BMC acquires Compuware10th June 2020David Norfolk BMC has just acquired Compuware, which complements BMC’s mainframe management capabilities with Compuware’s mainframe DevOps capabilities.
Shift Left - Don’t wait until delivery to test things like Performance and Security6th April 2020David Norfolk A cautionary tale about the importance of testing against user expectations, from Bloor analyst David Norfolk.
BMC – still evolving - A new management team and a new acquisition10th March 2020David Norfolk BMC still seems to be in the process of re-inventing itself and its new acquisition of Compuware brings major new Mainframe capabilities.
A new episode in the life of the Mainframe14th February 2020David Norfolk These days, you should think of the mainframe as a very performant, flexible server with good parallel processing and virtualisation capabilities.
Mainframe programming and the modern developer13th January 2017Daniel Howard Compuware is aiming to make mainframe development accessible to those of us more used to Docker and Selenium
Legacy, a reassessment - Legacy applications may be generating the profits that are paying for your innovation12th August 2016David Norfolk Much of business is still running on legacy systems - if you just concentrate on innovation, you may die before it delivers.
Compuware is rising from the ashes of its spinoffs. - Perhaps there really is money in mainframes14th May 2016David Norfolk Compuware looks like it is going for growth afterall....
Uniface leaves Compuware9th January 2014David Norfolk Compuware has signed an agreement for Marlin Equity Partners to acquire Compuware's Changepoint, Professional Services and Uniface business units.
Heads-up on an application performance management tool5th December 2013David Norfolk ServiceTrace has some interesting features
Mainframe: Alive and Well!17th September 2013David Norfolk A BMC survey that should be read by everyone, not just mainframe specialists