Perforce Software Releases Update to its Fast Software Configuration Management System; Steady product evolution is a hallmark of Perforce SCM.ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Perforce per·force adv. By necessity; by force of circumstance. [Middle English par force, from Old French : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + force, force Software today announced the availability of the newest release of Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) System. Perforce tracks and manages the changes made to source code, documents, and digital assets in software and game development environments. Release 2006.1 of Perforce includes targeted enhancements to the Perforce Server, as well as updates to the user interface and support for a wider range of IDEs. "At Perforce we believe in product evolution, not revolution," explained Christopher Seiwald, president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Perforce Software. "As our typical customer has grown from hundreds to thousands of users, we've kept pace with performance enhancements to the server, and we continue to improve the visual appeal of our client software in order to better enable developers to exploit the power of the server." Specific enhancements in Perforce 2006.1 include: New audit trail feature: The Perforce Server can now log individual file access to produce an audit trail, which is helpful to companies struggling to comply with regulations surrounding Sarbanes-Oxley. When auditing is enabled, a log record is created every time a file is accessed on the server, enabling Perforce administrators to answer questions such as, "Which of my users have accessed this file recently, and what other files are they working with?" Improved file merging: Perforce's Inter-File Branching and merging model is key to successful parallel development. In this release, the branching and merging logic has been streamlined, resulting in a faster 'integrate' command and better merge base selection. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. 2.0 support in P4Web: The Perforce Web Client (P4Web) now includes RSS functionality, which enables users to track jobs and changelists by subscribing to RSS feeds from within P4Web. Support for Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms 8.0: Perforce now supports Microsoft Visual Studio 8.0 through its plug-in support for the Microsoft SCC SCC - strongly connected component API. The latest version of the plug-in features advanced file checkout where users can now change filetypes and select changelists from within the plug-in. For a complete list of new features see http://www.perforce.com/perforce/latest.html Availability & Pricing Perforce version 2006.1 is available now. Interested developers are invited to download and evaluate Perforce free from the Perforce Web site without obligation for a 45-day trial. This offer includes free technical support during the evaluation period Evaluation period The time interval over which funds assess a money manager's performance. . A free, fully functional, two-user version is also available from the Web site. End-user licenses, including one year of support and maintenance, start at $800 per seat; volume discounts are available. For additional price and license information, visit www.perforce.com. About the Perforce SCM System Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System, is an award-winning tool that tracks and manages software development for enterprises large and small. Perforce is easy to install, learn and administer; seamlessly handles distributed development This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * Very few or no other articles link to this one. , and supports developers across more than 50 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Perforce ensures development integrity by grouping multi-file updates into atomic changes, enables concurrent development, and intelligently manages multiple software releases using its Inter-File Branching system. About Perforce Software Founded in 1995, Perforce Software Inc. develops, markets, and supports Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System. Perforce Software is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., and sells worldwide. The company has international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. in Europe, Japan, and India. In addition to application software companies, Perforce customers represent a broad range of industries including game development, electronics, pharmaceutical and financial services. |
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