Serena PVCS Version Manager
A New Offer for PVCS Customers
For decades hundreds of thousands of developers have relied on Serena PVCS version manager to control software assets. As development needs have changed, many PVCS customers have expressed the need for a next-generation solution that provides:
- Fast performance over wide area networks to support global development teams.
- Support for parallel and concurrent development to support modern development methodologies.
- Capabilities beyond version management to meet the needs of growing teams and evolving demands.
To address these requirements, Serena has introduced Dimensions Express with a simple, attractive upgrade path to allow PVCS customers to take advantage next generation capabilities at an affordable price.
Dimensions Express provides:
- Screaming performance over the WAN. In addition to being ten times faster than PVCS, Dimensions smokes other tools, including Rational ClearCase and Subversion. Download the performance briefs.
- Support for parallel and concurrent development, including project compare/merge, and stream-based development.
- Industry-leading version management and configuration management capabilities, plus easy access to additional requirements, build, test, and release management capabilities of Dimensions CM.
Customers with current maintenance contracts receive full upgrade credit when moving to Dimensions Express.
The Future of PVCS Version Manager
Serena continues to support and maintain PVCS and has plans to do so for the foreseeable future. Serena will continue to fix bugs and keep the product current with OS and IDE versions. And of course, Serena will continue to provide the award-winning support customers have long enjoyed.
To help you better understand the future of PVCS, please consult the following resources, or contact Serena.