Seapine Software Announces Availability of Surround SCM 1.5.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MASON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 Seapine Software Seapine Software is a privately-held, Mason, Ohio-based software and services company whose products address software application lifecycle management and quality assurance. , Inc., a leading provider of integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. development lifecycle management tools, today announced the immediate availability of Surround SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. 1.5. Surround SCM is a robust software configuration management (SCM) solution that tracks software source code changes, facilitates remote access to a source code repository A source code repository is a place where large amounts of source code are kept, either publicly or privately. They are often used by multi-developer projects to handle various versions and developers submitting various patches of code in an organized fashion. , and enforces security and a structured change control process. New in version 1.5 is integration with Guiffy Software's compare and merge utility, advanced searching, shadow folders, and additional speed and usability enhancements. "With the inclusion of Guiffy, the leading cross-platform compare and merge utility, and a wide array of new features and enhancements, Surround SCM 1.5 is an exciting release for us and our customers," said Richard Riccetti, president of Seapine Software. "The new features in version 1.5 demonstrate our continued commitment to deliver a complete, cross-platform change management solution as part of our lifecycle management suite." The Guiffy compare and merge utility is now fully integrated and included with Surround SCM 1.5. Guiffy is the leading cross-platform utility for comparing and merging source files of any type, with built-in support for UNICODE, MBCS MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set MBCS Member of the British Computer Society MBCS Meteor Burst Communications System MBCS Motorola Broadband Communications Sector (Horsham, Pennsylvania) , and over 150 file encoding formats. Guiffy also provides sophisticated folder and file compare and synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. capabilities, making the task of merging, upgrading, and identifying changes as easy and as safe as possible. A key new Surround SCM 1.5 feature is advanced searching, which facilitates finding source files by various attributes. Users can search for files by filename file·name also file name n. A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type. , check out status, comments, or the existence of specific events. Advanced searching also includes support for regular expressions. In Surround SCM 1.5 users can create shadow folders to set up a central directory containing current versions of all files in a repository. This feature provides a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. area to view read-only source code and documents. Additional features in version 1.5 include branch freezing, advanced check in/get options, an analyze utility, speed enhancements, and a rollback command that restores a file to a previous version. Availability Surround SCM 1.5 is available immediately to customers worldwide through Seapine Partners, Authorized Resellers, and Seapine Software. The Guiffy utility is included with Surround SCM for no additional charge. For more information about Surround SCM, or to request a 30-day evaluation version, please visit http://www.seapine.com. About Seapine Software Seapine Software, Inc., located in Mason, Ohio Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, Mason's population was 22,016. It was the fastest-growing and most populous city in the county. Until February 1997, it was part of Deerfield Township. , develops industry-leading solutions for software development. Seapine's scalable product line automates the software development lifecycle. Over 4,700 companies worldwide use Seapine's products to develop higher quality software solutions. |
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