"In a complex technical environment and a delicate team context, the ARCAD-Skipper solution has now been fully adopted by Boulanger. It manages to combine adaptability with standardization and has become indispensable to our entire user base. ARCAD-Skipper, together with ARCAD’s professionalism, has enabled us to significantly improve the quality of our software deliveries".
By Emmanuel E. GABET, BOULANGER IT Division.
The ARCAD-Skipper suite fits in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) market covering Software Configuration Management methodologies, version control, deployment, and test. From user request handling up to the transfer of new versions to production, ARCAD-Skipper secures a general framework for all change processes.
BUSINESS ISSUE...
The lion's share of IT service resources is dedicated to maintaining existing applications rather than to developing new ones. Further, security and high availability of applications are critical to the success of companies today, compounded by new regulatory requirements and application modernization needs. So clearly there is a strong argument for installing the right tools to handle these issues proactively. ARCAD-Skipper applies to companies of any scale, safeguards legacy applications, and ensures security and productivity during application
enhancement.
BROCHURE(S)
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The ARCAD-Skipper suite guarantees you full control over your application changes. It applies a structured organizational framework based on robust and proven methodologies. By this alone, IT departments often see productivity gains exceeding 30%. ARCAD-Skipper defines a set of working environments and automates the lifecycle of software components, such as transfer to test, transfer to production, distribution, and multi-machine installation. Due to its integrated and open global architecture, ARCAD-Skipper can adapt to all types of configurations, working speeds, and levels of need. Its developer-oriented approach and interchangeable native and graphical / Websphere interfaces make the tool highly adaptable to your team's working methods. It provides a complete solution for multi-platform application management:
References all software components from a single view,
Controls multi-platform dependencies between components,
Tracks requests,
Reception and integration of new versions of software packages,
Synchronized deployment of multi-platform components,
Version control and deployment of parameter data,
Administration of DB2/UDB components.
TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE...
ARCAD-Skipper relies on a native IBM i repository: the application knowledge base. Before your load your Repository, an audit phase will allow you to detect any inconsistencies in your application architecture (sources without object, objects without source, etc.). Our standard tools allow you to quickly carry out any restructuring that may result from the audit phase. This Open Repository core is specifically used to:
Manage the topology of software components (source, object positions),
Perform impact analyses, using cross-references,
Automate the recompilation of dependent components (Files/programs, COPY clauses /programs, ILE programs),
Automatically check the integrity of modifications.
PREREQUISITES...
OS/400 V5R1 and higher. Native or graphical interface on PC (Windows 2000, XP - Connection via TCP/IP).
