TASKTOP’S MIK KERSTEN TO SHARE INSIGHTS INTO ALM AUTOMATION AND JAVA BUILD AND CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AT JAVAONE 2011

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:07:19 +0000

Kersten to outline ALM Automation with Mylyn and Hudson, and moderate panel discussion on the Future of Java Build and Continuous Integration

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 developer productivity and tool integration and Tasktop Sync for enterprise ALM synchronization.

WHAT: "Future of Java Build and Continuous Integration"

Mon., Oct. 3, 2011, 11 a.m. Pacific in Hotel Nikko - Nikko Ballroom II/III

Not long ago, developers built and deployed Java applications with brittle scripts and builds invoked from developers' desktops. Given the complexity of today's applications and the shift of the deployment destination from data center to cloud, Java build is due for an overhaul. The increased roles of DevOps, Agile planning and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) are putting new requirements on the automation needed in the modern build stack, while the rapid adoption of Hudson is making clear the central role of Continuous Integration (CI) as the hub of a Java application development and deployment. This panel will debate approaches to modernizing the build, CI and ALM infrastructure to help scale the productivity of development teams and leverage the latest array of build, test and deployment solutions.

"ALM Automation with Mylyn and Hudson"

Tues., Oct. 4, 2011, noon - 1 p.m. Pacific in Parc 55 - Divisidero

With the shift to PaaS and a new breed of open source ALM tools, the deployment loop of enterprise apps is going through its biggest transition since the creation of Java. Kersten will explore connecting the enterprise Java stack to cloud deployment via task-focused continuous integration based on Hudson. Distributed version control systems, code review and Agile planning, based on the Eclipse Mylyn interoperability platform, can be used to create a new level of connectivity and automation between the team and the running application. This talk outlines a roadmap for transforming productivity by connecting developers' desktops to the release, and automating all the steps in between, from provisioning the IDE to monitoring the running application.

WHERE: JavaOne 2011 booth (#5004)

San Francisco, CA

INFO: Tasktop is exhibiting at JavaOne in booth #5004. For more information and to arrange an interview with Mik Kersten please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or by email at (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

TASKTOP ADDS DR. BRIAN BARRY TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fri, 06 May 2011 01:00:38 +0000

TASKTOP ADDS DR. BRIAN BARRY TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tasktop continues to build out its management and director teams with appointment of Barry, a technical leader in IDE platforms and enterprise Agile development

VANCOUVER, BC, May 5, 2011 - Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn open source tools and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced the addition of Dr. Brian Barry to its board of directors. Barry brings more than 20 years of technical and business leadership experience working with a range of highly successful technology companies, including Object Technology International (OTI), developers of the Eclipse IDE platform. Barry's experience and guidance will help Tasktop accelerate its growth and develop innovative solutions for enterprise software development and knowledge worker productivity.

"Brian's vision and leadership at OTI were instrumental to creating the Eclipse platform and ecosystem," said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. "We are honored to have Brian's experience guiding Tasktop in our mission to transform the application lifecycle and task management space into a more developer friendly and productive experience. We look forward to Brian's input as we work to build a great company and scale our business to meet growing demand for Tasktop innovation."

Dr. Barry is currently Chief Technology Officer of XIA Systems, and CEO of Bedarra Research Labs. From 1991 to 2002 he served as Chief Scientist, CEO, president and CTO at Object Technology International (OTI), Inc. Under his leadership OTI developed the Eclipse IDE Platform, IBM VisualAge for Java and IBM VisualAge MicroEdition for embedded systems. Dr. Barry has more than 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of object-oriented and component-based systems, including distributed, client/server, embedded and real-time applications. He was a charter member of the ANSI Smalltalk committee and a co-author of the Smalltalk standard. He holds a Ph.D. from Queen's University.

Tasktop created its task management tools to help developers be more productive by making it effortless for them to organize their work around tasks. Serving as an ALM interoperability suite, Tasktop Enterprise has become the standard for integrating disparate development tools and platforms that are the reality for today's enterprise software development organizations. By providing traceability and knowledge sharing between tools and platforms that are often provided by separate companies, Tasktop helps reduce the complexity and challenges of successfully scaling Agile programs beyond small teams. Organizations using Tasktop are able to integrate and gain added value from heterogeneous systems, improve the happiness and productivity of development teams, and integrate and manage emerging technology platforms, such as cloud computing and mobile applications, into existing development practices.

About Tasktop Technologies

Tasktop Technologies is the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn ALM integration framework and its revolutionary task-focused interface technology. The task-focused interface is proven to make developers more productive by showing only the relevant information for each task, dramatically reducing search time and facilitating multitasking. Tasktop Enterprise is the company's commercial product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email, calendars and commercial ALM components. Tasktop also provides consulting, connector development services and training to the growing number of companies adopting the task-focused paradigm and tools. For more information, please visit (www.tasktop.com).

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TASKTOP’S MIK KERSTEN TO SHARE INSIGHTS INTO ALM AUTOMATION AND JAVA BUILD AND CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AT JAVAONE 2011

TASKTOP ADDS DR. BRIAN BARRY TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS