<s>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
configuration	O
management	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Seapine	O
Software	O
,	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Perforce	B-General_Concept
since	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perforce	B-General_Concept
integrated	O
the	O
software	O
with	O
its	O
Helix	B-Application
ALM	I-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	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
file	B-Operating_System
versions	O
and	O
branches	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>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
stores	O
data	O
in	O
an	O
industry-standard	O
relational	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
contains	O
both	O
the	O
file	B-Operating_System
contents	O
and	O
metadata	O
(	O
file	B-Operating_System
state	O
,	O
file	B-Operating_System
attributes	O
,	O
branching	O
and	O
merging	O
history	O
,	O
changelists	O
,	O
filters	O
,	O
users	O
,	O
groups	O
,	O
labels	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
proxy	O
server	B-Application
can	O
optionally	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
improve	O
performance	O
of	O
file	B-Operating_System
retrievals	O
for	O
distributed	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
different	O
categories	O
of	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
clients	O
:	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
CLI	B-Application
,	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
Web	B-Application
UI	I-Application
,	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
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	B-Application
)	O
is	O
also	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
CLI	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
any	O
command	O
shell	B-Operating_System
or	O
script	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Build	O
scripts	O
generally	O
access	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
files	O
via	O
the	O
CLI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
’s	O
open	O
API	B-General_Concept
allows	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
applications	O
that	O
access	O
branches	O
,	O
repositories	O
,	O
and	O
files	O
on	O
the	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
Server	B-Application
using	O
the	O
C	O
,	O
Java	O
,	O
and	O
.Net	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugin	B-Application
interfaces	O
integrate	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
client	B-Protocol
functionality	O
into	O
third-party	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
plugins	B-Application
are	O
available	O
for	O
Eclipse	O
,	O
IntelliJ	O
IDEA	O
,	O
KDevelop	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
,	O
NetBeans	O
,	O
JDeveloper	O
,	O
PowerBuilder	O
,	O
WebStorm	O
,	O
Windows	O
Explorer	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Finder	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
file	B-Operating_System
system	O
,	O
Bugzilla	O
,	O
JIRA	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
TFS	O
,	O
TestTrack	B-Application
,	O
Ant	O
,	O
NAnt	O
,	O
Hudson	O
,	O
Jenkins	O
,	O
TeamCity	O
,	O
CruiseControl	O
,	O
CruiseControl.NET	O
,	O
Dreamweaver	O
,	O
FinalBuilder	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
,	O
and	O
QA	O
Wizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
release	O
versions	O
of	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
their	O
release	O
dates	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
Surround	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
won	O
a	O
Jolt	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Change	O
and	O
Configuration	O
Management	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
