Serena Software on Monday is announcing availability of Serena ChangeMan ZMF version 5.6, for controlling software change on mainframes. Version 5.6 features ease of use, extended application lifecycle support and team collaboration. Users can visualize the impact of proposed changes before they are put into effect. Responses to changes also can be readied. Change policies and processes can be enforced to enable Serena Software on Monday is announcing availability of Serena ChangeMan ZMF version 5.6, for controlling software change on mainframes. Version 5.6 features ease of use, extended application lifecycle support and team collaboration. Users can visualize the impact of proposed changes before they are put into effect. Responses to changes also can be readied. Change policies and processes can be enforced to enable enterprise security, consistency and compliance. Integrated support for the IBM WebSphere Developer for z/Series developer environment enables ease of use and productivity, Serena said. Also, through enhancements to the ChangeMan ZMF Windows Explorer interface, developers working on mainframe applications can do so from their Windows environment with the same capabilities featured in the mainframe’s Interactive System Productivity Facility. Version 5.6 also exposes its API through Web services, enabling the tool to be used with the Eclipse Application Foundation Lifecycle Framework and exposing ALF-compliant events through a log-based notification mechanism. This technology is used to alert the Serena TeamTrack product of activities such as ‘create package” and promotion events. By integrating TeamTrack with ZMF, the Web-based process modeling and enforcement of TeamTrack is delivered on the mainframe. Auditing, manageability and traceability also are improved in Version 5.6. Technology Industry