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Recent Press

Date Title
04/03/08 Computing - When the going gets tough, it is time to get agile
Dave Robertson, director of European Operations at Perforce Software, opines on how SCM could help organizations cope with the effects of the global credit crunch.
03/10/08 Macworld - Perforce updates cross-platform interface for software versioning tool
Perforce Software has put out a new version of Perforce Visual Client, its cross-platform graphical interface for the company's software configuration management offering.
03/04/08 Dr. Dobb's Portal - SD West 2008 Underway; Beautiful Code First Up
Perforce's Christopher Seiwald joined fellow authors at SD West for a lively discussion on what constitutes beautiful code.
03/01/08 Components in Electronics - Sales Without Force
You don't always need a sales force to succeed, claims Christopher Seiwald of Perforce.
01/15/08 Computer Weekly Aviva investment firm moves to SOA
Investment firm Delta Lloyd Germany, part of the Aviva Group, is using the Perforce Fast Software Configuration Management (SCM) system to manage its move to a service oriented architecture (SOA) environment.
12/26/07 SD Times - Integration's the New Face of ALM
Application life-cycle management has undergone an intriguing change of focus in the past year as companies have begun to adopt a much more open approach to their ALM concepts.
12/14/07 JDJ - Perforce Software Delivers State-of-the-Art Application Lifecycle Management
Using the SDK, customers and vendors can develop improved integrations to commercial and in-house issue tracking systems.
12/14/07 Enterprise Open Source Magazine - Perforce Software to Manage Software Development for Symbian Smartphones
Ixonos has chosen Perforce to manage software development projects for its leading smartphone customers.
12/06/07 CBR - Perforce introduces SDK for defect-tracking tools
Tony Baer talks about how Perforce Software is adding a software development kit to reduce the guesswork of integrating its tooling.
12/05/07 SD Times - Perforce Releases Gateway SDK
New plug-in builder adds integrations with issue-tracking systems, aimed at developers of integrations to commercial and issue-tracking systems.
11/28/07 Game Developer - CMP's Game Developer Magazine Names 2007 Front Line Award Finalists [PDF]
Tenth Annual Awards for the Year's Best Video Game Creation Tools Announces Top Five Finalists in Six Categories
Perforce SCM is a finalist in the Programming/Production category. Winners will be announced in the January 2008 issue of Game Developer magazine.
08/22/07 Develop Magazine - Project Management Case Study Q & A with Rebellion
An interview with Chris Kingsley, CTO, Rebellion, talks about the changing nature of software configuration management requirements in the games industry and its use of Perforce.
08/01/07 Develop Magazine - Championship Management [PDF]
Dave Robertson, director of European Operations at Perforce Software, talks about game development and supporting bigger teams inclusive of all contributors to the team. This has meant the need to add user interfaces and tool integrations to our software for artists, testers, technical writers, managers and publishers.
07/15/07 Better Software - What's Wrong With Your Testing Strategy? Using SCM to Reduce Redundancy and Find Defects [PDF]
In this article, William W. White, Build/Release & QA/Test Manager at Perforce Software, explains why SCM isn't just for developers and release managers anymore, and how Testers can use SCM to help guide testing efforts at each phase of the development process.
07/10/07 Developpez - Interview de Perforce : Système rapide de gestion de configuration logicielle, par Eric Reboisson et avec Pascal Soccard.
05/15/07 International Developer - C is for Configuration Management [PDF]
Tony Smith, European Technical Services Manager at Perforce Software discusses the value and significance of Configuration Management (CM) at a general level and Software Configuration Management (SCM) in particular.
05/01/07 International Developer - Perforce Adds New Admin Tool [PDF]
Topping the list of new features is the graphical administration tool that allows Perforce administrators to manage permissions for individuals as well as teams of developers.
05/01/07 Javamagazin - Flexibles Management [PDF] von Mike Fechner
Dass Software Configuration Management (SCM) eine wichtige Rolle bei Entwicklungsprojekten spielt, ist nichts Neues. Doch gilt dies insbesondere für die agile Softwareentwicklung. Agiles Softwarekonfigurationsmanagement erfordert wesentlich mehr als reines Ein- und Auschecken von Änderungen. Dazu soll im Folgenden ein Überblick gegeben werden.
03/22/07 PRNewswire - CMP Technology Announces Winners of the 17th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards [PDF]
Perforce wins Productivity Award in the Change and Configuration Management category.
02/28/07 Financial Times UK - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Designs fly off the drawing board
David Robertson, director of European operations for the US group Perforce Software, argues that car manufacturers and furniture makers are now also software developers, owners of huge repositories of digital data.
01/01/07 Programmez! - Le SCM Perforce 2006.1 [PDF]
Perforce est un système de gestion de fichiers sources. Cette catégorie d'outils porte le nom de SCM (Software Configuration Management System). Si vous ne connaissez pas Perforce, vous serez sans doute surpris d'apprendre qu'il gère le code source de FreeBSD.
01/15/07 Micro Technology Europe - Order Out of Chaos [PDF]
The concepts behind Software Configuration Management can be applied to other industries as well.

Previous Press

2006

Date Title
12/26/06 Chip Design Magazine - Embedded Developers Should Be Ahead of the Curve . . . Not Behind It!
12/18/06 Gamasutra.com - Game Developer Announces 2006 Front Line Award Winners
11/27/06 International Developer - The Developer's Agility Workout [PDF]
11/07/06 Agile Journal - Openmake from Catalyst Systems Delivers Re-use to ALM Workflow
08/26/06 VSJ - Together In Harmony
08/01/06 SD Times - Perforce 2006 Gets in Sync With Visual Studio 2005
07/12/06 Application Development Trends - New SCM System Supports Expanded IDEs
07/17/06 Podcast - Laura Wingerd and Patrick Egan Discuss Perforce 2006.1 [MP3, 4:48 mins.]
06/01/06 SD Times - Perforce Software Wins SD Times 100 Award for Third Straight Year
06/01/06 Server Management Magazine - Hidden Benefits
05/25/06 Dr. Dobb's Journal - Order Out of Chaos
Article by Christopher Seiwald, President and CTO, Perforce Software
05/17/06 SD Magazine - 2006 Jolt Awards
04/04/06 TVG - Free Radical Adopts New Management Technology
03/28/06 Game Face - Interview mit Christopher Seiwald (Perforce, CEO)
03/23/06 The Register - Subversion versus Perforce
02/15/06 Enterprise Architekture Magazin - Ein System auf Reisen [PDF]
01/30/06 Podcast - SCM Strategies [MP3, 4:48 mins.]
Laura Wingerd, VP of Product Technology at Perforce Software, talks with Jon Erickson
01/13/06 International Developer - Efficient SCM for 21st Century Development [PDF]

2005

Date Title
12/30/05 E&E Kompendium 2005/2006 - Herausforderungen für Hardware-Entwickler [PDF]
12/09/05 Develop - Building a virtuous cycle [PDF]
10/28/05 Podcast - SCM: It's More Than Just Source Code [MP3, 6.01 mins.]
Christopher Seiwald, President and CTO, Perforce Software
09/29/05 GameDev.net - Product Review: Perforce
08/15/05 Computerworld - Global Workgroups: It Takes Both Tools and Processes for Developers to Collaborate Long-Distance
07/22/05 Software Development - May the Source Be with You: A Special Guide to Configuration Management Tools
06/01/05 Software Development - Fresh Faces
03/31/05 Application Development Trends - Software Configuration Management: New Tools to Streamline Development
03/01/05 SD Times - Change For The Sake Of Change Management [PDF]
03/01/05 DerEntwickler - SCM-Markt - eine Einschätzung aus technischer Sicht [PDF]
DerEntwickler - SCM-Market Technically Speaking [PDF]
02/22/05 Byte.com - Why Is SCM So Complicated?
02/01/05 ACM Queue - Sifting through the Software Sandbox: SCM meets QA
01/28/05 Visual Studio Magazine - Use a Cross-Platform File Repository
01/11/05 Australian Developer - Interview with Perforce Software VP of Engineering Kathy Baldanza [PDF]
01/01/05 Software Development - Pillars of Pretty Code [PDF]

2004

Date Title
12/01/04 Game Developer - Skunk Works: Perforce 2004.2 [PDF]
11/10/04 IBM Case Study - Deadline Gets On Top of its Game
11/10/04 ADTmag.com - Review: Perforce 2004.2
10/15/04 SD Times - Think Like a Customer, Use Your Stopwatch
10/01/04 Develop - Software Management: Protect and serve
08/01/04 International Developer - Product Review [PDF]
07/01/04 International Developer - Interview with Perforce Software Chief Technology Officer Christopher Seiwald [PDF]
04/01/04 MacTech - Perforce - Powerful Version Control for the Mac (and All Those Other Platforms) [PDF]
03/05/04 InfoWorld - Tools Foster Engagement with Offshore Developers
03/01/04 Develop - One for All [PDF]
02/27/04 .NET Rocks - .NET vs. Java (entire show) | Perforce segment (10 minutes) [MP3]
02/04/04 Automation World - Tracking Software History

2003

Date Title
12/09/03 New Electronics - Solid Foundations: A Structured Approach to Building Software [PDF]
11/04/03 Develop - SCM Guide: Control yourself (includes commentary by Perforce customer Martin Hollis of Zoonami) [PDF]
10/01/03 ACM Queue - A Conversation with [Google's] Wayne Rosing: How the Web Changes the Way Developers Build and Release Software
08/27/03 MSNBC: Terry Bradshaw's Pick of the Week - 56k file | 256k file [Windows Media Video]
08/01/03 ACM Queue - From Server Room to Living Room: How Open Source and TiVo Became a Perfect Match
08/01/03 Application Development Trends - Oil and Water
07/01/03 Linux Magazin - Versionsmanagement mit Perforce: Schnell und kraftvoll [PDF]
Linux Magazine - Version control using Perforce: Fast and Powerful [PDF]
07/01/03 Visual Studio Magazine - Create a Universal File Repository
06/01/03 STQE - A Look at the Perforce Version Control System
05/19/03 IEE Review - Let the Product Speak for Itself [PDF]
03/21/03 ntz - Stabile Softwareentwicklung mit moderner SCM-Lösung [PDF]
ntz - Stable Software Development with a Modern SCM Solution [HTML]
02/21/03 InfoWorld - Building Entertainment's Future: TiVo's CTO Talks About Some of the Technology Choices He's Made
01/02/03 EEdesign - Perforce Manages H/W and S/W
01/01/03 SD Times - Perforce Server Localizes Perforce SCM Software

2002

Date Title
12/24/02 EE Times - Perforce Aims Data Management System at Designers
12/11/02 EPD - SCM Manages Hardware Design [PDF]
12/01/02 Linux Magazine - Go Directly to Jail: Secure Untrusted Applications with Chroot
10/14/02 Electronicstalk.com - Concurrent Development is Key for nVidia
10/01/02 Computer Graphics World - Grim Reality
05/14/02 Visual Systems Journal - Management Issues [PDF]
02/27/02 Components in Electronics - Managing Software Configuration

2001

Date Title
12/14/01 Gamasutra - Product Review: Perforce
11/13/01 IT Fokus - Change Management leicht gemacht [PDF]
05/08/01 Software Development - Beyond Version Control
02/01/01 Develop - Project Management Software [PDF]

2000

Date Title
10/18/00 ntz - Software-Konfigurationsmanagement - effektiv und preiswert [PDF]
ntz - Software Configuration Management: Effective and Economical [HTML]