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Recent Press

Date Title
08/18/08 SD Times - Perforce Polishes Its Imaging
Perforce Software has ratcheted up the visual differencing functionality of its namesake software configuration management product.
07/09/08 Gamedev.net - Product Review: Perforce 2008
Capability-wise, Perforce really operates at a "sweet spot". It is designed to support arbitrarily large projects containing hundreds or even thousands of users and files. Its fully-integrated tools are powerful without being difficult to use. It is designed to operate with a minimum of user administration. Perforce is a very well designed and integrated set of tools.
07/07/08 BCS - Rebel with a cause
Computer games have never been bigger and the industry is drawing in some of the best IT talent. Henry Tucker speaks to Chris Kingsley, CTO of UK games studio Rebellion, about the future of games, project failure and changing gaming perceptions.
07/01/08 SD Times - Software configuration management: The single solution myth
When asked how best to contend with the complexity of managing multiple SCM offerings Perforce experts Laura Wingerd and Tom Tyler weigh in. Focus on better visibility, not on migration, said Laura Wingerd, Perforce Software's vice president of product technology. "The goal is visibility and accountability."
06/10/08 Develop - Decoding the Future
Dave Robertson, director of European Operations at Perforce Software, explains why today's software developers need to design infrastructures that will support a challenging, volatile future.
06/01/08 IET - Software development gets real
Dave Robertson, director of European Operations at Perforce Software, explains why building good software requires people and processes that are flexible and know how to adapt to unplanned requirements.
04/17/08 ZD Net - The secret to creating 'pretty' code
Christopher Seiwald, chief technology officer for Perforce Software, thinks code should be more than just functional — it should be pretty too.
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.
03/17/08 BCS - Not child's play
Dave Robertson, director of European operations for Perforce Software, explains why the electronic games development industry has many lessons for software programming in the wider world of business technology.
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 Redmond Developer News - Build to Order
Are your software builds slowing you down? Powerful solutions streamline build and branch management.
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.
01/04/08 New Electronics - Spot the difference
Dave Robertson talks about Variant Management and the need for a good software configuration management (SCM) tool

Previous Press

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 [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]