Perforce Software is making the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agents invoke to access data available across its entire portfolio of DevOps platforms. Jake Hookom, executive vice president of product for Perforce, said the code management, application testing and infrastructure management tools and platforms the company provides will now all […]
How DevOps Strategy Is Evolving with Jim Cassens
Perforce Software CEO Jim Cassens dives into how the company’s overall approach to DevOps is evolving in the wake of a series of acquisitions. Cassens talks through the company’s recent spate of acquisitions and how thoughtful integration—not just portfolio expansion—is driving value for customers. He also highlights the growing role of synthetic data, AI-enhanced testing […]
Sustainable IT and Data Innovation: Driving the Future of DevOps
The worlds of sustainable IT and data innovation are converging, and two upcoming events are set to showcase the latest developments in these critical areas of sustainable IT and data innovation. The SustainableIT Impact Awards & Symposium and the DevOps + Data Impact 2024 promise to bring together industry leaders, experts, and practitioners to explore how […]
Perforce Charts Testing Course After BlazeMeter Acquisition
Perforce Software has acquired BlazeMeter from Broadcom as part of an effort to extend the scope of its testing tools beyond the Perfecto tools for testing mobile and web applications it acquired in 2018. Broadcom gained control over BlazeMeter after it acquired CA Technologies in 2018. CA Technologies acquired BlazeMeter in 2016. Terms of the […]
Perforce Melds Artifact Package Manager with Version Control Platform
Perforce Software has added a universal package manager, dubbed Helix Artifacts, to its portfolio that enables users of its Helix Core version control platform to store and track source code. Gerhard Krüger, product manager for Helix Core digital asset management at Perforce Software, said the goal is to enable DevOps teams that employ Helix Core […]
How to Improve Code Quality, Efficiently, with Static Analysis
As hard as they try, no programmer is perfect. Testing and manual code reviews cannot find every problem in their code, so software vulnerabilities and bugs persist. Unfortunately, the amount of software errors will only continue to grow as your systems get larger and more complex. Which begs the question: How can you find all […]
What Is IEC 62443?
IEC 62443 helps to protect industrial automation and control systems from security breaches. Read on to learn more about the standard. What You Need to Know About IEC 62443 IEC 62443 is a set of security standards for the secure development of Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) that provides a thorough and systematic set […]
SAST vs DAST: What’s the Difference?
One of the most effective practices for ensuring that your software is secure and safeguarded against security vulnerabilities is using the right secure coding tools — like SAST and DAST. The Key Differences Between SAST and DAST Both SAST and DAST are used to find software security vulnerabilities in your code. However, these DevOps tools […]
DevOps Challenges and Version Control: What the Survey Results Tell Us
Putting DevOps into practice is an ongoing experiment for many organizations. Developers often struggle with continuous integration (CI) or continuous delivery (CD) performance, testing delays and other bottlenecks. While not the answer to everything, version control—that long-established foundation of software development toolchains—has become a central part of DevOps, particularly DevOps at scale. This is underlined […]