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Recent Press

Date Title
06/12/09 SD Times - SD Times 100: 2009
SD Times names their annual top 100 companies that led the way to this new software world through their ideas, inventions and new implementations. Perforce is recognized once again, as a leader in software configuration management. Read more.
06/06/09 InformationWeek - Nikon Teaches SCM New Tricks
Wilken Rivera discusses how Nikon uses Perforce in areas beyond conventional version tracking. As an international company, Nikon uses distributed development to increase productivity and parallel development to work on multiple projects without collisions.
05/15/09 Develop - Project Runaway
When you've got ten studios spread around the world, all working on projects of vastly different scale and scope, project management can quickly become a difficult task. Develop caught up with Kuju's technical director Adrian Hawkins to find out how it uses Perforce to keep on top of it all.
04/08/09 Develop - Tutorial: Perforce
Dave Robertson shares seven top features of Perforce which help with game development.
03/02/09 SDTimes - ALM opens doors to other brands and business pros
Weighing in on SD Times' ALM discussion, Perforce executives identified the main parts of the life cycle as requirements management, software configuration management (SCM), workflow management, build automation, continuous integration and defect tracking. Perforce, a leader in the SCM space, said that SCM is the "foundation" of an ALM solution, while workflow management serves as the "heart." Read more.
02/26/09 Electronic Product Design - Small changes can leave variants off-colour
Developers of embedded software probably don't think too much about coping with ongoing changes. It is easy to view variant management as someone else's problem. Not so, as Dave Robertson points out.
02/24/09 CM Crossroads - Product Review: Perforce Provides Source Code Management to Improve Developer Productivity
Perforce users are among the most loyal and many are devout in their support and love of this product. For this review, I took a look at the features and usage of Perforce myself and was definitely impressed with what I saw. Read more.
02/24/09 Embedded.com - COMMENTARY: Got Configuration Management?
Clive Maxfield ruminates over the lack of version control adoption by his fellow embedded engineers. Singling out Perforce, Maxfield says the SCM system is particularly well-suited for embedded development because it manages much more than just source code and is easy to learn and administer.
01/13/09 SD Times - Latest Perforce SCM product assists in integrations
Perforce Software has added improved integration management and server discovery to its namesake software configuration management product. John Walker, senior marketing manager of Perforce, discusses the newest version and how it improves visual reporting.
01/23/09 BCS - Profile of European Technical Services Manager, Tony Smith
01/12/09 Dr. Dobb's Portal - Perforce SCM Updated
Perforce Software has released version 2008.2 of its Software Configuration Management (SCM) system, with enhancements to improve developer productivity and facilitate system administration.

Previous Press

2008

Date Title
11/23/08 Gamers Daily News - Interview: Dave Robertson - Perforce Software
10/13/08 Develop - Perforce expands training offering
09/16/08 Information Age - Q&A - Bank of America
08/18/08 Develop - Perforce hits version 2008.1
08/18/08 EDA Geek - Perforce 2008.1 SCM Features Image Differencing
08/18/08 SD Times - Perforce Polishes Its Imaging
07/09/08 Gamedev.net - Product Review: Perforce 2008
07/07/08 BCS - Rebel with a cause
07/01/08 SD Times - Software configuration management: The single solution myth
06/10/08 Develop - Decoding the Future
06/01/08 IET - Software development gets real
05/16/08 Gamasutra.com - High Impact Games' Matheson: Build, Don't Buy Game Engines
04/17/08 ZD Net - The secret to creating 'pretty' code
04/03/08 Computing - When the going gets tough, it is time to get agile
03/17/08 BCS - Not child's play
03/10/08 Macworld - Perforce updates cross-platform interface for software versioning tool
03/04/08 Dr. Dobb's Portal - SD West 2008 Underway; Beautiful Code First Up
03/01/08 Redmond Developer News - Build to Order
03/01/08 Components in Electronics - Sales Without Force
01/15/08 Computer Weekly - Aviva investment firm moves to SOA
01/04/08 New Electronics - Spot the difference

2007

Date Title
12/26/07 SD Times - Integration's the New Face of ALM
12/14/07 JDJ - Perforce Software Delivers State-of-the-Art Application Lifecycle Management
12/14/07 Enterprise Open Source Magazine - Perforce Software to Manage Software Development for Symbian Smartphones
12/06/07 CBR - Perforce introduces SDK for defect-tracking tools
12/05/07 SD Times - Perforce Releases Gateway SDK
11/28/07 Game Developer - CMP's Game Developer Magazine Names 2007 Front Line Award Finalists [PDF]
10/01/07 ESE Magazine - May Your Software Live In Interesting Times
08/22/07 Develop Magazine - Project Management Case Study Q & A with Rebellion
08/01/07 Develop Magazine - Championship Management [PDF]
07/15/07 Better Software - What's Wrong With Your Testing Strategy? Using SCM to Reduce Redundancy and Find Defects [PDF]
07/10/07 Developpez - Interview de Perforce : Système rapide de gestion de configuration logicielle
06/22/07 CIO Magazine - Source Code Management Systems: Trends, Analysis and Best Features
05/15/07 International Developer - C is for Configuration Management [PDF]
05/01/07 International Developer - Perforce Adds New Admin Tool [PDF]
05/01/07 Javamagazin - Flexibles Management [PDF]
03/22/07 PRNewswire - CMP Technology Announces Winners of the 17th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards [PDF]
02/28/07 Financial Times UK - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Designs fly off the drawing board
01/01/07 Programmez! - Le SCM Perforce 2006.1 [PDF]
01/15/07 Micro Technology Europe - Order Out of Chaos [PDF]

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
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 - Proxy 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]