides a basic infrastructure (upon which UCM is built) which allows for more flexibility. Both can be configured to support a wide variety of needs.

ClearCase runs on a number of platforms including AIX, z/OS, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris and Windows. It can handle large binary files, large numbers of files, and large repository sizes. It handles branching, labelling, and versioning of directories.

IBM Rational ClearQuest
is a workflow automation tool (in particular defect tracking and change management) delivering repeatable, enforceable, predictable processes. Process automation Workflows are provided out-of-the-box to jumpstart your implementation and can be easily customised to meet specific needs - Trident have developed comprehensive workflow systems for major global corporations incorporating ClearQuest MultiSite to support geographically distributed projects.
ClearQuest is also available in a web version, which offers all the functionality of the full version except for the ability to create queries.
ClearQuest integrates well with ClearCase but is also designed to be used with other IBM Rational Software testing tools, such as Rational Performance Tester, Rational Functional Tester and Rational Manual Tester, providing a robust environment for software quality assurance.

Rational Team Concert
Open Source SCCM tools have highlighted weaknesses with traditional IBM Rational products, in particular poor performance and sensitivity to network issues. In response IBM Rational have launched Rational Team Concert.
IBM Rational Team Concert is a collaborative software delivery environment which includes integrated work item, source control and build management in addition to the improved collaboration capabilities of the Jazz environment - Rational Team Concert makes it easy to exchange information directly in the context of the work you are doing.
Jazz is IBM Rational’s technology platform for collaborative software delivery (not a product). Jazz technology enables collaboration among business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and all people that have a role to play in the delivery of software. Product offerings built on the Jazz platform will be able to leverage capabilities for team-based software development and delivery.
Rational Team Concert Standard is available with out-of-the-box integrations that enable interoperability with IBM Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, Build Forge and Subversion.

Why Outsource ?

• Proven IT change and release management experience in an ITIL led corporate environment.
• Certified Consultants Skilled with a variety of tools such as IBM Rational ClearCase.
• Save up to 70% on your costs by outsourcing.
• Guaranteed on-time and in-budget service.
• Service Level Agreements (SLA).