Perforce, developing commercial versions management systems, software management software and coordination of development developers, announced about the absorption of Puppet, coordinating the development of the same name open toolkit for centralized server configuration management. The transaction, the amount of which is not disclosed, plan to complete in the second quarter of 2022.
It is noted that Puppet is in perforce in the form of a separate Business units and will continue to develop products without changing the brand. Taking into account the association of companies The number of employees Perforce will increase from 1200 to 1700. It is assumed that integration with PUPPET products will allow Perforce to form a single comprehensive solution from one manufacturer, covering the needs of commands using the DEVOPS methodology and including automation management and infrastructure management tools. Interaction with the Open software development community and the development of the open Puppet code base will remain at the same level.