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COLLABNET OUTLINES FIVE PRINCIPLES OF ENTERPRISE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT IN ANIMATED VIDEO SCRIBE

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:27:39 +0000

CollabNet outlines a five-step blueprint for embracing Enterprise Cloud Development as the next evolution in software development and deployment BRISBANE, Calif., May 16, 2012 â�� CollabNetÂ® (www.collab.net), a global leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Agile ALM products and services, has created an animated video scribe that succinctly outlines five principles IT organizations can use to adopt and scale cloud development practices. CollabNet worked collectively with its internal experts, cloud platform partners and enterprise customers to develop a practical roadmap for Enterprise Cloud Development that addresses the cultural, technical and process aspects of cloud development and how it extends the value of Agile and DevOps in the enterprise. Animated video scribes are fun, highly engaging presentations that highlight and simplify often complex concepts through the use of visual and audio learning queues. Through a blend of audio storytelling and professional animation, video scribes help magnify and reinforce key learning points for enterprise and industry organizations. To view CollabNetâ��s video scribe, Five Steps to Software Development and DevOps in the Hybrid Cloud please visit: (http://tinyurl.com/bwmwqm5). â��The rate or change and the accompanying complexity within the IT industry can be overwhelming, especially within the software development and cloud computing industries,â�� said Jim Ensell, chief marketing and strategy officer for CollabNet. â��We challenged ourselves to outline the core principles of Enterprise Cloud Development in five practical steps and to detail them within a fun and engaging video scribe that runs just more than three minutes.â�� Based on its years of experience and patterns of customer success, CollabNet has outlined a blueprint containing five practical steps to guide organizations on their path to Enterprise Cloud Development as they adopt hybrid cloud IT into the application development and deployment lifecycle. The steps include: 1) embrace the cloud for centralizing access and visibility to tools and processes; 2) create a robust coding community to encourage reuse; 3) codify development processes by standardizing tools, workflows and processes; 4) automate DevOps practices; and 5) take a hybrid approach by leveraging public and on-premise private cloud resources in a secure, compliant and optimal way. In addition to the video scribe, CollabNet has developed additional videos and a white paper that outlines in more detail the principles of Enterprise Cloud Development. All of the content is available free by visiting (www.collab.net/ecd). Share this story via Twitter: Watch #CollabNetâ��s innovative animated video scribe on Enterprise #Cloud Development, #Agile and #DevOps at (http://tinyurl.com/bwmwqm5). 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 CloudForgeâ�¢ 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 TeamForgeÂ® ALM, ScrumWorksÂ® Pro 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). 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 RECOGNIZED AS CHAMPION IN INFO-TECH RESEARCH GROUP’S

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:16:59 +0000

Completeness of product offering and company strength places CollabNet in â��uppermost rightâ�� of Agile ALM Vendor Landscape quadrant

BRISBANE, Calif., March 26, 2012, CollabNetÂ® (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 Groupâ��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. â��Itâ��s a great honor to have CollabNet and TeamForge recognized as a Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape â�� 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,â�� said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. â��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.Â We are excited to be acknowledged for our contribution to these advancements.â�� 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 CollabNetâ��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 CollabNetâ��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 TeamForgeÂ®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorksÂ® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesionâ�¢ 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.Â Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc.Â Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation.Â 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

COLLABNET TO HOST FREE WEBINAR ON SUCCESSES AND PITFALLS OF DEVOPS

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:35:50 +0000

Industry experts to share firsthand expertise and best practices to speed application delivery through DevOps initiativesÂ Â Â

WHO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Paul Peissner â�� Director of Business Development CollabNet (www.collab.net) 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 â�� DevOps Enthusiast (http://www.jedi.be/blog/) 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.Â 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 â��DevOpsâ�� to exchange ideas and promote how development and operations groups can better collaborate to achieve improved results in business. WHAT:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â â��Renovating App Delivery-DevOps Successes and Pitfallsâ�� 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.Â They also will leverage the successes of early innovators to illustrate the benefits of strategic DevOps implementations. WHEN:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wed., March 21, 9 a.m.-10 a.m. PST (Noon EST) INFO:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â To register for this webinar please visit: (http://visit.collab.net/webinar-renovatingappdelivery.html).Â 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).

COLLABNET TO OUTLINE ‘INDUSTRIALIZING AGILE SOFTWARE DELIVERY WITH ALM2.0+’ DURING FREE WEBINAR FEATURING ANALYST DAVE WEST AND DEUTSCHE POST

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:37:11 +0000

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 itâ��s different from traditional ALM approaches. How CollabNetâ��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).

COLLABNET’S LAURENCE SWEENEY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES ON DEVOPS AT GARTNER APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE SUMMIT

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:13:43 +0000

Sweeney to explain how enterprise IT departments can increase developer productivity, speed software delivery and realize governance by implementing DevOps

WHO: Laurence Sweeney

Vice President, Enterprise Transformation

(www.collab.net)

Laurence Sweeney helps CollabNetâ��s enterprise customer adopt and scale Agile practices and DevOps programs. He has more than 25 years of software development experience, including director of software at HP. In this role he acquired, deployed and managed multiple Agile ALM platforms for tens of thousands of developers and managers in dozens of divisions. CollabNet also will be exhibiting at the event at booth L.

WHAT: â��Industrializing Agile Software Delivery with DevOpsâ��

Nov. 30, 2011 1:10 p.m. â�� 1:30 p.m. PST

In his presentation, Sweeney will explore the frequency with which code is released to production. He will share why monthly, weekly and daily software releases are increasingly commonplace, and not just for start-ups. Enterprise IT departments have increased developer productivity, saved millions and realized governance by implementing DevOps. Participants who attend this session will hear best practices learned from Fortune 500 implementations. Examples include: 1) U.S. financial services company that cut production release variants by 85 percent, 2) global logistics company that realized flexible delivery cycles ranging from monthly to daily. The session will conclude with an interactive Q & A session from the audience.

WHERE: Gartner Application Architecture, Development and Integration Summit

Caesars Palace â�� Las Vegas

(http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/applications/about.jsp)

INFO: For more information on this presentation or to arrange an interview with the Mr. Sweeney please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

COLLABNET TO SHARE ENTERPRISE BEST PRACTICES FOR AGILE AND APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AT HP DISCOVER VIENNA 2011

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:17:57 +0000

CollabNet to showcase its deep experience leading successful continuous integration and enterprise Agile implementations with industry partners and Deutsche Post DHL

WHO: CollabNet (www.collab.net) executives will lead several sessions at the upcoming HP Discover 2011 event in Vienna focused on best practices for scaling Agile methods and continuous integration practices in the enterprise.

WHAT: Agile Adoption is Opening New Doors for Enterprise IT Groups to Work Faster and Closer Togetherâ�¦called DevOps

WHEN: Nov. 29, 2011

11:45 a.m. CET

Speakers:

Paul Peissner, director, Business Development, CollabNet

Russ King, vice president, Product Development, Results Positive, Inc.

Todd DeCapua, vice president, Services, Shunra Software Ltd.

Rainer Heinold, senior director, Technical Services, CollabNet

The Vivit Special Interest Roundtable at HP Discover will cover:

1. How DevOps improves IT through development and testing efforts focused on continuous integration including application development integrations with HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and HP Unified Functional Testing.

2. Development and release efforts focused on continuous delivery and continuous improvements including application development for HP Operations Orchestration and HP Server Automation.

3. Development and corporate alignment focused on project optimization including development cost-cutting and speeding up time-to-market, as well as Agile and HP Project and Portfolio Management integrations.

WHAT: Automation and Control of IT Run Services at Deutsche Post DHL

WHEN: Dec. 1, 2011

11:30 a.m. CET

Speakers:

Ralf Knobloch, senior expert, IT Service Control, Deutsche Post DHL

Dominique Wurzler, vice president and EMEA general manager, CollabNet

Guillaume Runser, worldwide solutions marketing manager, Software, HP

Every working day 70 million letters are delivered by Deutsche Post DHL in Germany. This requires exceptional technology and an integration of tools from the development and IT operations domains.. This case study session will outline how the organization went through a massive transformation, from common siloed processes and manual-driven IT to a reliable, consistent and automated Application Lifecycle Management platform with cloud-enabled elements. The presentation examines the implementation and deployment of a simplified governance framework through the standardization of tools, processes and requests. It will highlight the benefits Deutsche Post DHL gained with the help of automation, DevOps tools consolidation and the power of cloud computing.

WHAT: An Automated End-to-End DevOps Solution with CollabNet and HP

WHEN: Dec. 1, 2011

12:30 p.m. CET

Speakers:

Paul Peissner, director, Business Development, CollabNet

J.R. Horton, senior product line manager, Software, HP

Industry research shows that up to 80 percent of development handoffs to production are unsuccessful. This is a growing concern for IT decision makers responsible for cost-effectively meeting the changing business needs, while delivering critical undisruptive services. This session will showcase a new approach to solving the challenge of managing IT with a business-centric DevOps model. The session will show how HP Server Automation, HP Operations Orchestration, HP Application Lifecycle Management, and CollabNetâ��s TeamForge framework work together to align IT with business needs. Attendees will learn how this end-to-end solution creates graceful transitions from the business need, to IT project, to application release, and to the new business service while providing visibility, traceability and robust tracking capabilities, creating effective applications and relationships between IT and the business. Explore customer use cases that will illustrate how IT teams can increase productivity as the result of HP and CollabNet bridging the business and IT gap through defining the direction of DevOps.

WHERE: HP Discover 2011

Vienna, Austria

INFO: For more information on these presentations or to arrange an interview with CollabNet please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

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THOUGHTWORKS ROLLS OUT AGILE FUNDAMENTALS AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY WORKSHOPS IN THE U.K. AND PARIS

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:54:31 +0000

Leaders in Agile software development expand popular workshop series

CHICAGO AND LONDON, June 20, 2011 - ThoughtWorks, Inc. (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile development services, and its product division, ThoughtWorks Studios, today announced the availability of the Agile Fundamentals for Leaders and Continuous Delivery for DevOps workshops in the U.K. (Manchester and London) and Paris. Part of the ThoughtWorks Learning workshops and knowledge series, both events provide hands-on, experience-based tutorials designed to help enterprise IT customers adopt, scale and succeed using Agile methods.

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/agile-fundamentals-leaders)

Manchester, U.K. - June 24

Paris - July 1

London - July 11

Agile Fundamentals for Leaders provides not just the vocabulary of Agile, but the core understandings and concepts behind the terms. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the values, principles and practices that have led Agile software development to become a strategic initiative for today's software-driven organizations. Based on years of direct experience helping global customers succeed with Agile, the workshop is designed to help technology leaders make informed decisions and develop winning strategies that are best suited for their organization. It is a must-attend event for leaders in IT that are looking to develop and deploy higher quality software with more predictable results.

Continuous Delivery for DevOps

(http://www.thoughtworks.com/events/thoughtworks-continuous-delivery-devops)

Manchester, U.K. - June 23

Paris - June 30

London - July 25

ThoughtWorks has pioneered many of today's best practices for Agile development and these one-day workshops highlight how Continuous Delivery and DevOps are helping IT organizations deliver software value faster and with more predictability. Continuous Delivery for DevOps provides the organizational principles and practices that enable businesses to keep software production-ready throughout the application lifecycle, so it can be released on-demand with a single click. The practices help close the gap between development (applications/software engineering teams), technology operations (release managers) and quality assurance (testing and QA managers). The workshops highlight the importance of fast feedback throughout the delivery process, how to improve collaboration between people involved in delivering software, principles and practices that enable continuous deployment, how to automate testing and deployment, how to manage continuous delivery with large and distributed teams, and strategies to transform an organization's delivery process to enable continuous delivery.

Both workshops are available to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register please follow the links above.

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing Agile-based systems development, consulting and transformation services to Global 1000 companies. It has pioneered many of the most advanced and successful Agile methods of software development and best practices used in the industry today. At its core, ThoughtWorks helps its clients maximize investment and performance across a portfolio of complex, business-critical applications, while reducing time and risk. Its products division, ThoughtWorks Studios, offers tools to manage the entire Agile development lifecycle through its Adaptive ALM^TM suite, comprised of Mingle®, Go^TM and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,700 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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