Seapine Software Helps Siemens AG Energy Sector Boost Productivity and Efficiency.Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. Industrial Steam Turbines Business Unit Adopts Source Code Management Tool and Implements Other Seapine ALM Solutions at Various Divisions CINCINNATI -- 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. , a leading global provider of quality-centric application lifecycle management The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. (ALM) solutions, today announced that the Siemens AG Industrial Steam Turbines business unit has standardized on Seapine's Surround SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. for enterprise-level source code management. With Seapine's Surround SCM, Siemens AG has better control over the software code in its development process and enhanced collaboration for better productivity and efficiency. Like many technology providers in the energy sector, Siemens' Oil and Gas Division has a paramount task: develop innovative solutions for boosting the efficiency of turbine-generated electrical power to extract, convert, and transport oil and gas. The business unit's R&D group is responsible for developing and maintaining the software code that performs the complex physical calculations used to drive the powerful steam turbines. The Siemens AG Industrial Steam Turbines business unit required a comprehensive source code management solution that could support their complex branching requirements and enable enterprise-wide configuration management and collaboration for its large, geographically 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. team. Siemens chose Seapine's Surround SCM enterprise source code management solution after a technical benchmark against other competitive products, such as 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 and Microsoft Team Foundation Server. "We continually evaluate technology solutions that can advance our competitive edge and help our customers deliver higher quality products," said Thomas Petzold, software development team manager for industrial steam turbine R&D, Siemens AG Oil and Gas Division. "After conducting a long-term cost of ownership analysis, Surround SCM offered us the best ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). for the investment. It gives us a complete set of capabilities that meets our product development requirements." Siemens AG has implemented other Seapine Software ALM solutions in software development and IT departments at various divisions. For instance, the IT group at the Financial Solutions division uses Seapine's issue management solution, TestTrack Pro, to effectively manage the change request process for a wide range of financial activities, facilitate collaboration among its globally dispersed IT team, and enforce regulatory compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley mandates. The Siemens Enterprise Communications division uses Seapine's TestTrack Pro, TestTrack TCM (1) (Trellis-Coded Modulation/Viterbi Decoding) A technique that adds forward error correction to a modulation scheme by adding an additional bit to each baud. TCM is used with QAM modulation, for example. , and Surround SCM products to manage issues, test cases, and the software change process. Other product development and IT organizations at Siemens have also implemented Seapine's ALM solutions to ensure best practices and deliver quality software products. Siemens AG The Oil & Gas Division of Siemens Energy is a leading supplier of the oil & gas industry. The portfolio includes solutions for power generation and distribution, compressors with electrical and mechanical drives, process and automation technology, water management and integrated IT solutions. With a workforce of more than 16,200, the Division achieved revenues of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 4 billion in fiscal 2008. The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2008 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR22.6 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR33.4 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.4 billion. On September 30, 2008, the Energy Sector had a work force of approximately 83,500. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy. About Seapine Software With over 8,500 customers worldwide, Seapine Software, Inc. is the leading provider of quality-centric application lifecycle management solutions. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , with offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific, Seapine's development tools help organizations of all sizes streamline communication, improve traceability, achieve compliance, and deliver quality products. Seapine's products support best practices, integrate into all popular development environments, and run on Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. [R], Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh [R], Linux[R], and Sun Solaris[R] platforms. |
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