Richard Bellairs
Product Marketing Manager
Richard Bellairs has 20+ years of experience across a wide range of industries. He held electronics and software engineering positions in the manufacturing, defense, and test and measurement industries in the nineties and early noughties before moving to product management and product marketing. He now champions Perforce’s market-leading code quality management solution. Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the University of Sheffield and a professional diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
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ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 Overview
A machinery control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates other devices or systems. These systems can be simple, such as a thermostat that regulates a boiler. Or, complex, such as a control system for industrial processes.
Regardless of how elaborate a machinery control system may be, it must follow several safety standards to ensure that it is safe and reliable. For that reason, it's important that you understand what is IEC 62061and what is ISO 13849.
Software Quality
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What Is Software Integrity? Overview + Software Integrity Best Practices
Software integrity refers to code quality. Assessing the quality of code requires you to measure the number and severity of potential safety and security-related defects. You also need to measure the maintainability and testability of your code. Achieving high code integrity can be a complex and difficult task.
Software Quality
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What Is Parallel Programming and Multithreading?
Processors have reached maximum speed. And the only way to get more out of them is through multithreading and parallel programming. Get tips for taking advantage of multithreaded programming — while avoiding defects, as well as concurrent vs parallel.
Coding Best Practices, Software Quality
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What Is IEC 62304? Overview, IEC 62304 Certification + Compliance Tips
IEC 62304 software safety classification is a functional safety standard for medical device software (software lifecycle processes). Learn how to accelerate compliance with this IEC 62304 standard, IEC 62304 software safety classification.
Security & Compliance, Software Quality