Change is inevitable when computer software is built and change increases the level of confusion among software engineers who are working on a project. The art of coordinating software development to ...

Ever had a situation where you don't know what code is actually in production? How about when you need to do a hot fix and you break production software? Usually, this is the result of an unstructured ...

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 ...

As 1999 came bounding forward, there was a renewed blast of year 2000 (Y2K) doomsday articles in the popular press -- this at the same time as the European Monetary Union's first Euro currency ...

And every version control system must possess universal attributes, he notes. One, it should provide revision control on individual assets or objects. Two, it should provide the obvious version ...

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 ...

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

Version control woes are still a real issue. Of course, control system integrators try to manage all the content associated with your projects, but sooner or later things can get out of hand and they ...

(1) In a network, a system for gathering current configuration information from all nodes in a LAN. (2) In software development, a system for keeping track of large projects. Although version control, ...