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title: "Blog — Page 3 | Clarive"
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# Blog

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[![Bringing DevOps to the Mainframe (2/4): Tooling](https://clarive.com/images/blog/bringing-devops-to-the-mainframe-24.webp)April 16, 2018·4 min readBringing DevOps to the Mainframe (2/4): ToolingIn this second part of this blog series we will detail the mainframe features you can find in Clarive and how they are integrated into the system.![Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/ricardo.png)Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/blog/bringing-devops-to-the-mainframe-24) [April 6, 2018·2 min readQA Automation: building test plans with Clarive\*![Manuel Touriño](https://clarive.com/images/authors/rodrigo.jpg)Manuel Touriño](https://clarive.com/blog/clarive-test) [April 6, 2018·4 min readBringing DevOps to the Mainframe (1/4)The DevOps movement in general, tends to exclude any technologies that are outliers to the do-it-yourself spirit of DevOps. This is due to the nature of how certain technologies are closed to developer-driven improvements, or roles are irreversibly i...![Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/ricardo.png)Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/blog/mainframe) [March 27, 2018·6 min readClarive 7.0.13 released with custom kanban card layoutsThis release contains a lot of minor fixes and improvements from 7.0.12\. It is also focus on refactoring interface improving the kanban boards.![Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/ricardo.png)Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/blog/clarive-7-0-13-released-with-custom-kanban-card-layouts) [March 23, 2018·6 min readKill remote processes on job cancelClarive 7.0.13 introduces a new feature that allows remote jobs to be killed when a pipeline job is cancelled.![Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/ricardo.png)Ricardo Martinez](https://clarive.com/blog/kill-remote-processes-on-job-cancel) [March 19, 2018·6 min readWhy environment provisioning is a key part of DevOps?Environment provisioning is a key part of a continuous delivery process. The idea is simple: we should not only build, test and deploy application code, but also the underlying application environment.![Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/rodrigo.jpg)Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/blog/why-environment-provisioning) [March 15, 2018·2 min readDevOps and ElixirAs you can see in our previous posts, having a complete pipeline to introduce DevOps in your day-to-day live is easy with Clarive's Rulebook.![Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/rodrigo.jpg)Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/blog/devops-and-elixir) [March 13, 2018·2 min readImprove node.js applications with NPM packagesIncrease quality and security of node.js applications which rely on NPM packages.![Kris Dugardyn](https://clarive.com/images/authors/kris.png)Kris Dugardyn](https://clarive.com/blog/npm-deployment) [March 8, 2018·1 min read\[Video\] Managing deployment dependenciesIn this video we can see how Clarive checks the availability of certain versions of applications (BankingWeb 2.1.0 and ComplexApp 1.2.0) needed in an environment before deploying a version of another application (ClientApp 1.1.0).![Geert Vanneste](https://clarive.com/images/authors/geert.gif)Geert Vanneste](https://clarive.com/blog/video-dependency-deployment-management) [March 2, 2018·6 min readImplementing tests in CIContinuous integration (CI) is now becoming a standard in all software projects. With this, a pipeline is executed for each new feature or change in code that is made, and this allows you to carry out a series of steps to ensure that nothing has been...![Manuel Touriño](https://clarive.com/images/authors/rodrigo.jpg)Manuel Touriño](https://clarive.com/blog/implementing-tests-in-your-ci) [February 28, 2018·4 min readWhy lean can deliver great products that users love?Spoiler alert: if you like short product cycles to deliver features that make your users very happy, you probably already know the answer.![Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/images/authors/rodrigo.jpg)Rodrigo Gonzalez](https://clarive.com/blog/why-lean-can-deliver-great-products-that-users-love) [February 26, 2018·5 min readImplementing GDPR made (more) SimpleGiven the fact that the EU’s GDPR law (replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive) will go into effect on May 25, almost every software vendor is jumping on the bandwagon to explain how they can help.![Eddy Pauwels](https://clarive.com/images/authors/eddy.png)Eddy Pauwels](https://clarive.com/blog/implementing-gdpr-made-more-simple)