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March 26, 2012
COLLABNET RECOGNIZED AS CHAMPION IN INFO-TECH RESEARCH GROUP’S
Completeness of product offering and company strength places CollabNet in “uppermost right” of Agile ALM Vendor Landscape quadrant
BRISBANE, Calif., March 26, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced its ranking as Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group’s Agile ALM Vendor Landscape report (www.collab.net/accolades). CollabNet and its TeamForge ALM platform help IT organizations adopt and scale Agile-based development and deployment practices to increase enterprise software collaboration, innovation and productivity. TeamForge received the highest combined vendor and product ratings of any of the eight vendors that were evaluated in the report.
“It’s a great honor to have CollabNet and TeamForge recognized as a Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape – and equally important to see Agile ALM mature as an IT strategy that is driving continuous improvement in the way we develop and deploy software,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “The globalization and consumerization of IT is causing Agile ALM, DevOps and hybrid cloud computing to converge, requiring new development methods to enable productivity and responsiveness in the enterprise. We are excited to be acknowledged for our contribution to these advancements.”
Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape reports recognize outstanding vendors in select technology marketplaces. Assessing vendors by the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise, Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscapes pay tribute to the contribution of exceptional vendors in particular categories, in this case Agile ALM. Champions receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. They have a strong market presence and are usually the trend setters for the industry.
Info-Tech Research Group analysts recognized CollabNet and its TeamForge Agile ALM platform with consistently high scores for both its product offering and corporate strategy. During a thorough evaluation process it cited the completeness of CollabNet’s full-featured ALM platform, its success helping both large enterprise and SMB customers achieve Agile success, and the support it offers to clients and channel partners.
For more information about CollabNet’s TeamForge Agile ALM platform please visit: (http://www.collab.net/products/ctf/).
About Info-Tech Research Group
With a paid membership of over 25,000 members worldwide, Info-Tech Research Group (www.infotech.com) is the global leader in providing tactical, practical Information Technology research and analysis. Info-Tech Research Group has a fourteen-year history of delivering quality research and is North America’s fastest growing full-service IT analyst firm.
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion™ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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Catapult PR-IR
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M: 303-827-5164
March 15, 2012
TASKTOP’S MIK KERSTEN TO KEYNOTE AT ECLIPSECON 2012 ON THE IMPACT OF OPEN SOURCE PRACTICES ON ENTERPRISE AND AGILE ALM
Beyond the impact of open source tools is the emergence of new collaboration and workflow practices that are shaping how software is built
WHO: Mik Kersten – CEO and founder of Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com)
Kersten is the creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project and inventor of the task-focused interface. At Tasktop he provides the technical vision behind Tasktop Dev for desktop-based developer productivity and Tasktop Sync for enterprise ALM synchronization.
WHAT: The Future of ALM: Developing in the Social Code Graph
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is transforming before us. A new breed of tool-supported open source practices is reshaping the ALM landscape and making software delivery the most transparent and connected knowledge work process. During this keynote, Kersten will explore this transformation, show how it will impact software development in the next decade and illustrate how today’s developers are helping to shape the digital workplace of tomorrow.
Just as the world changed when social networking tools made it trivial for us to externalize our relationships and activity streams, a new collection of open source ALM tools has made it easy for developers to go far beyond dumping code into SCM. Developers are now externalizing their collaboration practices and workflows into a loosely coupled social code graph connected by tasks and relationships.
WHERE: EclipseCon 2012
Hyatt Regency Reston
Grand Ballroom DEFG
1800 Presidents St.
Reston, VA 20190
WHEN: Thurs., March 29, 9 – 10 a.m. EST
CONTACT: For more information on Tasktop Technologies, or to arrange an interview with Mik Kersten please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
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March 14, 2012
COLLABNET TO HOST FREE WEBINAR ON SUCCESSES AND PITFALLS OF DEVOPS
Industry experts to share firsthand expertise and best practices to speed application delivery through DevOps initiatives
WHO: Paul Peissner – Director of Business Development
CollabNet
Peissner has spent more than a decade driving IT productivity in the enterprise software space, leveraging platform strategies with innovative partner offerings to create best-in-class solutions. More recently, he has deep experience in BSM (Business Service Management) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) initiatives, having managed the partner ecosystems for BMC and, in his current position, managing CollabNet partners and developing DevOps strategies for enterprise IT organizations.
Patrick Debois – DevOps Enthusiast
Debois is an independent IT consultant, blogger and DevOps enthusiast who helps bridge the gap between development projects and IT operations by using Agile techniques in development, project management and system administration. He first presented concepts on Agile Infrastructure at the Agile2008 conference, and in 2009, he organized the first DevOps Days. Since then, he has been promoting the notion of ‘DevOps’ to exchange ideas and promote how development and operations groups can better collaborate to achieve improved results in business.
WHAT: “Renovating App Delivery-DevOps Successes and Pitfalls”
DevOps is grounded in the belief that IT operations and IT development (engineering and QA) can truly work as one IT resource to drive business agility. DevOps enables cross-functional IT teams to deliver projects faster and make service adjustments more frequently, at improved quality and reduced cost. This webinar is designed for enterprise architects, IT development, IT operations and change management personnel interested in enhancing their collaborative landscape.
Peissner and Debois will draw on their firsthand experience and extensive knowledge of market trends to highlight the top five adoption advantages of this fast-growth emerging market that IT operations rarely consider. The presenters will outline DevOps adoption pitfalls, and how to avoid them. They also will leverage the successes of early innovators to illustrate the benefits of strategic DevOps implementations.
WHEN: Wed., March 21, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. PST (Noon EST)
INFO: To register for this webinar please visit: (http://visit.collab.net/webinar-renovatingappdelivery.html). To arrange an interview with Paul Peissner, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR, 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or by email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
March 8, 2012
COLLABNET LAUNCHES SCRIPTABLE SUBVERSION MANAGEMENT CONSOLE
New REST APIs simplify Subversion deployment and integration
Brisbane, Calif., March 8, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced Subversion Edge 2.3, the latest version of its distribution of the open-source Apache Subversion® platform. New features, including tighter tool integrations for improved automation and enterprise management capabilities, are delivered through the powerful Subversion Edge management console that streamlines the use of the industry’s leading version control system.
“Automation is crucial for IT organizations looking to reduce overall development costs while ensuring that quality Service Level Agreements are continuously met,” said Mark Phippard, senior director, Subversion engineering for CollabNet. “This latest version of Subversion Edge extends the value of Subversion deeper into the enterprise through a powerful management console that developers can use to increase productivity and deliver the highest quality software.”
The latest version of Subversion Edge is now automatable through REST APIs that allow developers to script vital activities; including repository creation, user management and pre-installation of hook scripts into Subversion. It also includes automated email notifications on the status of backups and other background functions. CollabNet also is a leading provider of training, services and support for Subversion and, for a limited time, it is offering one month of free Subversion support by visiting (http://www.collab.net/SVNsupport).
Created by CollabNet in 2000, Apache Subversion is an open source version control system that is being used by more than 5 million developers around the globe. The project and
software have seen incredible success since being launched, with continued widespread adoption in both the open source community and the enterprise world. CollabNet Subversion Edge offers a complete certified stack of Apache, Subversion and ViewVC, along with a browser-based interface for ease-of-use and management. It keeps all components current with auto-updates delivered straight to the web browser and ensures cohesive functionality of the integrated tool suite.
Availability
Subversion Edge 2.3 is bundled with the latest version of Apache Subversion 1.7.3, and is available immediately for free as an open source tool or commercially with a support contract. To download Subversion Edge please visit: (www.collab.net/svnedge). To learn more about the importance of this new release, please read Mark Phippard’s blog: (www.collab.net/svne2.3).
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion™ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR O: (303) 581-7760 M: (303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.comMarch 5, 2012
COLLABNET’S NEW AGILE ASSESSMENT SERVICE JUMPSTARTS ENTERPRISE AGILE TRANSFORMATIONS
IT organizations can leverage CollabNet’s extensive experience with large-scale Agile transformations with comprehensive, on-site assessment offering
Brisbane, Calif., March 5, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced Agile Assessment, a new consulting service that helps IT organizations assess the status of existing Agile practices and develop strategies to extend the benefits of Agile-based methodologies across the enterprise.
“Agile methodologies continue to mature, and many organizations are looking to move beyond team-level project management and apply Agile practices across the enterprise, from application development on through to deployment,” said Tony Farinaro, senior vice president of worldwide services for CollabNet. “Our new Agile Assessment services are a crucial step in transforming entrenched organizational cultures into an environment where Agile is not only accepted but embraced throughout the enterprise.”
Agile Assessment is a formal, structured approach to Agile success that follows a tested methodology that has been proven through numerous enterprise customer engagements. Leveraging CollabNet’s years of Agile experience, it includes a 5-day assessment process that is conducted by senior consultants on the customer’s site. It supports Agile transformations within the enterprise and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each customer, and identifies a firm, quantifiable action plan for improvement. The Agile Assessment takes a quantitative approach so progress can be measured as the proposed action plan is executed.
In addition to providing Agile ALM, version control systems and Cloud development tools and platforms, CollabNet provides a range of training, coaching and consulting services that help IT organizations address the challenges of Agile software development. It is the world leader in Certified Scrum Training, conducting more than 200 courses a year and certifying more than 3,000 ScrumMasters annually. It also recently launched “Agility Beyond Scrum: Preparing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Exam,” a one-day, PMI-certified workshop that provides a complete overview of Agile principles and prepares candidates for the Project Management Institute ACP exam.
For more information about Agile Assessment and all of the CollabNet training and services offerings, please visit: (http://www.open.collab.net/media/pdfs/ds-the-agile-assess.pdf?_=d).
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion™ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR O: 303-581-7760 M: 303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.comFebruary 14, 2012
COLLABNET OFFERS NEW PMI CERTIFIED TRAINING – AGILITY BEYOND SCRUM: PREPARING FOR THE PMI AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER EXAM
CollabNet works with the Project Management Institute to help project managers prepare for the new Agile Certified Practitioner Exam
BRISBANE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced “Agility Beyond Scrum: Preparing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Exam,” a new one-day, PMI-certified workshop that provides a complete overview of Agile principles and prepares candidates for the Project Management Institute ACP exam. The new offering, available in conjunction with CollabNet’s Certified ScrumMaster courses, provides software professionals the opportunity to work toward Scrum Alliance and PMI certification together and from a single source.
“As a global leader in Agile and Scrum training, we are committed to and support both Scrum Alliance and Project Management Institute certifications,” said Tony Farinaro, senior vice president of worldwide services for CollabNet. “Having quality certification programs ensures that Agile-based practices continue to mature and provide value to organizations that are developing and deploying software using more iterative and collaborative methods.”
With a growing number of organizations applying Agile techniques in the management of successful projects, the Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading project management member association, recently introduced its new ACP certification. For project practitioners working in organizations that are using Agile techniques, the ACP certification validates an applicable knowledge base of Agile principles and concepts. This certification complements PMI’s existing Agile offerings, such as the Agile Community of Practice, SeminarsWorld and eSeminarsWorld courses, and Agile area of focus sessions at PMI Global Congresses.
CollabNet is both a PMI Registered Education Provider and Scrum Alliance Registered Education Provider. It is the world leader in Certified Scrum Training, conducting more than 200 courses a year and certifying more than 3,000 ScrumMasters annually.
Once trained, organizations often have the need to scale their individual workgroup methods to a set of consistent and codified Agile management processes and software development practices to the global level. To meet this need, CollabNet also offers private Agile transformation consulting and coaching services to organizations looking to accelerate the enterprise adoption of Agile practices. All of its courses and services are developed and delivered by industry experts that possess years of hands-on experience within a range of software development organizations. At scale, CollabNet’s leaders have helped organizations literally cut development cycles in half, provide IT savings into the tens of millions of dollars, while also enhancing organizational quality and culture.
The new workshop can be taken as a standalone one-day workshop or as a three-day workshop when combined with a two-day Certified ScrumMaster course. For complete information about Agility Beyond Scrum: Preparing for the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) Exam, and all of the training and consulting courses offered by CollabNet, please visit (http://www.danube.com/training?extref=cbn).
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion™ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
O: (303) 581-7760
M: (303) 827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
February 13, 2012
CATAPULT CONTINUES ITS WORK WITH AGILE ALLIANCE TO PROMOTE AGILE METHODS AND COMMUNITY
Catapult enters sixth year promoting the benefits of Agile practices,
the Alliance and the industry’s leading annual conference
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 13, 2012 – Catapult PR-IR, (http://www.catapultpr-ir.com), a strategic public relations firm specializing in b-to-b high-tech markets, today announced it will continue its six-year relationship with Agile Alliance to promote the organization’s contributions to the Agile community and the Agile2012 conference scheduled for Aug. 13 – 17 in Dallas, TX (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/). Catapult will provide year-round media, industry analyst and social media support to Agile Alliance to help promote the benefits and advancements of Agile-based software development methods.
“Agile Alliance and the annual Agile Conference continues to play an important role in the advancement of Agile methods,” said Phil Brock, managing director for Agile Alliance. “Catapult has played a significant role in the success of our conferences by coordinating media and analyst participation that helps promote both the event and contributions of industry leaders within the Agile community.”
Agile2012 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. Through its deep industry experience within the Agile market and its long-standing relationships with key industry influencers, Catapult has helped position the Agile Conferences as the industry’s premiere Agile event.
“Working with Agile Alliance for the past six years has been very satisfying as the industry matures and the Alliance continues to expand its role in the success of the industry,” said Christie Denniston, senior director of client accounts for Catapult. “The annual Agile Conference is the major event for the Agile community and we look forward to another great turnout at Agile2012 in Dallas.”
In its 11th year, Agile2012 provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile2012 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia. For more information please visit: (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/).
About Agile Alliance
Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry’s leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile2012 conference (http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/) is scheduled for August 13-17 in Dallas, Texas. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).
About Catapult PR-IR
Catapult PR-IR provides strategic public relations and investor relations services exclusively for technology companies. Catapult helps its clients establish new market positions that are shared by only an elite few within their industry. The firm has won numerous awards, including PRSA’s Gold Pick Award, Holmes Report’s “Best Agency to Work For” award and the Boulder County Business Report’s Mercury 100 Fastest Growing Companies Award. Catapult’s client roster includes: Agile Alliance, CollabNet, FreeWave Technologies, Gorilla Logic, Inovonics, JNBridge, SparkFun and Tasktop Technologies. For more information on Catapult, call 303-581-7760 or visit the company’s website at (http://www.catapultpr-ir.com).
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Tags: agile
high-tech pr
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January 26, 2012
COLLABNET ADDS BOARD MEMBER AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES TO FUEL CONTINUED GROWTH IN AGILE ALM AND ENTERPRISE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT
CollabNet continues to execute on its long-term strategy to bring enterprise collaboration and Agile development to the cloud
Brisbane, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced the addition of Promod Haque, a managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners, as a new board member, and the appointment of two senior executives to its management team. In addition to Haque, CollabNet added Tony Farinaro as senior vice president, worldwide services and Laurence Sweeney as vice president, enterprise transformation.
“CollabNet is coming off a record year of growth and success as we continue to help a growing number of enterprise customers adopt and scale Agile and cloud-based development strategies from concept through deployment,” said Bill Portelli, CollabNet’s CEO and co-founder. “To build upon our momentum and better serve our customers we are very pleased to strengthen our management roster with highly experienced industry leaders.”
CollabNet continues to lead the software development industry in bringing Agile and cloud development practices to software-driven organizations through a suite of products and services that promote enterprise collaboration, innovation and flexibility. Its Agile ALM offerings, delivered on-premise and in the public cloud, including TeamForge®, ScrumWorks® Pro and world-class training and consulting, help customers adopt and scale Agile-based methods across and through the entire application lifecycle. CollabNet’s Codesion platform-as-a-service brings enterprise-grade, on-demand development and deployment capabilities to developers and teams looking to harness the benefits of cloud computing.
The following outlines the experience of CollabNet’s newly appointed executives:
Promod Haque: New Board Member
Haque is a managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and brings more than 20 years of experience building successful technology firms. At NVP, he has invested in more than 60 companies, producing nearly $30 billion in exit values to date. More than 20 of his portfolio companies have gone public, and nearly 35 have been acquired. Haque’s expertise reaches a variety of technology sectors, including systems and IT infrastructure, software and services. Prior to NVP, he spent 18 years in various operational roles, ranging from product development, marketing, COO and CEO at various public and private companies, including Siemens International, Thorn EMI, Emergent Technologies and Dimensional Medicine.
Tony Farinaro: Senior Vice President, Worldwide Services
In his role at CollabNet, Farinaro is responsible for the development and delivery of world-class services that help organizations transform to a fully integrated and scalable Agile enterprise. He has extensive experience building and leading services teams in the areas of enterprise transformation, project management, systems and software development, IC design and training. His teams have helped companies around the world adapt new development processes, tools and methodologies to increase overall organization performance and reduce time to market for new product development. His industry experience includes telecommunications, federal, consumer, aerospace, medical, security and computer technology. Most recently, Farinaro was VP and General Manager of Global Services at Actel, where he led the global services team for contract design, product development and methodology consulting to accelerate corporate product development and reduce R&D costs.
Laurence Sweeney: Vice President, Enterprise Transformation
Sweeney brings to CollabNet deep technical and business experience that will help CollabNet customers transform their methodologies to Agile and Lean development in the cloud. He has more than 25 years of experience in the software development industry, where he has served a variety of roles, ranging from field-based consulting as a system performance specialist to factory based R&D management roles. Prior to CollabNet, he served as a director of software at HP, where he acquired, deployed and managed multiple Agile ALM platforms for tens of thousands of developers and managers in dozens of divisions. As leader of the HP Enterprise Software Transformation, Sweeney led the IT group that established the world’s largest centrally managed instance of HP Quality Center, as well as building out a 12,000+ seat CollabNet platform instance.
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
O: (303) 581-7760
M: (303) 827-5164
January 5, 2012
COLLABNET TO OUTLINE ‘INDUSTRIALIZING AGILE SOFTWARE DELIVERY WITH ALM2.0+’ DURING FREE WEBINAR FEATURING ANALYST DAVE WEST AND DEUTSCHE POST
WHO: Bill Portelli, CEO, CollabNet (www.collab.net)
Dave West, Vice President, Research Director, Forrester Research, Inc. (www.forrester.com)
Michael Loetzsch, Transition Manager, Deutsche Post (http://www.deutschepost.de/)
WHAT: Enterprise IT departments have increased developer productivity, saved millions and realized governance with DevOps. However, as the value and importance of software delivery increases, the importance of applying business management to the discipline of software also grows. ALM 2.0+ describes changes to traditional ALM in terms of breadth and depth. ALM 2.0+ tools and strategies expand integration with operations and accept tool and platform heterogeneity. They impose a boundary above practitioner tools and encourage ALM to interact with those tools in the context of work and harvest information for traceability, reporting and management.
Attendees of this webinar will learn why ALM 2.0+ is vital for implementing Agile software delivery and DevOps on enterprise scale, and how it’s different from traditional ALM approaches. How CollabNet’s TeamForge platform enables central governance, without mandating end-user tools or repositories, or locking customers into rigid software configurations. And, what key factors contributed to Deutsche Post realizing 30 percent faster time to market and saving more than 20 percent in IT operations cost, across 800 diverse projects
WHEN: Thursday, January 12, 2012
10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET
REGISTER: (http://www.open.collab.net/webinar/117)
INFO: For more information on this Webinar or to arrange an interview with CollabNet please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or by email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
December 20, 2011
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES ENJOYS BREAKOUT YEAR IN 2011 AS AGILE ALM INTEGRATION HITS CRITICAL MASS
Enterprise IT organizations turn to Tasktop to synchronize ALM tool stacks and improve productivity, collaboration and software delivery velocity
VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 20, 2011 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn open source tools and a leader in Agile ALM integration and productivity, experienced strong organic growth during 2011 as maturing Agile development practices mandate tighter integration of project management, quality assurance, release management and development tools to achieve success at the enterprise level. Tasktop responded to this growing need with the launch of Tasktop Sync, the most powerful and broadest reaching synchronization server that unifies ALM tool stacks and provides team members working throughout the application lifecycle the ability to collaborate across functions within their tool of choice.
“By focusing on the needs of the developer and creating the Mylyn open source frameworks, we long ago established ourselves as the leaders of ALM integration. But it was not until this year’s release of Tasktop Sync that we were able to meet the ALM integration needs of mid and large scale Agile deployments and ALM modernizations.” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “The interest and adoption of Tasktop Sync since that release has been tremendous, and indicative that integration has now become a leading concern of ALM deployments. For a growing number of industries like banking, insurance, healthcare, and manufacturing, software is becoming a core aspect of what they do, and many organizations need the cross-vendor traceability, visibility and collaboration that Tasktop provides.”
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tasktop now has offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, and has seen its staff grow to more than 30 employees. In 2011, it was named a Best Company to Work for in British Columbia and Best Employer by Small Business British Columbia, was a finalist for the prestigious software industry Jolt Award and received the 2011 AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award from HP. Tasktop now offers integrations with more than 80 leading open source, Agile and enterprise ALM suites recently adding or expanding integrations with Borland StarTeam, Accept360, Microsoft Visual Studio, and IBM Rational Team Concert.
Both Tasktop Sync and Tasktop Dev (for desktop productivity and integration) are built on the industry-standard, open source Eclipse Mylyn ALM interoperability framework. Tasktop Sync provides real-time synchronization, automatic and configurable conflict resolution, and support for more than two dozen ALM tools. It unifies heterogeneous ALM stacks by allowing developers, testers, business analysts and managers to work within their best-of-breed tools of choice, while automatically maintaining traceability across ALM artifacts. Built on the company’s Task Federation™ technology, Tasktop Sync brings task federation to ALM servers, by providing the only real-time, bi-directional and fully automated synchronization between ALM servers. Tasktop Dev supports Tasktop Sync by federating tasks and other ALM artifacts on the developer’s Eclipse and Visual Studio desktops.
The company’s thought leadership also was very strong during 2011, with Kersten and other Tasktop experts presenting more than 30 times at leading industry events, including CeBIT, EclipseCon, JAX, JavaOne, IBM Innovate, Agile2011, Microsoft ALM Summit, SQE East and HP Discover. Kersten also is sought-after source for media and industry analysts, and contributes to a widely read blog at (http://tasktop.com/blog/). In 2011, Tasktop was active in the open source community with contributions and support for more than a dozen open source projects.
“Tasktop is helping a growing number of enterprise IT customers build better software faster and more efficiently,” said Neelan Choksi, Tasktop’s president and chief operating officer. “Over the past year, we made significant strides, nearly doubling our revenue and headcount. In conjunction with our ever-growing and deepening ecosystem of partners, we are advancing the productivity of software teams and IT organizations. The next year will be even more exciting and rewarding as we roll out new, innovative technology that helps bring teams together by expanding not just across the software development stack but beyond to an even broader set of constituents.”
For more information on Tasktop Sync or Dev please visit: (www.tasktop.com).
About Tasktop Technologies
Tasktop Technologies aims to transform the productivity of software delivery by unifying Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and empowering developers with task-focused tools. Tasktop invented the task-focused interface and created the popular Eclipse Mylyn project, which transformed the developer’s IDE experience to center around ALM tool-based collaboration. Building on top of Mylyn, Tasktop has been unifying the ALM landscape with its broad ecosystem of ALM partnerships that connect disparate tools from leading Agile, enterprise ALM and open source offerings. Tasktop’s Task Federation™ technology builds on this ecosystem to unify heterogeneous ALM stacks by allowing developers, testers and managers to work within their best-of-breed tools of choice, while automatically maintaining traceability and visibility across ALM artifacts. The company’s Tasktop Sync provides the only real-time bidirectional and fully automated synchronization between ALM servers. Tasktop Dev is the developer-centric ALM interface for the Eclipse and Visual Studio IDEs, making it dramatically easier for developers to work and collaborate, while keeping ALM tools up-to-date with development activity. For more information visit http://www.tasktop.com
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