Presentation from Schneider Electric at the Merge World Tour in India - Schneider Electric P4 Conference

1. Perforce
Usage
@
Schneider
Mukesh
Kannan
Senior
Manager
Test
Engineering
-­‐
Corporate

2. Schneider Electric 2- Division - Name – Date
Contents
Ø
Overview
Ø
Product
Range
Ø
Where
we
use
Perforce
Ø
How
we
use
Perforce
Ø
Why
we
use
&
like
Perforce

3. Schneider Electric 3- Division - Name – Date
Overview
Ø Euro
24
Billion
sales
in
2012
Ø 1,40,000+
employees
World
wide
Ø 17,000+
employees
in
India
Ø Presence
in
more
than
100+
countries
Ø 31
Global
Manufacturing
plants
Ø Global
Specialist
In
Energy
Management

4. Schneider Electric 4- Division - Name – Date
Product
Range
Ø 500VA
to
1MVA
UPS
Ø Datacenter
Cooling
SoluVon
Ø Solar
Power
SoluVon
Ø Building
AutomaVon
&
Management
Ø Electrical
DistribuVon
Ø Many
more
products….

5. Schneider Electric 5- Division - Name – Date
Where
we
use
Perforce
Ø Product
test
soYware
development
Ø Graphical
Programming
Ø 50+
Developers
worldwide
Ø 100+
various
product
test
soYware
Ø 1000+
product
test
staVons
Ø 2000+
SKU’s
tested

6. Schneider Electric 6- Division - Name – Date
How
we
use
Perforce
Ø Replaced
convenVonal
way
of
soYware
revision
control
management
Ø Hardware
based
soYware
development
Ø Wide
range
of
developers
Ø File
size
ranges
from
1KB
to
50MB
Ø File
types
are
VI,
doc,
txt,
etc
Ø Mainly
uses
for
matured
product
&
not
for
new
developments

7. Schneider Electric 7- Division - Name – Date
How
we
use
Perforce
contd...
Ø High-­‐end
VM
server
with
Windows
2008
Ø 300GB
SAN
Storage
with
RAID
5,
DRS,
etc
Ø Using
JAVA
for
all
triggers
&
daemons
Ø No
Branching
&
Concurrent
development
(Surprise!!!!!)
Ø Using
Lotus
Notes
for
releasing
applicaVons
Ø Synchronize
revision
no.
between
Labview,
Perforce
&
Lotus
Notes

8. Schneider Electric 8- Division - Name – Date
How
we
use
Perforce
contd...
Source
Code
Development
Releasing
ApplicaVon
Create
ApplicaVon
Feedback
&
Bug
fix
Lotus
Notes

9. Schneider Electric 9- Division - Name – Date
Why
we
use
&
like
Perforce
Ø Disciplined
way
of
soYware
development
Ø Highly
secured
&
restrict
unauthorized
access
Ø Flexible
licensing
system
Ø Easy
to
setup,
migrate
&
scale
up
Ø Requires
less
maintenance
(no
full
Vme
admin)
Ø NaVonal
Instruments
(NI)
uses
Perforce
Ø Excellent
support
from
NI
&
Perforce
Ø Flexible
in
implement
release
policy

10. Schneider Electric 10- Division - Name – Date