Panvalet
| Company type | Software |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, Source code management |
| Predecessor | Pansophic Systems |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Pansophic Systems |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Source code management and revision control solution for IBM System z and IBM System/370 mainframes |
| Parent | Broadcom (since 2018) |
Computer Associates Panvalet (also known as CA-Panvalet) is a source code management and revision control solution originally created by Pansophic Systems for mainframe environments such as the IBM System z and IBM System/370 operating on z/OS and z/VSE platforms.
A related offering for personal computers is CA-PAN/LCM.
Overview
Panvalet facilitates the organization and control of program source code, JCL, utility macros including those for Easytrieve, as well as object module files.
History
Introduced in 1969 by Pansophic Systems, Panvalet was designed to replace the cumbersome and error-prone paper punch card method of source code storage, which was also expensive to back up.
Commercial availability began in 1970 with a price of $2,880 per license, leading to rapid adoption. By 1978, Panvalet was installed at more than 3,000 locations.
Its primary rival in the program library arena was The Librarian, developed by Applied Data Research. Together, these two products dominated the market segment.
In 1991, Panvalet became part of CA Technologies following its $390 million acquisition of Pansophic Systems. Subsequently, in 2018, ownership transferred to Broadcom when it acquired Computer Associates.
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References
External links
- "One for the History Books" Workshop at Computer History Museum