--- title: Release slug: helium-en/release description: This document provides an overview of the Release Management process in IT organizations, which involves introducing new components or updating existing ones in the IT infrastructure. Learn how this process enables efficient planning of releases by utiliz createdAt: 2021-10-18T18:45:22.000Z --- ## Presentation The release is defined as a significant change in the organization's IT infrastructure, which may be the introduction of new CIs or the updating of the current ones. The **Release Management** process provides the physical management of software and hardware, allowing the planning of the releases to be carried out in the IT infrastructure, based on information about CIs and their relationships stored in the CMDB.