ClearCase V8.0 includes significant functional and performance improvements. This presentation will provide an in-depth look at the new features and improvements of ClearCase V8.0. This presentation is taking place on Thursday, May 17th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EDT)

This presentation will also provide:

• A discussion of the ClearTeam Explorer GUI for dynamic view and Web views.
• An overview of V8.0 ClearCase administration including the new VOB schema and the CCRC WAN Server.
• And much more

Click here to register!

We are proud to announce that, for the 2nd  year in a row, GoMidjets is being recognized for its contribution to the IBM eco-system with an IBM Champion Award

IBM announces the IBM Champion award winners, electing our CEO, Tamir Gefen, as a winner in the “ALM: ClearCase, ClearQuest, Jazz-based tools” category.

The IBM Champion awards recognize the achievements of of exceptional IBM professionals who contribute to the Rational user community. GoMidjets has earned the prestigious award due to its commitment and success in assisting Rational users to get optimized results from their Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, RTC, and Jazz-based tools.

We are proud to celebrate another year of delivering exceptional products and solutions for accelerating development processes, reducing R&D risks, improving productivity and saving development costs to customers worldwide.

On this occasion, we would also like to congratulate our partners, CM-Logic  for winning the Software Innovation for Rational award, and CloudOne for being a finalist for the 2012 IBM Beacon award.

Related links:

• GoMidjets wins 2011 IBM Champion Award
• GoMidjets Wins 2010 IBM Beacon Award

Click on the picture to watch a new presentation that demonstrates how our R&D Reporter  helps ClearCase users gain information from within ClearCase

Related links:

• R&D Reporter for ClearCase
• Case Study: HP Indigo Accelerates R&D processes with GoMidjets R&D Reporter for ClearCase and Quality Center
• Visual Annotate for ClearCase

If you’re looking to get things done without having to fix the software you use or redo work that’s been lost due to a bug in or a crash caused by said software, then you should really be taking more care in which programs you’re choosing to invest in. The right software package could really help you in the long run when it comes to completing complex tasks efficiently, saving you time and money.

Firstly, it’s worth reading reviews, and several of them, from different publications and viewpoints (a consumer one always helps, too). Whether it’s spreadsheet software for an accounts job or a design suite to work on the layout of O2, it’s important to know that this is a renown, high-quality piece of software. For example, we have a map here on our site that’ll show you the thousands of people around the world who use our products, who likely talk about them, and it’s best to tap into that to know what people’s experiences with these products have been, people who aren’t necessarily journalists, software designers/developers or critics.

It’s also a good idea to test out a variety of options to find what works best. The same sort of software will often have the odd feature its competitors may not, and until you use them all to do the same sorts of tasks, you won’t know which will work best. You may even find that you end up using multiple software packages that do the same thing, depending on what features you need during that particular stage of the project. Your software needs may fluctuate, and the tools you have access to should support that. So look around, read views, pay attention to what users are saying, try or use multiple software packages, and generally use your research skills (Google, for most people) to find out what’ll work best. Good luck.

Learn how R&D Reporter helps HP Indigo improve collaboration within the R&D team and increase traceability:

HP Indigo Case Study

We have just released a minor update that fixes some of the problems we found on Visual Annotate  version 1.5.0 (that was released a few weeks ago):

• Source version of a code line was not identified correctly in case where a target version was also linked to that code line
• Previous file names were not identified and colored according to relevant code language in some situations on Windows 7
• We added a new detailed message that explains why Annotate cannot run under certain ClearCase element types
• We added a new message that notifies when ClearCase could not find a specific file version in view

Download an update (just make sure you install it over the current installation path):

Download a full package:

Visual Annotate V1.6 is coming soon…. Stay tuned.

Want to see in which cities GoMidjets products are used? We have created an interactive map of our install base showing our users in over 80 countries on 5 continents. Overall, GoMidjets has over 3,000 users working for more than 750 companies, so updating them all will take a bit of time. If you’re a GoMidjets user and you can’t find your city on the map, please write to us and we’ll be glad  to add your details.

View GoMidjets Users in a larger map

GoMidjets CEO, Tamir Gefen, is now featured on IBM Champions’ interactive map. The map shows IBM Champions around the world, and we are proud to be a part of this network of exceptional individuals recognized by IBM for their innovation and thought leadership.

GoMidjets Visual Annotate provides a source code viewer that colors each code line separately, depending on the criteria that you choose: by usernames, by dates or by versions. It also provides you with a special mode in which you can see removed lines. This feature helps you compare the same code line on different versions – even more than two versions simultaneously!

We received much valuable feedback regarding earlier versions  from users who tried them. The new version was improved based upon these comments. Thank you to all who offered input!

This is the first commercial version for this tool. Licenses are provided by node-locked or by floating (concurrent) licenses.

What’s new – HIGHLIGHTS

• Improved user interface
• Display information of deleted code lines alongside the information for added code lines. This helps you easily find deleted code lines and even entire deleted functions.
• You can customize the dashboard and viewer for your own demands.
• Launch the tool at your convenience – GUI or CLI
• Stronger integration with ClearCase
• Supporting floating (concurrent) licenses like in ClearCase and ClearQuest
• Better support for foreign languages (if you write your comments in a language other than English)

What new – In details

• Launch Visual Annotate by GUI dashboard (in addition to launch by command-line). When launching Annotate with no specific filename, you will be asked to specify a filename.
• Launch Visual Annotate for specific file version. This helps you get annotating information for specific file version and its specific ClearCase branch/stream. The following options to launch the utility are now enabled:
• GUI:  Launching Annotate for file element (and then it displays the current version as seen on your ClearCase view)
• Command-line: Launching Annotate for file element (and then it displays the current version as seen on your ClearCase view)
• gm_annotate.exe m:\my_view\my_vob\employee.c
• Command-line: Launching Annotate for specific file version by using ClearCase convention:
• gm_annotate.exe employee.c@@/main/my_branch/6
• Set colorings and ranges for elapsed days coloring. This coloring type helps you identify when the code lines were added (the sooner the darker color). In default, 0-1 elapsed days will be colored in dark red. If you want to change this range or its color – you can do it.
• Your customized properties are saved for the next usage.
• New code-coloring option: by specific date. e.g.: you can color all code lines that have been added on 1/8/2012. This option is added to other options we’ve already made: color code by elapsed days; by file versions and by usernames.
• Highlight the current code line you’re now hovering on. This option enables you to easily identify where the mouse is hovering, and it bolds the lines and underscores the line.
• New actions taken from context menu (click screenshot to enlarge):
• Compare added version with previous version, source version and  deleted version
• Properties of version, element and activity
• Visual Annote now supports floating license mechanisms, like in ClearCase and ClearQuest. It enables you to install the utility on every host and for every ClearCase user in your organization while you share licenses among a larger number of users and enjoy central licensing management.
• Launch Visual Annotate from within ClearCase dashboards: “Version Tree” and “ClearCase Explorer”
• Launch Visual Annotate from within Windows Explorer and “Send To” context-menus
• Enhanced encoding support: ASCII and UTF-8. By default, Visual Annotate is set to the ASCII character set mode. If necessary, you can switch your viewer to UTF-8. Read manual for further details.
• Better support for identifying programming language. The following languages are identified automatically: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Java Script and HTML . See examples in screenshot: http://www.gomidjets.com/images/annotate_by_username.png
• In case of unknown file extension, default language coloring is set to “None”.
• Customize the duration time of displaying the tooltip window that displays information about the line you are hovering on.
• Cyclic log files to record errors (in case you want to send it to our support center)
• Code line numbers have been moved close to code itself
• Administrator permissions are no longer required on Windows 7

  Fixed bugs

• Long version names are no longer split out
• Default line coloring is no longer set to Visual Basic (but set to “None”).
• Coloring code behavior
• Small fonts for displaying code comments

The new release of ClearCheck continues to provide preventive maintenance and on-going maintenance for ClearCase vob servers and ClearCase environments.

Performance improvements: 

• Reducing amount of memory consumed when generating reports
• Reduced time to locate all views on VOB server (necessary for ClearCase checkvob subcommand)

New Functionality when generating health reports:

• Send email with link to report instead of attachment file, avoiding situations where report file may exceed predefined size (default is 5 MB)
• Since there are some email systems that prevent sending large emails, we enable you to predefine what is considered to be a ‘big email,’ and in case that report file is too large, you can send an email with a link to report file.
• Support UTF-8 encoding (along ASCII)
• Providing real-time status by new animated icon located on sysdary during scanning

Fixing bugs

• Corrected default value in Advanced email settings form
• Setting PDF report as the default report (instead of HTML report)
• Default regular expression login string for UNIX \Linux VOB servers has been corrected