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Most people reading this news article will already be using a version control tool of some description, if not, stop reading this, go and download Subversion, Mercurial or Git and start using it asap, then come back and finish reading this.
Clearvision has spent over 12 years working with Commercial version control vendors and their customers. In the past two years, accelerated by the recession, we have assisted companies in migration from vendor tools to open source version control solutions (or the creation of an integrated, hybrid solution) such as Subversion, Mercurial and Git. There are three major contributors to the shift towards open source version control; Quality and speed of development for open source tools Features and functionality which make them viable for the majority of companies and requirements Demands to move software development teams to a truly geographically distributed development environment As well as advising customers around the SCCM market, Clearvision spend much of our time listening to the needs of our customers. This significant shift to open source has brought with it challenges not recognised by many CM administrators, after all this is a major change to supporting a tool which is used by thousands of developers across multiple development locations. A "big bang" migration is simply not viable, even when applied to smaller projects. Migrating from established tools such as Rational ClearCase is not without its challenges and hidden costs, however once migrated none of our customers have asked to move back... especially the accounting departments who are no longer paying ongoing maintenance costs. Migration from an established, legacy SCCM solution to an open source solution such as Subversion, Mercurial or Git might be a long process, Clearvision have established integrated, hybrid solutions where typically new teams use an open source tool of their choice (either Subversion, Mercurial or Git) and share their code with the central Rational ClearCase repository (through an "invisible" sychronisation tool)... CC2SVN or CC2Git help make migrating or sharing code simple, fast and most importantly they help you reduce license costs. The SCCM market talks a lot about "collaborating" development team members however, there a few true collaboration tools available on the market. Clearvision spent considerable time investigating the collaboration tools and options and quickly realised Intland CodeBeamer was the only product which fulfilled customer demands. Although your agenda might be to cut vendor costs entirely, those who have invested in CodeBeamer have seen a complete return on investment within a few months. Useful hints;
Clearvision offer Subversion Support, Subversion Training, Subversion Consulting and Subversion Products. Mercurial Support, Mercurial Training, Mercurial Consulting and Mercurial Products. Git Support, Git Training, Git Consulting and Git Products. Contact us for more information. |