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The Software Management Experts
 April 2006 Volume 10, Number 2
Distributing Logically with TurnOverBy Mr. Spock, Science Officer (a.k.a. Joe Baumgarten, Sales Engineer) It has come to my attention that many of you are not fully utilizing TurnOver’s ability to distribute your changes to other logical partitions where they may be needed. I find this…illogical. Since its inception, TurnOver’s distribution system has been one of the hallmarks of the package. Indeed, some of you have chosen TurnOver primarily for this reason. Several years ago, when IBM created the concept of logical partitions, TurnOver was quick to follow with corresponding distribution capability. Perhaps you question the need to manage distribution to these partitions? The reasons are as many and as varied as the logic you have applied to building your own partitions. For example, with the advent of regulatory standards such as SOX and HIPAA, some auditors are now suggesting a physical separation of development, QA, and final production. This enables you to more tightly control and track access, limiting each environment to only those that need to operate there. Witness the actions of Polo Ralph Lauren, referenced in the case study published in this issue. To comply with SOX, Polo found it necessary to separate Development from QA, and QA from live production. Building the partitions was easy enough, but managing their content became a logistical nightmare. What was ready to ship from Dev to QA? Was QA ready to receive it? Who was authorized to put it there? Who was authorized to approve the final move into Production? Where did it go? Whom should be notified and how? And, most importantly, who was documenting all of these activities to the satisfaction of the auditors? Polo realized that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one. By implementing TurnOver’s powerful LPAR distribution capabilities, Polo was able to meet every requirement. This also increased the automation and accuracy of each distribution, thereby improving the efficiency of all the departments involved. Most logical. Live Long and Prosper, Spock For more information about installing TurnOver Remote and configuring distribution, look for the following documentation on your TurnOver CD or on our Customer Support site:
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