RE: change management software

[Jim Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Silvon got out of the change management game a few years ago.  Their stuff
was bought by MKS, I believe.

We once looked at Silvon, Aldon, and SoftLanding.  My impression was that,
at the time, Aldon was more programmer friendly.  SoftLanding looked better
from a change management and project management point of view.  That was, of
course, seven years ago.

We bought ChangeMan from Serena because it's multi-platform.  The AS/400
components do seem a bit like the red-haired stepchild.  Functionally the
interfaces look like they'll work the same for the developers and managers,
but the AS/400 required its own repository, and the install and support
seemed kind of thin for the AS/400.  We haven't delved deeply into the
product so I don't know too much about it.

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Eckenrod [mailto:beckenrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:36 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: change management software


A few years ago I headed a project to choose change management software for
my employer.  We reviewed all the major players at the time:  Silvon, Aldon,
Softlanding, perhaps some others I cannot remember.
 
The basic outcome was that Softlanding was, by far, the superior product
when comparing features and fuctions, but was also nearly double the cost of
the others.  I believe our second choice, just based on features and
function was Silvon's product.  I do have proctical experience with
Softlanding and Silvon and would choose Softlanding based on that experience
as well.
 
As it turned out, we did not purchase anything as the AS400 group was
absorbed in to an SAP implementation, but that's a story for another day....
 
This was a couple years ago, so I'm sure the features of each have changed,
but that's my experience.
 
HTH,
Brian

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: McBride, Catherine [mailto:CMcbride@xxxxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Tue 12/2/2003 2:31 PM 
        To: 'midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx' 
        Cc: 
        Subject: change management software
        
        

        We are evaluating change management software for ISeries, and would
enjoy
        hearing what products you might be using.  Any info you're willing
to share
        will be much much appreciated!
                                                        Kind Regards,

                                                                Cathy
McBride