<s>
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
legally	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
developer	O
of	O
software	O
used	O
for	O
developing	O
and	O
running	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
,	O
web-based	O
repository	O
management	O
,	O
developer	O
collaboration	O
,	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
,	O
web	O
application	O
servers	O
,	O
debugging	O
tools	O
and	O
Agile	O
planning	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
in	O
Alameda	O
,	O
California	O
by	O
Christopher	O
Seiwald	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
developer	O
and	O
computer	O
science	O
graduate	O
from	O
UC	O
Berkeley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
also	O
called	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
allowing	O
companies	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
large	O
software	O
projects	O
by	O
keeping	O
track	O
of	O
changes	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
binary	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
versioning	O
engine	O
,	O
by	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
P4D	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
concurrency	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
renamed	O
its	O
product	O
to	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Helix	O
,	O
which	O
now	O
supported	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
and	O
included	O
security	O
features	O
allowing	O
suspicious	O
usage	O
tracking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
collaborated	O
with	O
GitLab	B-Application
to	O
release	O
GitSwarm	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
tool	O
that	O
combined	O
git	B-Application
distributed	O
workflow	O
for	O
developers	O
with	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
's	O
single	O
code	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Seapine	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seapine	O
's	O
TestTrack	B-Application
ALM	O
software	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
announced	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Finnish	O
repository	O
management	O
services	O
company	O
Deveo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deveo	O
's	O
products	O
were	O
merged	O
into	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
's	O
Helix	O
TeamHub	O
,	O
its	O
first	O
solo	O
venture	O
for	O
Git-based	O
development	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
Summit	O
Partners	O
sold	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
to	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Clearlake	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
UK-based	O
Programming	O
Research	O
(	O
PRQA	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
static	O
code	O
analysis	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Rogue	O
Wave	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
development	O
tools	O
for	O
high-performance	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
,	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Francisco	O
Partners	O
acquired	O
50%	O
of	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
,	O
becoming	O
an	O
equal	O
partner	O
with	O
Clearlake	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
2019	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
(	O
CEDEC	O
)	O
Award	O
for	O
Engineering	O
for	O
Helix	O
Core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
software	O
developer	O
TestCraft	O
Technologies	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
automated	O
Selenium-based	O
web	O
application	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
software	O
developer	O
Methodics	O
,	O
a	O
DevOps	O
software	O
provider	O
of	O
intellectual	O
property	O
life	O
cycle	O
management	O
for	O
semiconductor	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
agreed	O
to	O
buy	O
BlazeMeter	B-Application
testing	O
platform	O
from	O
Broadcom	O
Inc	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
Portland	O
,	O
Oregon-based	O
infrastructure	O
automation	O
software	O
platform	O
,	O
Puppet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perforce	B-General_Concept
develops	O
software	O
used	O
by	O
software	O
developers	O
to	O
manage	O
code	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	O
Core	O
,	O
formerly	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
Helix	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
for	O
large	O
scale	O
development	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Helix	O
Version	B-Architecture
Control	I-Architecture
System	I-Architecture
manages	O
a	O
central	O
database	O
and	O
a	O
master	O
repository	O
of	O
file	B-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	O
Core	O
clients	O
fall	O
into	O
roughly	O
five	O
categories	O
:	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
command	B-Application
,	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
web	O
,	O
and	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
system	O
can	O
make	O
part	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
content	O
available	O
as	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
and	O
of	O
other	O
clients	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
file	B-Operating_System
content	O
and	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Git	B-Application
commits	O
are	O
visible	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
other	O
clients	O
as	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
changelists	O
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
submit	O
changed	O
files	O
together	O
in	O
changelists	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
applied	O
as	O
atomic	B-Operating_System
commits	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
and	O
client	O
software	O
are	O
released	O
as	O
pre-built	O
executables	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
,	O
formerly	O
TestTrack	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
tools	O
used	O
for	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
manage	O
all	O
their	O
product	O
and	O
system	O
development	O
phases	O
with	O
one	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Seapine	O
Software	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
and	O
rebranded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
provides	O
a	O
centralized	O
suite	O
of	O
capabilities	O
for	O
managing	O
requirements	O
,	O
defects	O
,	O
issues	O
and	O
testing	O
throughout	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
develops	O
the	O
Helix	O
QAC	O
static	O
code	O
analysis	O
software	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	O
TeamHub	O
is	O
a	O
code	O
and	O
artifact	O
hosting	O
and	O
developer	O
collaboration	O
tool	O
that	O
supports	O
development	O
in	O
Git	B-Application
environments	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
Subversion	I-Application
and	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
TestCraft	O
is	O
an	O
automated	O
Selenium-based	O
web	O
application	O
testing	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
January	O
2019	O
Rogue	O
Wave	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
following	O
products	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
also	O
acquired	O
OpenLogic	O
,	O
a	O
consulting	O
organization	O
with	O
expertise	O
in	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
from	O
Rogue	O
Wave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perforce	B-General_Concept
's	O
customers	O
are	O
software	O
developers	O
at	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
Salesforce	B-Application
,	O
Netflix	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
,	O
Disney	O
,	O
Intuit	O
and	O
the	O
NYSE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
the	O
gaming	O
space	O
,	O
with	O
18	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
20	O
games	O
developers	O
including	O
Ubisoft	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
using	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
