Enforcing alignment of approved changes and deployed changes in the software change life-cycle

One or more computer readable media having computer-executable instructions and when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• receive, on a host computer, a host content change request indicating a change for a persistent object within the host computer;
• determine, by the host computer, whether the change is authorized based on one or more change authorization policies;
• allow the host content change request to proceed when the change is determined to be authorized;
• and
• provide information associated with the host content change request to be added to a set of change log information aggregated from a plurality of host computers.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory element for storing a set of change authorization policies;
• and
• a processor to execute an agent module on the apparatus to:
• receive, on a host computer, a host content change request indicating a change for a persistent object within the host computer;
• determine, by the host computer, whether the change is authorized based on one or more change authorization policies;
• allow the host content change request to proceed when the change is determined to be authorized;
• and
• provide information associated with the host content change request to be added to a set of change log information aggregated from a plurality of host computers.

A method to be executed by a processor, comprising:

• receiving, on a host computer, a host content change request indicating a change for a persistent object within the host computer;
• determining, by the host computer, whether the change is authorized based on one or more change authorization policies;
• allowing the host content change request to proceed when the change is determined to be authorized;
• and
• providing information associated with the host content change request to be added to a set of change log information aggregated from a plurality of host computers.