With a focus on global, distributed development, AccuRev believes its new SCM package, AccuRev 4.0, differentiates itself from its chief rival, IBM Rational ClearCase.

"They've been dominant, up at the top of the market for years and what we see happening is the market is changing because software development is changing in pretty dramatic ways," said Cliff Utstein, vice president of marketing and business development at AccuRev.

AccuRev recognizes trends of having globally based developers as well as developers having to cope with multiple releases of software simultaneously, Utstein said.

As part of its introduction of AccuRev 4.0, AccuRev also is launching AccuBridge SDK, which features a Java API to link AccuRev to third-party issue-tracking tools and other types of tools. Serena TeamTrack integration is supported out of the box and a link to Rational ClearQuest is planned. Users also can develop their own custom integrations to issue-tracking tools, requirements management tools, and other tools.'

"You can integrate with third-party products in order to manage a complex, global development project," Utstein said.