What makes for a great version management system?

Not all version management solutions and approaches are created equal; good solutions will deliver at least on some business criteria. But a great version management system like Perforce will check some very important boxes. Specifically Perforce will:

• Be fast for users and never impede their work.
• Offer a powerful, cross-platform GUI with seamless versioning and integrations with Visual Studio and Eclipse.
• Be affordable to purchase, easy to manage, and deliver rapid ROI.
• Easily scale as your organization grows.    
• Allow teams to collaborate across multiple locations (support distributed development).       
• Be robust and proven, acclaimed by a sizeable user base of respected companies.