Perforce Software
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| Private | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, MN |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Helix (Helix Versioning Engine, Helix Threat Detection, Helix Swarm, Helix Insights) |
Number of employees | 250+ (2014)[1] |
| Website |
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Perforce Software is the developer of the commercial, proprietary revision control system Perforce, and the Helix version control system.
History
Perforce Software was founded in 1995 by Christopher Seiwald.[2] The company is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with offices in Alameda, California; Sydney, Australia; Wokingham, England; and Victoria, Canada.[3] Its first product was Perforce, a version control system allowing companies to collaborate on large projects and keep a record of their development.[4] Perforce Helix, built around the Perforce Versioning Engine, was launched in March 2015.[5] Other products include Helix GitSwarm, Helix Swarm, Helix Threat Detection and Helix Insights.[6]
In February 2016, Seiwald sold the company to investment group Summit Partners. Janet Dryer was named as new CEO. [7]
In November 2016, Perforce announced the acquisition of Seapine Software[8]
Release dates
- Helix GitSwarm released October 2012[9]
- Helix Swarm released June 2013[10]
- Helix Insights released October 2013[11]
- Helix Versioning Engine released June 2014[12]
- Perforce Helix released March 2015[13]
- Helix Threat Detection released March 2015[11]
Customers
Perforce customers include Kodak Alaris, Salesforce, NYSE, Netflix and Samsung, as well as games studios such as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Sony Online Entertainment and Nintendo, and in 2015 Computer Weekly called Perforce "the market leader" in the gaming sector with 18 of the top 20 games developers using Perforce version control.[14]
References
- ↑ Alan Shimel, “Perforce: The biggest little secret in DevOps”, DevOps.com, March 18, 2014.
- ↑ James Batchelor, “Develop Awards Partner Spotlight: Perforce Spotlight”, Develop, June 20, 2014.
- ↑ Stephanie Vozza, “3 Simples Steps to Eliminate File-Sharing Problems”, Entrepreneur, May 1, 2013.
- ↑ Philip Michaels, “Perforce updates cross-platform interface for software versioning tool”, Macworld, March 10, 2008.
- ↑ Alex Handy, “Perforce goes fully distributed in source-code management”, San Diego Times, March 3, 2015.
- ↑ Craig Chapple, “8 production pipeline tools to keep your game on track”, Develop, September 26, 2014.
- ↑ Batchelor, James. "Perforce acquired by Summit Partners". Develop. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ "Perforce acquires ALM provider Seapine Software".
- ↑ Nathan Eddy, “Perforce Launches SCM Platform Helix”, eWeek, March 5, 2015.
- ↑ Alex Williams, “Perforce Swarm, a Developer Platform to Compete With the Likes of GitHub and Atlassian”, TechCrunch, June 12, 2013.
- 1 2 Ben Kepes, “Using Log Data And Machine Learning To Weed Out The Bad Guys”, Forbes, March 27, 2015.
- ↑ Rob Marvin, “Perforce introduces concurrency technology into versioning platform”, San Diego Times, June 11, 2014.
- ↑ David Norfolk, “Perforce Helix, a new incarnation of Perforce”, IT-Director.com, April 14, 2015.
- ↑ Bob Tarzey, “The software game – Perforce’s new Helix Platform”, Computer Weekly, March 6, 2015.