LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Codice Software, led by software configuration management expert Pablo Santos Luaces, today announced that the company is releasing Plastic SCM 2.8, the latest version of its next-generation software change and configuration management (SCCM) solution. Codice also announced today that it is establishing U.S. headquarters with the opening of its Silicon Valley office, which will lead U.S. sales, marketing, customer support, and direct international sales, marketing and distribution.

"What makes Plastic SCM 'next generation' is that it is the only software change and configuration application designed specifically to support today's demanding development environments," said Pablo Santos, CEO of Codice Software. "In addition to providing superior branch and merge capabilities, Plastic SCM adapts to the development methodologies and geographical layouts of the teams using it, across all of the popular platforms and server back ends. With a small footprint, the product is optimized to run anywhere, on servers or laptops, in vendor and strategic partner sites, from home, from the office or on the road."

Key Features of Plastic SCM

Plastic SCM is the next-generation software configuration and change management (SCCM) system created for today's demanding development environments, supporting agile, parallel, and/or distributed software development. For teams of five or 500 - working in-house or geographically dispersed at remote development sites, in vendors' facilities, or on the road - Plastic SCM is designed for maximum efficiency, flexibility and low total-cost-of-ownership.

It accurately tracks and maps the complete development history for every project component, giving developers simple click-through access to critical details. Plastic SCM provides powerful new merge and configuration capabilities, secures valuable source code, and includes an innovative, interactive 3D graphical version tree -- the "DNA map" of the code development. It interoperates across Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms and supports popular backend databases including MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgresql and FireBird.

Plastic SCM delivers the flexibility required to increase coding efficiency. Unlike older SCM offerings, the product's superior branch management supports thousands of task-focused branches to enhance developer productivity, code stability and the speed of product completion. Any combination of branches can be merged, maximizing configuration flexibility. Plastic SCM's small footprint allows installation not only on enterprise-class servers, but also on laptops and desktops, and it is designed for speed over both local and remote networks. Additionally Plastic SCM version 2.8 includes numerous performance and integration enhancements.

According to Michael Azoff, principal analyst of Ovum Research, "Plastic SCM has an impressive approach to managing code branches using 3-D revision history visualization and user-customizable branch selectors, offering a high degree of flexibility."

InVision Software recently selected Plastic SCM for the development of its core product, InVision Enterprise WFM, as well as for all customer specific developments. InVision Software is a world-leading supplier of enterprise-wide workforce management (WFM) solutions which enable companies to optimize their staff planning and scheduling processes.

"We evaluated several SCM solutions and found Plastic SCM offers the most comprehensive set of capabilities to suit our needs: cross-platform support, designed for parallel development in dispersed environments, small server footprint, innovative visualization, intuitive user interface and powerful branch and merge functions," said Peter Bollenbeck, CEO of InVision Software. "Our decision to choose Plastic SCM was supported by good customer references, consultants with comprehensive product knowledge and a successful pilot phase this year."

Affordable Pricing for Any Sized Organization

With low-cost licensing and maintenance fees, fast and easy online training, simple set-up and minimal ongoing administration costs, Plastic SCM is a feature-rich system with low total-cost-of-ownership. For more information, please contact the Codice Software U.S. sales and marketing team.

About Codice Software

Codice Software is a privately held software development company focused on the design and distribution of next-generation software configuration management (SCM) solutions. The company's mission is to speed and secure software development, supporting agile and parallel methodologies in local and distributed environments, for companies worldwide with development teams ranging from five to 500 members. Codice Software's Plastic SCM provides development teams with a robust, high-end SCM product, implementing enterprise-class functionality, while making next-generation SCM affordable and widely available to any-sized organization. Codice Software's international marketing and sales headquarters are located in Silicon Valley, with additional offices across North America and a network of international distributors. For more information please go to www.codicesoftware.com.

SOURCE Codice Software