Automate Software Deployment with MKS Integrity for Release Management

The average IT organization processes hundreds to thousands of change requests weekly. Automated and controlled processes to guide change from inception to deployment can provide a vital bridge between development and IT operation groups, relieve confusion and provide the documented and automated controls necessary for regulatory compliance.

The only software release management solution to provide secure, robust and flexible staging and deployment of change from development, through testing to production. MKS Integrity provides repeatability and automation to minimize risk to business systems and to meet compliance goals. MKS Integrity provides a powerful release management solution built on an enteprise-strength staging and deployment system that leverages and extends advanced software configuration management concepts. MKS Integrity gives you the ability to implement secure, robust and flexible release management processes scaling to hundreds of server deployment targets.

"BNSF, utilizing a cross functional high performing team, selected MKS as our partner for three primary reasons. First, we have a very tight timeline for implementation and they proved they could meet that timeline. Second, their solution was the most integrated of all that we looked at; from requirements through production implementation. And last, their architecture would blend easily into that of BNSF. We are looking forward to this new business relationship and the benefits and value that it will bring to our organization." -Jeffrey McIntyre, Vice President, Technology Services, BNSF Railway Company

MKS Integrity for Release Management Features & Benefits

• A linear system of stages implements approvals and deployment process associated with a particular managed set of artifacts. Artifacts are version controlled for purposes of detailed reporting and deployment roll-back.
• Multiple staging systems can co-exist allowing you the flexibility to deploy different artifact types by following process specific to that artifact.
• Per stage tailoring allows for total control over the selection of deployment artifacts, specific targets, and how the deployment should be performed.
• Roll-backs prevent the introduction of partial or incomplete change. Roll-back sequence can be established for ‘all’ (if any fail), ‘in parallel’ (best efforts, no roll-back if others fail), or ‘serially’(one deploy completes before next starts, conditional processing possible).
• Audit trails, separation of duties via role-based security and approval cycles tightly control deployment procedures. All deployment activities are logged for auditing and reporting purposes, and formal approval is supported for promotions, demotions and deployments — process enforcement and regulatory compliance is built directly into the system via MKS Integrity’s powerful and flexible process and workflow capability.
• MKS Integrity Deploy Agent residing on the target platform manages artifact transfers and executes deployment actions. One Agent can support multiple deployment sources, multiple target locations on the same target platform, and can handle all types of deployment artifacts.
• Uniquely identified deployment requests provide the unit of work for deployment of a set of artifacts to a specific target. Incremental deployments at the granularity of a change package are supported.
• Deployment types map sets of managed artifacts to sets of deployment actions, forming the templates for deployment requests and ensuring repeatability of deployment scenarios.
• JavaScript based deploy actions specify the logic to be executed by the Agent as one step in the deployment sequence defined by a Deployment Request, and provide fine-grained control over the deployment sequence. Deployments can be full or incremental, scheduled or immediate.
• Use of change packages automatically associates staging and deploy activities with lifecycle processes through MKS Integrity issues.
• Staging systems can have arbitrary numbers of stages. Each stage provides full control over deployment options.

MKS Integrity for Release Management is the best choice for managing enterprise software deployment.

MKS Integrity for Release Management - Solution Demonstration