Change Governance Series: Making Sense of Regulations and Best Practices (32 pages)
Confused by the various best practices and how they support the multitude of regulatory mandates? This paper is designed to educate by providing an overview of best practices such as ITIL, CMMI, Six Sigma and others, and discusses how they support audit and controls to help you meet your regulatory mandates. Many companies must now comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, etc., in addition to industry specific regulations such as 21CFRp11, HIPAA and many others.
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The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on IT and Corporate Governance (12 pages)
The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act created new standards for corporate accountability, as well as new penalties for acts of wrongdoing. It changes how corporate boards and executives must interact with each other and with corporate auditors. Holding the CEO and CFO accountable for the accuracy of financial statements eliminates the possibility of an individual defending his action with, "I wasn't aware of financial issues."
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Managing Regulatory Risk Through Improved IT Processes (10 pages)
IT executives are faced with the daunting task of managing risk for their enterprises by demonstration regulatory, legal and fiscal compliance. What are the important controls that help mitigate risks, and where do auditors look for failure?
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Optimizing Your Infrastructure for Outsourced Application Development (12 pages)
With application outsourcing on the rise, what are some of the challenges it presents, and what can an organization do to help improve its success?
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Serena StarTool Software Change Management - Improving Application Availability with Integrated Change Information (8 pages)
Serena ChangeMan and Serena StarTool products are essential tools in today's mainframe environments. Serena ChangeMan solutions manage the lifecycle and Serena StarTool products automate developer and programmer activities that are a part of the lifecycle.
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Serena’s Enterprise Release Option: Simplifying Complexity (9 pages)
Serena ChangeMan ZMF's Enterprise Release Option extends the powerful Change Management environment in Serena ChangeMan ZMF to release teams. With this option, Release Managers can control a series of inter-dependent releases within the application development environment. With this option, Serena ChangeMan ZMF automates the communication between development Teams, and extends Audit and Build Management capabilities to prevent overlays and minimize exposure to rework. With this option, Application Development and IT departments can increase application quality and efficiency, even in the most complex environments.
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Serena ChangeMan ZMF Support for CMM Level 2 (27 pages)
As organizations search for standards and guidance on a mature process for managing enterprise change, they often find themselves reviewing the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
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