RE: Change Managament multi-platform support, setup support, cons ulting

Rick,

1) I think the thing to look at for multi-platform is how the distributions
are done.  IIRC, Aldon and turnover did some things differently.  Don't
remember details, even if I did what was bets for me might not be best for
you.  Other than distribution, there not much to "multi-platform".  It's not
like iSeries change management with the cross-references and auto dependency
rebuild.  Lastly, if you don't have any non-iSeries change
management/version control in place.  Aldon is nice since the version
control is built in and PC objects stored on the iSeries.  Handy for
backups.  But, if you're already using PVCS or Sourcesafe or whatever,
Turnover will work with it.

2) Aldon includes 4 days of on-site implementation by default in their
contracts.  I believe Softlanding does something similar.


HTH,
Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:43 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Change Managament multi-platform support, setup 
> support, consulting 
> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I know this topic has been beat to death  (by me even), but 
> it looks like
> we finally might be ready to evaluate change management 
> systems, and i had
> a couple of questions that aren't answered in the archives.  - I'm not
> looking to rehash what's already in the archives, just looking for the
> answers to the questions at the bottom of this post.
> 
> First a little background:   It must be gui.   It must be 
> multi-platform,
> with strong iseries implementation.
> 
> We will be using it for the following application 
> environments:   iSeries:
> traditional rpg, cobol, etc, some IFS related stuff - HTML, 
> javascript,
> net.data, eventually WDSC.  WinNT: Peoplesoft,  Cognos, 
> Oracle, MS Access.
> Crystal Reports.
> 
> Our plan is to evaluate the top 3 iseries CMS vendors (aldon, 
> softlanding,
> MKS) but will consider others if they meet requirements.
> 
> Now, my questions:  In your experience;
> 
> 1.  Who has the best multi-platform support?  - i.e.  we don't want a
> package where support for one platform is good, but other(s) 
> are an add-on
> or after thought.
> 
> 2.  We'd like the vendor (or a qualified consultant) to come 
> on-site, for
> setup and training - ideally for as long as it takes to install the
> product, interview users, devise/design a strategy, and 
> configure, set up,
> test and train users on the system.   Do any of the major 
> players provide
> this service?
> 
> Responses from vendors welcome.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rick.
> 
> 
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