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COLLABNET’S NEW CLOUDFORGE RAISES THE BAR FOR CLOUD DEVELOPMENT WITH UNMATCHED FREE PRICING OPTION AND TEAMFORGE

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:19:08 +0000

CloudForge leapfrogs GitHub and BitBucket by offering a free plan with unlimited projects and users, and TeamForge for every project and user BRISBANE, Calif., May 21, 2013, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the leader for Enterprise Cloud Development, today announced a new version of CloudForge that offers the broadest development tool support, storage availability and unrestrictive usage of any cloud development platform, including GitHub and Atlassian BitBucket. The CloudForge Free Plan provides unlimited private projects, and supports unlimited users. It also provides access to TeamForge, the enterprise-class Agile development platform used to synchronize small teams or thousands of developers and projects. An integration with Box powers content collaboration across any organization to further accelerate the development process. With CloudForge, restrictions are removed so developers and teams can get started instantly, realize value immediately and securely scale based on their growing and maturing needs. To learn more about CloudForge, its four pricing plans and to sign up for a free account, please visit www.cloudforge.com. “Following Agile and DevOps adoption, cloud-based software development is moving from grassroots, small-scale projects to larger initiatives and adoption in the enterprise,” said Nick Bell, Senior Director of CollabNet Cloud Services. “With the new CloudForge we remove the restrictive approach other cloud platforms impose on developers and, with the addition of TeamForge, help connect small teams and larger organizations in a very collaborative and enterprise-friendly approach.” CloudForge disrupts the cloud development landscape by: • Pricing for value: from the industry’s most complete Free program to the Enterprise platform, CloudForge provides instant value, accelerates adoption and offers a practical path to grow. • Going unlimited: no restrictions on the number of projects and users. • Adding tooling: TeamForge for Agile and DevOps, including Agile planning, bug and issue tracking, and collaboration wikis. • Hybrid SCM: the flexibility to use the source code management tool of choice, with both Git and Subversion being available. • Managing files and documents: TeamForge and Box bring document management and content collaboration to cloud development. • Enabling scale: from small teams to thousands of users, CloudForge provides the visibility, centralized management and compliance to grow across the enterprise. • Removing risk: CollabNet pioneered the adoption of open source tools within large enterprises through its Subversion roots – it has a level of cloud based collaborative development experience as well as infrastructure knowledge that is unmatched in the industry. With the launch of the market-disruptive CloudForge pricing and feature-set, coupled with TeamForge instances for all users, CollabNet continues to build on its leadership position helping enterprise organizations gain value from cloud and open source technologies. Its five-step blueprint, called Enterprise Cloud Development (http://www.collab.net/solutions), guides organizations as they adopt hybrid cloud strategies into the software delivery lifecycle. With CloudForge, developers build websites, mobile/cloud/web applications, and rapidly prototype and deploy business software. For the enterprise, it offers a fast and practical path to grow and scale organization-wide, through a flexible role-based access security framework that makes it incredibly easy for developers to use and administrators comfortable to scale to thousands of users. “Box and CollabNet share a common goal to bring enterprise collaboration to the cloud and provide a seamless experience to users and development teams,” said Chris Yeh, Senior Vice President, Platform for Box. “Cloud development practices are moving beyond small teams to more mission-critical areas of the enterprise and CloudForge offers a strong way to get started and scale in a practical fashion.” “Lowering the barriers of adoption for cloud services and adding value at the base level is a positive move by CollabNet with its new CloudForge platform,” said Ben Kepes, Principal, Diversity Limited. “We see continued adoption of cloud-based services within the software development industry and expect strong growth and innovation during the coming years.” CollabNet is also leading the adoption of enterprise Git through CloudForge and TeamForge. IT organizations now have the ability to deploy and manage Git and Subversion instances from a single management platform, with best-in-class automation, tracking and compliance that are a must within distributed, enterprise software organizations. CollabNet was the first to offer Git history protection for governance and compliance, and its integration of Black Duck Code Sight provides a single platform to discover and reuse code across Subversion and Git repository boundaries. CollabNet also launched GitEye, a new, free Agile-based Git desktop that has been downloaded by more than 10,000 developers since its introduction less than 30 days ago. To download GitEye visit: www.giteyeapp.com. For more information about CloudForge, please visit: www.cloudforge.com For more information about TeamForge, please visit: http://www.collab.net/products/teamforge For more information about enterprise Git, please visit: http://www.collab.net/products/teamforge/git-for-the-enterprise Share this: CollabNet leapfrogs #github and #bitbucket with no restrictions and 2 GB storage with new CloudForge www.cloudforge.com About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agile project management and Subversion Edge and Enterprise Git source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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Media Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

COLLABNET SPONSORS FIRST ‘STATE OF GIT IN THE ENTERPRISE’ INDUSTRY SURVEY, MAKES FINDINGS-REPORT FREE

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:13:48 +0000

Research shows Git delivers on speed and innovation, concerns about enterprise management and integration lead to hybrid SCM adoption

BRISBANE, Calif., March 21, 2013, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development, today announced that results from the first major industry survey on Git adoption in the enterprise are available for free download at (http://visit.collab.net/git-survey.html). Findings from the survey, available in the State of Git in the Enterprise white paper, show that Git is clearly being adopted in the enterprise due to its ability to drive agility and innovation for leading-edge mobile, social and cloud-based applications. Key shortcomings are centered on security, governance and administration at scale. The result is enterprises are increasingly adopting a hybrid approach to source code management (SCM) usage to make it a vital part of the development process. CollabNet partnered with UBM Tech to complete the research project of more than 245 software developers and managers. All respondents work for organizations with more than 100 employees, with 30 percent working at companies with more than 10,000 employees. To download a free copy of The State of Git in the Enterprise, please visit: (http://visit.collab.net/git-survey.html). “Git was created for development speed and according to our survey results, this is exactly why organizations from a wide range of sectors have turned to it,” said Eric Bruno, author of the report. “Its speed and powerful branching and merging have led to its adoption within companies of all sizes, both in terms of employee size and annual revenue. Git’s adoption in the enterprise is clearly seen as a shining point.” Highlights of the survey include: • More than 40 percent of enterprise organizations cited Git adoption. • On-premise (69 percent) and private cloud (44 percent) deployments of Git repositories are generally preferred over public cloud (27 percent) hosting options today. • 25 percent of respondents indicated Git as one of their standard SCM tools. • Git and the Agile Methodology go together – with 86 percent of Git users indicating they are using Agile at least partially. • Git users (managers and above) cited security (51 percent), tool integration (49 percent) and coexistence with other SCM tools (37 percent) as real concerns. • Most enterprises use two or more SCM tools, with Subversion, Microsoft TFS/VSS, and CVS the most-used SCM tools alongside Git (in that order). • Suggested feature improvements to make Git better suited for the enterprise included administration, security management and performance on Windows. “The results of this first survey show that Git in the enterprise is clearly making headway. Based on our experience and feedback from industry input such as this survey, we have been adding Git features into TeamForge that meet the biggest challenges of Git adoption - security, governance, administration and hybrid SCM at scale,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “We look forward to working with our customers and partners to collectively add new value to the GIT SCM value-chain for cloud, on-premise and hybrid cloud deployments.” Share this: #CollabNet launches survey results on #Git adoption in the enterprise, get a free copy at http://visit.collab.net/git-survey.html About CollabNet, SCM and Git CollabNet is the industry leader for global SCM support and success, delivering services to millions of developers using Subversion, CVS, Perforce and Git. With the growing popularity of Git, CollabNet continues to innovate, offering the industry’s first enterprise-grade Git offering within its TeamForge and public cloud CloudForge platforms, and the only integrated offering of Subversion and Git. Through services and products, CollabNet continues to make Git a viable choice for enterprise IT organizations where the highest standards in support, security, availability and back-up are a “must” requirement. About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agile project management and Subversion Edge and Enterprise Git source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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CollabNet and TeamForge are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge 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. For CollabNet Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com Twitter: @prhightech

HAVEN HOME, A DIVISION OF READER’S DIGEST NORTH AMERICA, SELECTS TAPINFLUENCE TO SCALE AND MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFLUENCER MARKETING PROGRAMS

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:41:04 +0000

Cloud platform takes the manual headache out of managing social influencers across multiple sites; detailed analysis provides insight and measurement to digital advertisers

BOULDER, Colo., March 18, 2013, TapInfluence (www.tapinfluence.com), (formerly BlogFrog), the leader in influencer marketing, today announced that Haven Home, a division of Reader’s Digest North America, is a new customer for its influencer marketing software platform. Haven Home will use TapInfluence’s new cloud-based software to offer advertising customers branded, measurable influencer marketing campaigns that feature useful content developed by its growing community of brand-affiliated influencers. For publishers and digital marketing agencies, TapInfluence now provides a single software platform to help supplement traditional banner advertising campaigns with embedded content that is authentic, trusted and actionable. “Influencer marketing campaigns are increasingly important to our clients as they work to engage with their customers through content that is targeted and informative,” said Andrew Augustine, director of digital sales, Haven Home. “TapInfluence is the only cloud-based software platform that allows us to easily manage large numbers of influencers across multiple digital properties while, at the same time, providing the social publishing capabilities and detailed reporting our valued customers need. This end-to-end approach is unique, and will allow us to execute on our social content strategy much faster and more efficiently.” Reader’s Digest Association (RDA) is a leading global, multi-brand and multi-platform media and direct marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world. It is dedicated to providing customers with the inspiration, ideas and tools to simplify and enrich their lives. In 2011, RDA acquired Haven Home Media, one of the biggest aggregators of home and garden content online, which includes a network of more than 70 websites with an audience of 14 million. Using TapInfluence’s influencer marketing platform, Haven Home will help brand customers tie marketing programs to compelling content created by influencers; present influencers with new opportunities to work with brands; and, provide readers with engaging content they expect from the most trusted name in publishing. Since its founding in 2009, TapInfluence has been connecting brands and social influencers to create mutually beneficial relationships. The company pioneered large-scale, influencer marketing programs that reach millions of consumers across all social networks. A long-time champion of the blogger, its software helps marketers and influencers connect with consumers in ways that are lasting and meaningful. Unlike today’s point solutions, TapInfluence is the only software to automate all aspects of influencer marketing, including influencer identification and activation, content distribution and ROI-based analysis. Share this: #TapInfluence software to help #ReadersDigest scale and measure #influencermarketing campaigns for customers www.tapinfluence.com About The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. Reader’s Digest Association (RDA) is a global media and direct marketing company that educates, entertains and connects consumers around the world with products and services from trusted brands. For more than 90 years, flagship brand Reader’s Digest, the world’s largest circulation magazine, has simplified and enriched consumers’ lives by discovering and expertly selecting the most interesting ideas, stories, experiences and products in health, home, family, food, finance and humor. Taste of Home is the world’s largest circulation food publication and is the leading multi-platform producer of information on food, cooking and entertaining. Other brands include The Family Handyman, Birds & Blooms, Country, and many other enthusiast titles in the U.S. and internationally. The company provides content in print; online; via digital download on iPad, mobile apps, Kindle, KindleFire, Nook, Sony Reader and Zinio; books and home entertainment products; Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. Further information about the company can be found at www.rda.com. About TapInfluence TapInfluence (formerly BlogFrog) provides the industry’s only cloud-based software that automates the creation, management and measurement of influencer marketing programs from a single platform. Marketers use TapInfluence to scale their online reach and engagement with consumers in a meaningful and authentic way. Social influencers (content creators on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social platforms) use TapInfluence to connect with relevant brands and generate revenue from their content. TapInfluence customers include ABC News/United Nations Foundation, Random House, Horizon Organics, International Delight and Redbox. Founded in 2009 and located in Boulder, Colo., TapInfluence is venture-funded and privately held. For more information, please visit www.tapinfluence.com.

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Media Contact: Christie Denniston, APR Catapult PR-IR O: 303-581-7760 M: 303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com @prhightech

TAPINFLUENCE, FORMERLY BLOGFROG, RELEASES CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE TO AUTOMATE AND SCALE INFLUENCER MARKETING

TapInfluence helps brands get out of banners and sidebars and into content consumers want and trust

BOULDER, Colo., March 18, 2013, TapInfluence (www.tapinfluence.com) (formerly BlogFrog), the leader in influencer marketing, today announced that its software platform for automating all aspects of an influencer marketing program is now available as a cloud-based offering. The software automates the time-consuming and manual process of identifying and engaging with large numbers of social influencers (content creators on blogs, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and other social platforms), and includes a powerful, integrated management platform that distributes content across all social networks and provides detailed campaign analysis via measurement dashboards. Brands can now connect and interact with millions of consumers in meaningful and authentic ways through a single platform, and tap into a searchable marketplace of more than 100,000 registered social influencers. “Brand marketers know that money spent on banner advertising is increasingly wasted as consumers are completely numb to this intrusive form of digital marketing. TapInfluence is driven to get brands out of the sidebar and directly into the content that engages customers, builds trust and loyalty, and provides value to all parties – brands, influencers and consumers,” said Rustin Banks, co-founder and CEO of TapInfluence. “Our integrated software platform, coupled with our growing marketplace of influencers, addresses this growing shift in marketing resources and supports the maturity and rise of influencer marketing in the overall marketing mix.” Influencer marketing is vitally important to brand marketers as consumers increasingly ignore banner ads and turn to social networks where friends, peers and like-minded people share purchase-related content. This social content – which is more trusted, authentic and effective than digital advertising – is the basis for effective influencer marketing. Meanwhile, as brands build their own communities of social influencers, the job of managing programs and monitoring content across social networks has become extremely time-consuming. TapInfluence is the only software to automate all aspects of influencer marketing, including influencer identification and activation, content distribution and ROI-based analysis. “Influence marketing is critical to maximizing return on social media engagement. Gleanster Research estimates that somewhere between 4 percent and 5 percent of a brands’ target audience can actually influence sales,” said Ian Michiels at Gleanster. “Finding these individuals and engaging them as brand champions should be a cornerstone to every social media strategy.” Since its founding in 2009, TapInfluence has been connecting brands and social influencers to create mutually beneficial relationships. The company pioneered large-scale, influencer marketing programs that reach millions of consumers across all social networks. A long-time champion of the blogger, its software helps marketers and influencers connect with consumers in ways that are lasting and meaningful. Its unique ability to facilitate the publication of socially distributed content led to rapid growth for the startup, $4.1 million in funding and a client roster that includes 75 Fortune 1000 brands, marketing agencies and publishers. It is now executing on its strategy to automate the influencer marketing process, extending its influencer community beyond bloggers, and creating an interactive marketplace to facilitate the influencer/brand relationship. According to a February, 2013 Forrester Research, Inc. report entitled: “Four Social Marketing Tools You Need,” “Agencies have long offered viral marketing services – but influencer marketing is finally being seen as a science rather than an art. Vendors are now using data to help marketers identify key influencers from either the general online population or a marketers existing customer base and then to recruit those influencers into technology-driven and highly trackable viral sharing programs.” Share this: #TapInfluence, formerly #blogfrog, re-launches with fully automated cloud-based Influencer Marketing platform. www.tapinfluence.com About TapInfluence TapInfluence (formerly BlogFrog) provides the industry’s only cloud-based software that automates the creation, management and measurement of influencer marketing programs from a single platform. Marketers use TapInfluence to scale their online reach and engagement with consumers in a meaningful and authentic way. Social influencers (content creators on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social platforms) use TapInfluence to connect with relevant brands and generate revenue from their content. TapInfluence customers include ABC News/United Nations Foundation, Random House, Horizon Organics, International Delight and Redbox. Founded in 2009 and located in Boulder, Colo., TapInfluence is venture-funded and privately held. For more information, please visit www.tapinfluence.com.

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Media Contact: Christie Denniston, APR Catapult PR-IR O: 303-581-7760 M: 303-827-5164 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com @prhightech

COLLABNET SUPPORTS ENTERPRISE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN MARKET WITH PRESENTATIONS ON DEVOPS AND ALM AT INDUSTRY EVENTS

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:13:45 +0000

Convergence of Agile, DevOps and Cloud Development drive major improvements in quality and efficiency as more developers and enterprises look to cloud to speed software delivery

WHO:

Rainer Heinold

Senior Technical Director

CollabNet www.collab.net

Heinold leads services teams in Europe that provide technical consulting, pre-sales, implementation and ongoing customer support for customers looking to improve software agility through Agile, DevOps, ALM and cloud-based development practices.

WHAT:

CollabNet continues to support the advancement of modern software delivery practices through thought leadership and technical innovation. Most recently CollabNet partnered with UC4 to launch CollabNet Deploy with UC4, an enterprise DevOps solution that supports Enterprise Cloud Development. Below are abstracts for presentations Heinold will give at industry events in Europe. CollabNet also is a sponsor for the DevOps days in London, March 15-16, 2013. http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2013-london/

DevOps and the Enterprise: Perfect Partners

DevOps Summit Feb. 21, 2013, Amsterdam, NL

www.devopssummit.com

DevOps can and should drive competitive advantage in the enterprise. All too often it is seen as “just the latest fad,” or not able to deal with enterprise-class problems. In this session, Heinold will outline a framework to help drive the DevOps conversation in the IT organization. At its core, DevOps is an Agile methodology that stresses collaboration between those building software (traditionally Dev), those deploying software (traditionally Ops), and those using the software. He will discuss how to build a continuous delivery pipeline which supports the needs of all these stake holders without giving up on traceability, compliance or governance.

Case Study: Business Agility through DevOps

ALM Summit Feb. 28, 2013, Kensington, UK

www.unicom.co.uk/almconference

For the world’s leading mail and logistics services group, rapid growth paired with a strong push into online services accelerated the business demand for new applications. In one division, there are more than 300 active, concurrent software projects, and most of the apps are critical to the core business. Using a single platform to standardize all vital processes (for development, maintenance and operations) has enabled collaboration, created efficiencies and reduced cost. Heinold will discuss how applications can be managed and deployed at the pace demanded by the business without jeopardizing governance, visibility and oversight. Overall business agility improved as applications are delivered closely aligned and timed with the business needs.

Case study: What does an ALM service have to provide?

ALM Summit Feb. 28, 2013, Kensington, UK

www.unicom.co.uk/almconference

Cloud computing, Agile methodologies and DevOps have changed the requirements of a development infrastructure. Whether developing in the cloud or for the cloud – traditional ALM solutions run short without modernization and extension. This presentation provides thoughts and ideas on what a modern platform should provide as a service to developers, takes a look into the specialties of system engineering, embedded software and the co-existence with PLM. Finally, it provides a framework and guidelines to help decide where infrastructure status is today and what the next steps should look like to upgrade it into a cloud-ready state.

INFO:

For more information, or to arrange an interview with Mr. Heinold, please contact Christie Denniston at (303) 581-7761 or at cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

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COLLABNET ADDRESSES ENTERPRISE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT WITH OPEN, COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS FOR ENTERPRISE IT

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:09:51 +0000

Strategic acquisitions, partnerships and innovation drive growth and meet the evolving needs of software-driven organizations

BRISBANE, Calif., Feb, 7 2013, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM, continues to build on its commitment to innovation by delivering technical and service solutions that are helping reshape how software is developed and deployed today. During the past 12 months, CollabNet applied its strengths in open source, distributed development, social collaboration and hosted developer communities to address key drivers in the software industry – including Agile, cloud development, enterprise Git, DevOps and ALM. “Making a difference, and driving fresh global software development approaches is core to the DNA of CollabNet,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “Our work in Enterprise Cloud Development, Agile, DevOps and enterprise Git is making a huge difference for our customers, partners and industry. The proof is in the numbers, with 2012 driving a record bookings and revenue year for CollabNet. In addition, 2013 will be our biggest innovation year ever, with a series of industry changing product offerings planned yet again.” During the past 12 months CollabNet made significant strides in advancing: Enterprise Cloud Development (ECD): CollabNet introduced major initiatives to bring cloud development to enterprise IT, including a five-step ECD (http://www.collab.net/solutions) blueprint to guide organizations as they adopt hybrid cloud strategies into the software delivery lifecycle. It also launched CloudForge™ (http://www.cloudforge.com), the industry’s first enterprise-grade development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) that helps organizations adopt, manage and scale cloud development activities. During 2012, it also introduced enhancements to CloudForge, including a new consumer-like user experience and improved integrations with TeamForge®, Subversion Edge, Git and a host of third-party tools. CloudForge provides instant access to a range of development tools and cloud services with one-click deployment to public PaaS or private datacenters. There are now more than 26,000 active customers on CloudForge. DevOps: To address one of the mega trends in the industry, CollabNet partnered with IT process automation and application release automation provider UC4 (http://www.collab.net/deploy) to help organizations achieve enterprise DevOps at scale. The joint offering will provide the automation, scalability and governance enterprises need to bring development and IT Operations closer together to deliver software faster and reduce IT costs. The platform to be provided by this partnership, automates the entire development-through-deployment process – including code, build, test, release, deployment and IT automation – to achieve continuous, reliable application releases at scale. Enterprise Git: First with Subversion and now with Git, CollabNet is leading the adoption of enterprise-grade open source SCM tools and platforms (http://www.collab.net/products/teamforge/git-for-the-enterprise). Through TeamForge and CloudForge, IT organizations have the ability to deploy and manage Git and Subversion instances from a single management platform, with best-in-class automation, tracking and compliance that are a must within distributed, enterprise software organizations. CollabNet was the first to offer Git history protection for governance and compliance, and its integration of Black Duck Code Sight into TeamForge provides a single platform to discover and reuse code across Subversion and Git repository boundaries. CollabNet also now offers a 24/7 support package for Git. Agile: From public and private training to tools and Agile ALM platforms, CollabNet continues to strengthen its Agile-based offerings. Its global services team trains more Scrum Masters than any organization and provides hands-on training to guide Agile transformations and transitions. ScrumWorks® Pro (http://www.collab.net/products/scrumworks), now with Kanban support, can be used stand-alone or integrated with TeamForge or CloudForge. The latest version of TeamForge also includes new reporting, planning and graphical task boards for Agile ALM, and the CloudForge platform extends Agile project management through a host of point tools, including JIRA, Rally and VersionOne. ALM: CollabNet’s TeamForge ALM platform (http://www.collab.net/products/teamforge) continues to evolve as the industry’s most complete and open platform for building and deploying applications by distributed teams. Enterprise IT organizations use TeamForge to manage multiple technology processes, commercial and open source tools, and deployment applications through both on-premise and privately hosted deployments, or as an offering within CloudForge. In addition, TeamForge was recognized by Forrester Research, Gartner, Info-Tech Research and Visual Studio Magazine during the past year. “The software industry continues to change for the better, and the past year saw CollabNet coalesce several major strategic initiatives into a common cause for Enterprise Cloud Development,” said Jim Ensell, CMO and Chief Strategy Officer for CollabNet. “Hybrid use of tools, platforms, processes, and clouds is today’s reality in software development, as we look forward to our continued work with customers and partners to not only keep pace, but to thrive in the future.” Share this: #CollabNet builds on strong momentum for #Agile, #DevOps, #Git and #cloud development. Follow our success in 2013 @CollabNet About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services for software-driven organizations. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agile project management and Subversion Edge and Enterprise Git source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge 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. For CollabNet Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

TASKTOP’S NEELAN CHOKSI TO DISCUSS ALM AND PAAS INTEGRATION STRATEGIES AT CLOUD EXPO EUROPE 2013

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:18:57 +0000

Choksi will shed light on the emerging deployment destination for enterprise Java and how software developers can integrate Java and ALM with ease at Cloud Expo Europe 2013

Who:

Neelan Choksi, Tasktop President and COO

(http://www.tasktop.com)

Choksi is the president and COO of Tasktop Technologies where he manages operations, sales and business development for the leader in Agile ALM integration and productivity solutions.

What:

Cloud ALM: Connecting the Development Team to the New Deployment Destination from the Start

The deployment destination for enterprise Java is going through its biggest transformation since the creation of the application server. Cloud deployment has fundamentally changed the game for running apps. Choksi will explore the marriage of Java Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and discuss how a new integration of these technologies is going to transform the workflow of application development. He will demonstrate how to connect an open-source-based ALM infrastructure to the cloud in order to get a seamless Hudson- and Git-based continuous delivery loop tailored to continuous delivery of hosted Java applications. Attendees will learn how to augment this infrastructure with tasks, code reviews and wikis all managed and provisioned in the cloud. Also, attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to get started on deploy existing Java projects to the cloud with only a few clicks when using a cloud-connected and -hosted ALM stack.

Where:

Cloud Europe Expo 2013

Olympia National Hall

Hammersmith Road

London, England W14 8UX

(http://www.cloudexpoeurope.com/)

When:

Jan. 30, 2013, 10:20 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. London, BST

Share:

#Tasktop president @neelan to talk #Java and #ALM #integration on Jan 30 at #CloudExpoEurope

Info:

For more information on Tasktop Technologies, or to arrange an interview with Choksi please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

COLLABNET’S TEAMFORGE WINS VISUAL STUDIO MAGAZINE’S READERS CHOICE AWARD

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:19:08 +0000

Leader in Application Lifecycle Management and Enterprise Cloud Development honored by application development community

BRISBANE, Calif., Nov 15, 2012 CollabNet® (www.collab.net), a global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM, today announced its TeamForge® platform received a silver medal in the ALM, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and requirements management category in Visual Studio Magazine’s 20^th annual Readers Choice Awards. This is the first year that CollabNet has been honored by the awards program that allows readers to choose the best third-party tools for professional Microsoft developers. “It’s great to see TeamForge recognized as an ALM platform that is making a difference in the market and to the organizations that use it to both coordinate large distributed teams and centralize and maximize assets across the enterprise,” said Jim Ensell, chief marketing and strategy officer at CollabNet. “Developers have always appreciated the social nature of TeamForge and the intuitive way it helps improve the quality of the software they develop and deploy. We are very appreciative for this recognition by the readers of Visual Studio Magazine.” CollabNet is committed to advancing the craft of delivering quality software through its suite of tools and world-class services and training. As a leader in open source and Agile-based development practices, the company’s TeamForge ALM platform is one of the most complete and open solutions for building and deploying mission-critical applications by distributed teams. Using TeamForge, enterprise IT organizations can leverage a mix of technology processes, commercial and open source tools, and deployment applications through both on-premise deployments or as an offering within its CloudForge public cloud dPaaS. Winners of the competition were determined by readers of Visual Studio Magazine who were given the opportunity to vote for the tools they deemed best increased developer productivity or those that best bridged gaps in the Microsoft stack. With a list of more than 500 tools, readers were provided 28 categories in which to vote for their favorite tools. For more information and to see the full 2012 list of winners, please visit: (http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2012/11/01/readers-choice-winners.aspx) Share This: #CollabNet #TeamForge honored in #ALM #SCM and Requirements Management category for #VisualStudio Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards ‘12 About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services for software-driven organizations. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agile project management and Subversion Edge source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge 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. Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

COLLABNET NAMED A LEADER IN APPLICATION LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT REPORT BY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:37:58 +0000

Company helps IT organizations scale Agile across the enterprise through comprehensive ALM and cloud-based platform

BRISBANE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 – CollabNet® (www.collab.net), a global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced it was among the select companies that Cambridge, MA-based Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in its October, 2012 report: “The Forrester Wave™ Application Life Cycle Management, Q4 2012”. In its evaluation, Forrester ranked CollabNet in its Leader category, which is Forrester’s highest designation within the report. “One of the strengths of CollabNet’s ALM suite is the flexibility with which users can define ALM content. [CollabNet’s] flexibility will pay off when trying to effectively address the needs of complex teams or complex projects, where there is less change for a one-size-fits-all design,” the Forrester report stated. It adds, “Not only are CollabNet’s tools available in the cloud (CloudForge), but they also include features optimized for developing, testing and deploying cloud systems.” Other highlights contained in the report include:

“While there are many commercial and open source point solutions for particular activities, the title “ALM vendor” goes to companies that do more than provide a single capability however good it might be.”
“Not only are CollabNet’s tools available in the cloud (CloudForge), but they also include features optimized for developing, testing and deploying cloud systems.”
“ALM is going through a period of redefinition and innovation. Hot ALM issues such as DevOps, embedded software and requirements definition show how the concept of ALM has expanded and changed.”

“Our overall company strategy and direction is clear – we are committed to providing our global client base with the tools and services they need to build and deploy software that drives organizational excellence,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “We believe Forrester’s assessment of CollabNet’s ALM solutions underscores our leadership position in the ALM market and the important role we are playing in bringing cloud development to the enterprise.” CollabNet's TeamForge® is the industry’s most complete and open platform for building and deploying vital applications by distributed teams. Using TeamForge, enterprise IT organizations can leverage a mix of technology processes, commercial and open source tools, and deployment applications through both on-premise deployments or as an offering within its CloudForge™ enterprise cloud platform. TeamForge simplifies and manages the growing complexity of rapidly increasing iterations, global distributed teams, the hybrid use of processes, tools and clouds, and supports the need to increase collaboration throughout the entire ALM lifecycle – plan, code, track, build and test, lab management, release and report. In addition, with the growing popularity of Git, CollabNet provides the industry’s first enterprise-grade Git offering within both the TeamForge and CloudForge platforms, and the only integrated offering of Subversion and Git. CollabNet continues to make Git a viable choice for enterprise IT organizations where the highest standards in support, security, availability and back-up are a “must” requirement. The Forrester Wave™: Application Life- Cycle Management, Q4 2012 is available at (http://visit.collab.net/2012-Q4ForresterWave.html) Share This Story Via Twitter: #CollabNet named #leader in #ALM Wave from #Forrester For more information visit: www.collab.net About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services for software-driven organizations. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro project management, and Subversion Edge and Enterprise Git source code management platforms, can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge 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. Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

COLLABNET CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ENTERPRISE GIT ADOPTION WITH NEW 24/7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES PACKAGE

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:03:21 +0000

CollabNet responds to strong demand for enterprise-grade support of Git

BRISBANE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), a global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM, today announced its continued support for the Git source code management (SCM) tool within enterprise IT organizations with a new 24/7 support services package. The new Git service complements CollabNet’s existing support for the Subversion open source SCM tool, and coupled with its TeamForge ALM and CloudForge platforms, provides the industry with both the technical support and standards-based compliance that are required within an enterprise IT organization. “CollabNet has extensive experience helping IT organizations gain value from open source SCM tools through our technical support of Subversion, and now we are offering the same world-class support for Git,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “CollabNet’s support of both Git and Subversion, side-by-side, increases choice for development teams and makes Git a first-class citizen within an ALM tool stack that includes a heterogeneous mix of commercial and open source tools.” CollabNet is the industry leader for global SCM support and success, delivering services to more than 200,000 developers using Subversion®, CVS, Perforce and, now, Git. The new Git support is offered through the CollabNet Technical Resource Center that provides 24/7 support, guaranteed SLAs and response times, and practical best practices through both a stand-alone service for an individual tool or through a hybrid Subversion/Git package. The service is offered in Silver, Gold and Platinum packages that include a range of email, phone and chat support options. Git support pricing starts at $333-per-month and more information can be found at: (www.collab.net/git). “Git is very hot right now, with a 100 percent growth in adoption year-over-year for the last three years,” said Richard Murray, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Engineering, Operations, and Support for CollabNet. “Our customer feedback and inquiries illustrate that Git clearly needs to be readied for the enterprise, and CollabNet is fully committed to provide a secure path for IT organizations through both services and technical integrations with TeamForge and CloudForge.” CollabNet has extensive experience bringing the value of open source innovation to the enterprise. In 2000, it created the Apache Subversion open source version control system that today is used by more than 5 million developers around the globe. Its Subversion Edge product includes a complete certified stack of Apache, Subversion and ViewVC, making it a favorite of enterprise IT organizations. With the growing popularity of Git, CollabNet continues to innovate, offering the industry’s first enterprise-grade Git offering within its TeamForge and CloudForge platforms, and the only integrated offering of Subversion and Git. CollabNet will continue, through the addition of technical leaders to make Git a viable choice for enterprise IT organizations where the highest standards in support, security, availability and back-up are a “must” requirement. Share This: #CollabNet provides new #Git support for the #enterprise www.collab.net/git About CollabNet CollabNet is a leading provider of Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services for software-driven organizations. With more than 10,000 global customers, the company provides a suite of platforms and services to address three major trends disrupting the software industry: Agile, DevOps and hybrid cloud development. Its CloudForge™ development-Platform-as-a-Service (dPaaS) enables cloud development through a flexible platform that is team friendly, enterprise ready and integrated to support leading third party tools. The CollabNet TeamForge® ALM, ScrumWorks® Pro Agile project management and Subversion Edge source code management platforms can be deployed separately or together, in the cloud or on-premise. CollabNet complements its technical offerings with industry leading consulting and training services for Agile and cloud development transformations. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).

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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. CloudForge 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. Contact: Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR M: 303-827-5164 O: 303-581-7760 cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com