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Quotes"The ability to encompass all assets, across all platforms, within a single repository offers significant value to organizations, not only from an administrative and ease-of-use perspective, but in terms of ensuring that change management disciplines are consistently extended enterprise-wide. This capability, along with many of the other enhancements in version 8, make Dimensions a strong solution for organizations in a wide range of industries."
"Our rankings are based both on a very thorough examination of how products address critical elements of configuration management and a detailed evaluation of how they perform against each other. Merant's PVCS products have traditionally scored extremely well across all areas of our tests and this time is certainly no exception. The company has carved out a very strong place for itself in the market."
"The industry has struggled with the interpretation and implementation of published FDA guidelines regarding the use of electronic records and signatures since the early 1990's. The FDA has likewise struggled with trying to make its intentions clear. In spite of lingering ambiguity, however, the agency's thinking around process and change control is reasonably clear cut. FDA guidance on software validation and systems change control, for example, has remained a constant requirement of regulation 21 CFR Part 11 and the predicate rules (FDA regulations other than Part 11) since the beginning."
"The sheer complexity of today's Web sites, along with the distributed nature of the workforce contributing to them, has made content management systems an absolute must for companies across a wide range of industries. However, in light of current economic conditions, the affordability of these solutions--in terms of total cost of ownership--is now more critical than ever. Therefore, solutions that balance a customer's need for enterprise-class capabilities."
"The new senior management team at Merant appears to be making progress in defining and implementing the company's strategy for the future. If it can execute this expeditiously, Merant is well positioned for future growth. Initial results look encouraging."
"Companies constantly struggle with a broad range of software management issues that ultimately result in decreased productivity, lower revenues and higher costs. Most of these problems can be directly traced to inadequate controls or manual processes, allowing code management tools -- in conjunction with more rigorous processes -- to pay for themselves by minimizing or eliminating these issues. There has been a large gap in control between code development and deployment within many organizations."
"The ability to deliver solutions that support the unique needs of distributed development teams is a driving factor in today's software configuration management space. Products that offer solid security, performance and workflow are required to improve the quality, productivity and predictability of distributed development projects."
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