<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
is	O
a	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
used	O
in	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
a	O
project	O
involves	O
multiple	O
teams	O
in	O
different	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
is	O
an	O
SCM	B-Architecture
and	O
SDLC	O
software	O
application	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Starbase	O
Corporation	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Borland	O
in	O
January	O
2003	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Micro	O
Focus	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
are	O
supported	O
database	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
supports	O
branching	O
and	O
three-way	B-General_Concept
merging	I-General_Concept
,	O
difference	O
analysis	O
,	O
advanced	O
user	O
access	O
and	O
security	O
management	O
,	O
checkpoints	O
,	O
end	O
user	O
and	O
administrator	O
auditing	O
,	O
view	O
and	O
revision	O
labels	O
,	O
promotion	O
states	O
and	O
customization	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
allows	O
"	O
live	O
"	O
backups	B-Protocol
while	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
in	O
active	O
use	O
and	O
includes	O
an	O
optional	O
publish/subscribe	O
event	O
system	O
called	O
StarTeam	B-Application
MPX	O
to	O
enhance	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
file	O
versioning	O
,	O
StarTeam	B-Application
also	O
stores	O
requirements	O
,	O
project	O
tasks	O
,	O
change	O
requests	O
,	O
and	O
discussions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
clients	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
web	O
client	O
,	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
Java	B-Device
client	O
,	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
interface	O
and	O
integrations	O
for	O
popular	O
Integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environments	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
,	O
Borland	O
JBuilder	O
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarTeam	B-Application
includes	O
several	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
for	O
platforms	O
including	O
COM	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
an	O
MSSCCI	B-Application
compliant	O
Source	B-Application
Control	I-Application
Plug-in	I-Application
API	I-Application
for	O
integration	O
with	O
IDEs	O
that	O
offer	O
integrated	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
features	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Mercury	O
Interactive	O
's	O
TestDirector	O
and	O
IBM	B-Application
Rational	I-Application
DOORS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
check-ins	O
in	O
StarTeam	B-Application
are	O
atomic	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
suppose	O
User	O
A	O
selects	O
to	O
check	O
in	O
all	O
modified	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
StarTeam	B-Application
folder	O
,	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
selected	O
files	O
is	O
locked	O
by	O
User	O
B	O
.	O
</s>
