<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
,	O
formerly	O
called	O
TestTrack	B-Application
,	O
is	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
software	O
developed	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
's	O
precursor	O
,	O
TestTrack	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Seapine	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
shipped	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Seapine	O
,	O
and	O
rebranded	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
has	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	B-Application
manages	O
a	O
central	O
database	O
of	O
requirements	O
,	O
test	O
cases	O
,	O
testing	O
evidence	O
,	O
defects	O
,	O
feature	O
requests	O
,	O
work	O
items	O
,	O
test	O
configurations	O
,	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	B-Protocol
and	O
server	B-Application
communicate	O
via	O
a	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
connection	O
using	O
512-bit	O
encryption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
stores	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
relational	O
database	O
management	O
systems	O
including	O
SQL	O
Server	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	O
,	O
and	O
Postgres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
different	O
categories	O
of	O
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
clients	O
:	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
Web	B-Application
UI	I-Application
,	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
REST	O
API	O
,	O
and	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
is	O
developed	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unified	O
web	O
application	O
allows	O
software	O
developers	O
and	O
testers	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
review	O
requirements	O
,	O
work	O
with	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
execute	O
and	O
track	O
tests	O
from	O
their	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
's	O
SOAP	B-Application
SDK	O
allows	O
language	O
and	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
way	O
to	O
extend	O
built-in	O
functionality	O
by	O
writing	O
applications	O
that	O
access	O
and	O
manipulate	O
its	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
interfaces	O
integrate	O
with	O
popular	O
IDEs	O
to	O
perform	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
closing	O
a	O
defect	O
or	O
manually	O
assign	O
a	O
work	O
item	O
to	O
another	O
team	O
member	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
third-party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
plugins	B-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
Eclipse	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
,	O
Outlook	O
,	O
Excel	O
,	O
and	O
QA	O
Wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
also	O
integrates	O
with	O
various	O
SCM	O
tools	O
including	O
Git	O
,	O
CVS	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
Subversion	O
,	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SourceSafe	O
.	O
</s>
