AccuRev Communications

It’s 1998. I’m just starting my job at Rational Software, supporting ClearCase. During my training and through my first few months handling customer issues, I developed a deep understanding of the complexities of SCM and the heavy-handed centralized control that ClearCase provided its customer base. Wrappers, triggers and script automation were the key to a tightly controlled, centralized development environment.  In the developers’ eyes, dealing with the version control tool was just a part of doing their job. Developers like to code, not “waste time” with tools or infrastructure. They are creators and want to create their masterpiece. Check-in, Check-out, Merge, etc. are not ways developers want to spend their time, especially if they are forced to deal with poor performance from an SCM tool, whether it’s by the tool itself, or the myriad of wrappers that were forc... (more)

Use Case: I went from ClearCase to AccuRev

In May of 2005, the company I worked for, Polycom, decided to switch our Software Configuration Management tool from ClearCase to AccuRev. Initially, this decision was not taken well by the developers in my business unit since they had been using Base ClearCase for several years.  However, after seeing how much easier AccuRev was to [...] ... (more)

Agile Development Transformation Workshop for Managers - Lexington, MA

AccuRev is co-presenting a one-day seminar on Agile Development Transformation: “Mitigating Risk with Agile Development: Great Software, Great Business Results.” Where:10 Maguire Rd, Bldg. 1, Lexington, MA When: Thursday, February 26, 9:30 – 3:30 Details and registration Speakers: Rich Mironov (Enthiosys); Johnny Scarborough (GlobalLogic); Damon Poole (AccuRev) Cost: $50 for qualified registrants ( List price $595 ). Seating limited to 50 [...] ... (more)

AccuRev and Smart Bear Advance Code Review and Software Development Processes for Joint Customers

AccuRev Inc. and Smart Bear Software today announced a technology partnership designed to significantly improve software development process collaboration and efficiency. The combined solution integrates the peer code review functionality of Code Collaborator from Smart Bear with process-centric software change and configuration management (SCCM) from AccuRev. This integration enhances real-time collaboration for all software teams that conduct code reviews, with particular benefits for those working on Agile, geographically distributed, offshore or parallel projects.   The Smar... (more)

SCM Use Case: I went from ClearCase to AccuRev

In May of 2005, the company I worked for, Polycom, decided to switch our Software Configuration Management tool from ClearCase to AccuRev. Initially, this decision was not taken well by the developers in my business unit since they had been using Base ClearCase for several years.  However, after seeing how much easier AccuRev was to [...] ... (more)