Aldon Provides IT Governance Business Process Management Solutions to Regulated Customers; Audit Trail and Traceability Capabilities Help Companies Successfully Meet Regulatory Obligations.EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aldon, the leading provider of enterprise software configuration and change management solutions, provides the most extensive IT Governance solutions that regulated companies require to address regulatory needs and meet today's compliance obligations. By giving companies a defined, repeatable, measurable and traceable process for every stage of application development, the Aldon Suite helps companies in highly-regulated industries such as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , insurance, healthcare and manufacturing quickly and easily achieve compliance. Driven by new compliance regulations and the need to better align business objectives with IT capabilities, enterprises are establishing internal IT governance boards to oversee the quality, complexity and delivery of information systems solutions. As highlighted in a recent report from IDC, "better management visibility into the software development process are crucial considerations when laying the foundation for improved IT governance." "For years, Aldon has made seemingly complex compliance processes extremely easy for companies," said Daniel Magid, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aldon. "Organizations use Aldon's simple point-and-click setup to define a portfolio of approved processes for their application development needs. Aldon then automates, enforces and tracks all changes as they move through the processes. Provided with an automated, traceable audit trail from Aldon, companies can ensure that proper controls are in place to meet regulations." Sarbanes-Oxley The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act is the most sweeping legislation to affect public companies in more than 60 years. Though designed as an accounting act with SEC oversight, the impact on IT departments is significant. Aldon has been helping companies deal with compliance issues for 25 years, and SOX is the latest legislation whose requirements can be addressed through the process control and automation found in Aldon solutions. The Aldon Suite provides Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process components including: --Inventory Management: Through a single point of observation and control, manages all application components across all platforms --Process Automation: Predefines, automates and enforces business processes to help define the audit trail --Deployment Management: Distributes all components to appropriate locations, manages multi-platform, distributed environments, automates and enforces processes --Incident and Requirements Management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored. : Monitors change requests, manages approvals --Workflow Management: Provides workflow templates to track processes for notifications, requests and approvals throughout the development lifecycle HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, The U.S. Health Information Portability and Accountability Act There are a number of piece of legislation known as the Accountability Act:
Aldon's software configuration and change management solutions help healthcare-related companies comply with HIPAA by automating and enforcing business processes and application development processes that minimize risk and security breaches. Also, Aldon's role-based interfaces assure that access is strictly controlled and protected. User authentication See authentication. and authorization provide controlled access and audit trails facilitate documentation. ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of guidelines developed by the United Kingdom's Office of Government Commerce and is based on an integrated, best practice framework designed to manage IT services and improve IT management. Aldon Community Manager, the company's Web-based requirements and incident management solution that captures and tracks business, technical and operational requirements (programming) operational requirements - Qualitative and quantitative parameters that specify the desired capabilities of a system and serve as a basis for determining the operational effectiveness and suitability of a system prior to deployment. , has received the ITIL Service Support certification and is fully compliant and compatible with the ITIL Service Desk function and Incident Management process discipline. SEI / CMMI See CMM. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) conduct research for the United States Government. They are administered in accordance with U.S Code of Federal Regulations, Title 48, Part 35, Section 35.017 by universities and corporations. sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD OUSD Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, CA) OUSD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L)). The Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration (CMMI) Product Suite provides the latest best practices for product and service development and maintenance. The Aldon Suite helps companies achieve benefits from the highest CMMI Level five, including increased ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , improved software quality (as measured by software defects), increased productivity and customer satisfaction, and improved cycle time. The Aldon Suite addresses CMMI process components: --Inventory Management: Identifies configuration items, establishes a configuration management system, tracks and controls changes --Lifecycle Management: All changes are made according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a defined, documented, measurable, repeatable process June 21 SOX Webinar Aldon's president and CEO Daniel Magid will be a featured presenter in a SOX Webinar on Tuesday, June 21 at 9:00 am PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . In this Webinar, Aldon will join CEOs from other leading technology companies to discuss how organizations can use CoBIT objectives to address Sarbanes-Oxley attestation. For more information and to register, please visit www.aldon.com/events/index.html. The Aldon Suite The Aldon Suite provides IT business process automation, requirements management, distribution and deployment, and multiple version management to companies worldwide. Built to address the needs of geographically distributed IT organizations and complex multi-platform environments, the Aldon Suite gives companies a defined, repeatable, measurable and traceable process for every stage of their application development. The integrated suite is comprised of Aldon Lifecycle Manager, Aldon Deployment Manager and Aldon Community Manager. About Aldon Aldon is the leading provider of enterprise software configuration and change management solutions that provide companies with greater visibility and management of their IT business processes, people and assets. Through a single point of observation and control, Aldon enables IT teams to greatly improve their products' time to market, reduce business disruptions due to defects, and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance and a higher return on investment. More than 1,300 companies, including 70 of the Fortune 100, rely on Aldon solutions. Established in 1979, Aldon is headquartered in Emeryville, California Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California , in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. , and maintains 14 offices worldwide serving more than 40 countries (www.aldon.com). Aldon and the Aldon logo are registered trademarks of Aldon or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other company, brand or product names may be trademarks of the respective companies or organizations with which they are associated. |
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