This company provides software solutions for IBM i environments, focusing on change management and application modernization. Their tools facilitate database updates, automated testing, and API creation, helping businesses streamline software development processes on IBM i systems.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Software development on IBM i systems often faces challenges related to managing code changes, ensuring smooth deployments, and integrating with modern DevOps practices. Legacy change management systems can be cumbersome, lack automation, and hinder the adoption of agile development methodologies. This can lead to increased risk, longer downtime, and difficulty in meeting audit compliance requirements.
Solution
Midrange Dynamics North America provides software solutions designed to streamline change management and application modernization within IBM i environments. Their tools, including MDChange and MDWorkflow, offer automated processes for software deployment, facilitate integration with CI/CD pipelines, and support agile development practices. By automating tasks, providing flexible configuration options, and offering REST APIs for integration with other tools, Midrange Dynamics enables development teams to accelerate code changes, reduce risk, and improve collaboration. The solutions also address audit compliance needs by providing automated tracking mechanisms and customizable reporting features.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes IT departments and development teams using IBM i systems who are seeking to modernize their software development processes, implement DevOps practices, and improve change management efficiency.
Features
- Automated change management processes for IBM i and multi-platform environments
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines through REST APIs, enabling communication with tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and Jira
- Support for agile development with built-in branching and trunk development capabilities
- Flexible configuration options to adapt to various workflow strategies and policies
- Automated rollback functionality for fast recovery in case of deployment errors
- Field-level cross-reference tool (MDXREF) for application analysis
- Support for coding in source files, the IFS, or Git repositories
- Automated test environment synchronization and test data refresh
- Data migration tools for moving from legacy change management systems
- Automated tracking mechanisms for audit compliance
- Web application and integration with project and incident management tools