Case Study: Schneider Electric achieves full control of software releases and higher-quality software with OpenText (AccuRev)

Micro Focus AccuRev provides multi-layer control in software release process, resulting in higher-quality software

Schneider Electric, a global energy management and automation specialist with about 160,000 employees and over $27 billion in revenue, had outgrown Microsoft Visual SourceSafe as its source-control tool. The old system lacked configuration management, reliable versioning and secure server hosting, making parallel development across multiple hardware platforms slow, error-prone and difficult to test and release.

Schneider implemented Micro Focus AccuRev’s stream-based architecture, integrated with JIRA and accessed by 25 developers on a virtual server, to consolidate a shared codebase with lightweight branches. The new developer→test→pre-release→release workflow produces instant release notes, supports Agile practices, improves collaboration, reduces production issues and speeds multi-platform builds, resulting in better release control and higher-quality software.

Schneider Electric

Peter Angus

Software Test Manager