The Ten Minute Pitch

Two - A High Performance Solution

Users don't wait. Perforce is the undisputed high-performance solution in Software Configuration Management. Built from the ground up to provide full-functioned source management with a light footprint, Perforce responds so quickly that developers never doubt using it. Simply put, Perforce never makes users wait.

Fast enough. Perforce is fast enough that developers never bypass it. A major undoing of other SCM systems is that users are given the choice: do it the right way, or do it the fast way. Instead of working within the SCM system, users work around it, copying files out of SCM control and working on them locally, or building releases from uncontrolled copies of source code. With Perforce, the fast way is always the right way.

So fast. Perforce is more than just fast enough: Perforce is so fast that developers often use it for activities they once did manually. For example, to keep track of "throwaway" changes -- changes made just for testing that have to be reverted when the testing is over -- it is always faster to use Perforce than to make manual backup copies.

Easy learning curve. A high-power SCM system, Perforce is still easy to learn. Whether using the platform-independent Command-Line Client; the Visual Client on Windows, Mac, or Linux; or Perforce's integration with development environments, Perforce users can get up to speed in less than a day.

No downtime. Perforce's client/server architecture manages workspaces that reside on local disks, so that a network outage never cuts users off from their work. And Perforce's high availability database provides for online backups, which means virtually zero downtime for companies that must work around the clock -- or around the globe.

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