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ClearCheck 2.9.7, our comprehensive health checks monitoring tool for ClearCase, is out! For this release, we updated the internal knowledge base used to detect errors within ClearCase VOBs, and we also fixed some bugs with the ClearCheck software (click here to see an example of the nightly report generated by ClearCheck). Fixed issues: We fixed […]

Your voice counts! Participate in these ClearCase and ClearQuest Surveys and Influence future releases! IBM plans updated releases of ClearCase ClearQuest for years to come and is now gathering feedback from worldwide users regarding what the community would like to see in future releases. Would you like to influence with which platform ClearCase and ClearQuest […]

We will soon release a new query type as part of our R&D Reporter add-on tool! The new query gets a view path as an input, and provides an extended report of the content of the entire view. See a screenshot: This new report provides extended capabilities far beyond just providing the data like in […]

See some usages that can help you on your daily tasks: 1. Quickly find out who checked-in a certain code line, when, and on which version: This feature is particularly useful when you have dozens or hundreds of file versions and you can’t readily open the Version Tree for each one and quickly ascertain into exactly which one of the many existing versions your ”target” code […]

Did you know? As of January 2015, you can no longer just open a ticket by email (as used to be the case). You now have to open a Service Request (SR) to the IBM customer support team from here: https://www-947.ibm.com/support/servicerequest This also applies to all IBM (and Rational) products. I’ve used this website many […]

Had some great meetings with the ClearCase ClearQuest executives during IBM InterConnect in Vegas. We demonstrated our latest add-on tools for ClearCase & ClearQuest. At our last meeting we took a group photo: In picture (right to left): Peter Hack – ClearCase chief architect Kathy Parks – upcoming CC CQ product manager Adam Levensohn – […]

We have lots of updates, and we’re getting ready for IBM InterConnect next week, so this time we’ll keep each post quite short. If you will be attending InterConnect and you want to see a live demo of our add-on tools, click here to quickly setup a meeting! IBM InterConnect is around the corner! Preview […]

R&D Reporter (https://www.almtoolbox.com/rnd) is a ClearCase add-on tool that provides development status reports, metrics and charts. We’re often asked what makes our R&D Reporter for ClearCase so special and why it’s better than in-house scripting. Here is a list of the unique value proposition of R&D Reporter (feel free to share with your boss and colleagues): […]

InterConnect conference in Vegas is right around the corner, and we have many exciting new features to show to attendees who work with ClearCase ClearQuest or RTC, including an enhanced solution for both developers and administrators. Our founder and CEO, Tamir Gefen, would like to meet with you to demonstrate our latest products. Tamir, an […]

We’re thrilled to reveal some of the exciting features coming soon in R&D Reporter V5.0 for ClearCase. This is just a short list. We’ll provide more details soon (register for our newsletter to receive updates): New report template: two UCM views comparison (click to see a screenshot) New report template: full view \stream report, including […]

I’ll be delivering an interesting case study about utilizing ClearCase with Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins and more). Read the summary: While Rational ClearCase alone provides excellent SCM functionality, the emerging requirement is to deliver products faster through a combination of SCM, automation and continuous operations (DevOps) capabilities. N-Trig, a leading provider of touch-enabled technology for […]

Below you can find the full list of upcoming ClearCase, ClearQuest & RTC sessions at IBM InterConnect 2015 taking place in Las Vegas on February 22-26. During the conference, you can schedule a private meeting with us and see a demo of our latest add-on tools for ClearCase ClearQuest & RTC. Click here to setup […]

Do you have to provide a report on how many code lines have been added, changed and deleted for each code language separately? Soon it will be possible with R&D Reporter for ClearCase. Furthermore, it provides you with the metrics in the specific context that you’re looking for: when comparing two baselines, two streams, two […]

Packt Publishing will be celebrating the holiday season with $5 offer, and it’s your opportunity to take books about ClearCase, RTC, Agile, DevOps and more. Every eBook and video will be available on the publisher’s website for just $5. Customers are invited to purchase as many as they like before the offer ends on Tuesday […]

This past year was very busy and exciting for us! New releases, new customers and many new SCM and ALM challenges successfully resolved. Now it’s time to update you with the latest developments and appraise you of our special end-of-the-year offer. I can assure you that we are planning more great improvements with ClearCase, RTC […]