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Hamish Reid, software engineer, Perforce Software

Hamish Reid, software engineer, Perforce Software

Hamish Reid, software engineer, Perforce Software

Date: Jun 08, 2009

Software engineer Hamish Reid demonstrated current Perforce Software configuration management tools at JavaOne, but he also talked about upcoming Java-friendlier releases of tools in the Perforce Software Configuration Management System. In this video, Reid – the project leader on the Java enhancements – describes those new Java support features and how development teams can use them.

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