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February 15, 2011
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES’ MIK KERSTEN TO OUTLINE LATEST FEATURES OF MYLYN 3.5 FOR AGILE ALM DURING WEBINAR
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES’ MIK KERSTEN TO OUTLINE LATEST FEATURES OF MYLYN 3.5 FOR AGILE ALM DURING WEBINAR
Newest version of Mylyn makes it easier for developers to work with Agile, enterprise scale and open source ALM systems
WHO: Dr. Mik Kersten
Founder of Eclipse Mylyn
CEO, Tasktop Technologies
(www.tasktop.com)
WHAT: ”What’s New in Eclipse Mylyn 3.5: Agile, ALM and Developer Tools”
Mylyn has morphed from a hot new developer tool to an entrenched top-level Eclipse project that provides the developer integration and ALM vendor federation that’s critical for organizations deploying Agile. In this webinar, Kersten will review how the new task management, code review, SCM and continuous integration sub-projects of Mylyn are making it dramatically easier for developers to work with Agile, enterprise scale, and open source ALM systems. Mik will present strategies for deploying Mylyn at your organization to get the most out of the collaboration and traceability tools that it provides. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the growing number ALM integrations for available for Mylyn, and demonstrate the latest productivity features made available as part of Mylyn 3.5 and its ecosystem.
REGISTER: (http://tasktop.com/about/webinars/index.php#feb242011)
WHEN: Thurs., Feb. 24, 2011
9 a.m. /12 noon Eastern
CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
January 21, 2011
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES ROLLS OUT WEBINAR SERIES FOR IMPROVED AGILE PRODUCTIVITY AND COLLABORATION
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES ROLLS OUT WEBINAR SERIES FOR IMPROVED AGILE PRODUCTIVITY AND COLLABORATION
Initial technical “how to” sessions focus on integration benefits to produce high performance development teams
VANCOUVER, Jan. 20, 2011 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced the Tasktop Webinar Series. The series will include one to two webinars every month on technical topics that will help software engineering teams improve productivity, increase visibility and transparency, and facilitate collaboration in a development world characterized by remote or outsourced teams and increasing complexity.
For complete information and to register for any of the scheduled Tasktop Webinars please visit: (http://tasktop.com/about/webinars/).
“Our webinars include topics that have been requested directly from our community, and as a result this will provide the in-depth technical content developers and engineers can use to become more productive and collaborative,” said Neelan Choksi, president and COO of Tasktop. “Because of the ubiquitous ability of Mylyn to serve as an integration hub for the leading ALM systems, we want to share some of the technical 'know-how’ that we deliver to customers and help IT organizations gain the utmost value from the array of tools they use to build and release software.”
Integrating HP Quality Center and IBM Rational Team Concert using Tasktop and Mylyn
Thurs., Jan. 20, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST (UTC-8)
Robert Elves, Tasktop Enterprise integrations architect and Eclipse Mylyn committer will present on how organizations deploying IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) alongside HP Quality Center (QC) have been lacking a robust mechanism for federating and synchronizing defects and work items between IBM Rational products and HP ALM and Quality Center. Developers often have to enter information regarding their activities into multiple systems, and managers lack the visibility and traceability that is needed to be effective. In this webinar, Elves will show attendees how Tasktop Enterprise can be used to provide IDE integration and synchronization between RTC and QC to improve development team productivity and collaboration between developers and QA professional, and to gain visibility into RTC and QC and HP ALM.
What’s New in Eclipse Mylyn 3.5: Agile, ALM and Developer Tools
Thurs., Feb. 24, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. PST (UTC-8)
Dr. Mik Kersten, Tasktop CEO and founder of Eclipse Mylyn, will outline how Mylyn has morphed from a hot new developer tool to an entrenched top-level Eclipse project that provides the developer integration and ALM vendor federation that’s critical for organizations deploying Agile. In this webinar, Dr. Kersten will review how the new task management, code review, SCM and continuous integration sub-projects of Mylyn are making it dramatically easier for developers to work with Agile, enterprise scale and open source ALM systems. He will present strategies for deploying Mylyn within organizations to get the most out of the collaboration and traceability tools that it provides. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the growing number of Mylyn ALM integrations, and demonstrate the latest productivity features made available as part of Mylyn 3.5 and its ecosystem.
Introducing Tasktop for Visual Studio
Thurs., March 10, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. PST (UTC-8)
Dr. David Shepherd, senior developer at Tasktop Technologies and author of a task-focused best practices blog series, will unveil how the new Tasktop for Visual Studio tool allows Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio developers to bring HP and open-source ALM solutions into the Visual Studio UI to seamlessly integrate work items alongside coding activities. For developers this results in spending more time inside Microsoft Visual Studio where they are most productive. For managers, this means a much more up-to-date Agile or ALM repository. Dr. Shepherd will demonstrate how Tasktop’s tooling easily scales to thousands of tasks, keeping managers abreast of their team’s progress.
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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Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
November 30, 2010
TASKTOP 1.8 CONNECTS DEVELOPMENT TO AGILE ALM WITH NEW SUPPORT FOR HP QUALITY CENTER, MICROSOFT TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER AND IBM RATIONAL TEAM CONCERT 3.0
TASKTOP 1.8 CONNECTS DEVELOPMENT TO AGILE ALM WITH NEW SUPPORT FOR HP QUALITY CENTER, MICROSOFT TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER AND IBM RATIONAL TEAM CONCERT 3.0
From Agile point solutions, to open source tools and enterprise ALM platforms, Tasktop has created the de-facto standard for ALM system interoperability and IDE integration
VANCOUVER and BARCELONA, November 30, 2010 – At the HP Software Universe conference in Barcelona, Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of the Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced Tasktop Enterprise 1.8. The new product further integrates its Agile ALM partner offerings, open source solutions and thriving ecosystem of Mylyn extensions. It is the first commercial and full-featured release of Eclipse IDE-based developer tooling for accessing HP Quality Center and HP ALM, as well as Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server based on Eclipse Mylyn. In addition, Tasktop Enterprise has been updated to support the recently released IBM Rational Team Concert 3.0. Tasktop is also proud to announce it is now an HP Gold Partner, a Microsoft Visual Studio Premium Partner and is IBM “Ready for Rational” validated.
“ALM has become increasingly complex as organizations rely on a growing number of best-of-breed and open source solutions to compete, while remote teams, employee churn and outsourcing make developer collaboration and tracking of progress more and more difficult,” explained Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “In this new ALM landscape organizations need improved transparency and coordination more than ever, but the heterogeneity of the typical ALM stack makes it very challenging. With this latest release, Tasktop has emerged as the leader in federating enterprise ALM systems that help organizations scale the benefits of Agile across the enterprise.”
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 integration suite, Tasktop Enterprise has become the de-facto standard for integrating disparate development tools and platforms that are the reality within 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.
“Enterprise software development organisations have processes baked into a wide range of tools and platforms, and avoid rip and replace,” said James Governor, co-founder and industry analyst at RedMonk. “Tasktop is an ALM stack that works with existing tooling and testing environments, providing full traceability and reporting for management, without affecting the most important aspect – developer flow and productivity.”
Pricing and Availability
Tasktop Enterprise 1.8 is available immediately. Pricing for the Tasktop Enterprise subscription is $199-per-user per year and includes enhanced support, advanced productivity features, automated time tracking and integration for IBM Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase and Team Concert, HP ALM and Quality Center, and Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. For a guided evaluation of Tasktop Enterprise, please call 778-588-6896, or visit (http://tasktop.com).
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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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
November 15, 2010
TASKTOP TO DELIVER ECLIPSE MYLYN FOR HP QUALITY CENTER
TASKTOP TO DELIVER ECLIPSE MYLYN FOR HP QUALITY CENTER
New connector provides full Eclipse Mylyn IDE integration for developers and testers using the Eclipse IDE
Munich (W-JAX 2010), Nov. 15, 2010 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leader in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced a collaboration with HP to develop the Tasktop HP Quality Center Mylyn Connector. The new connector will integrate Mylyn’s task-focused interface technology with HP Quality Center, resulting in improved developer productivity from requirements through defects by providing integrations with leading commercial and open source ALM platforms and Eclipse IDE.
”HP Quality Center is one of the most widely used quality management solutions by our customers,” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “Connecting the IDE environment directly with HP Quality Center will make it dramatically easier for developers to collaborate and connect their development process with HP’s leading quality management tools.”
The HP Quality Center Connector will fully support Tasktop’s award-winning productivity technology called the task-focused interface, which automatically tracks and presents the “context” of source code, documents and web pages that are most relevant for a given defect, story or task. This will improve developer productivity by making it effortless to multitask and recover from interruptions with a single click. The end result is that developers will no longer have to waste time repeatedly searching and scrolling for the information they need to write code, since the IDE shows only the relevant information.
Thanks to the Tasktop Certified integration program, the new connector will also extend HP Quality Center integration with more than 50 leading development solutions, including commercial platforms from Accept, Atlassian, CollabNet, IBM, Polarion, Rally Software, ThoughtWorks Studios and VersionOne, and open source tools such as Bugzilla, Hudson and Subversion. Tasktop Certification ensures compliance with guidelines for completeness, UI design and interoperability and enables discovery and installation of the integration from within the Eclipse IDE itself via the Mylyn Connector Discovery.
“As Agile practices become mainstream, it is vital that quality management and developer tools integrate to address application risks early in the life cycle,” said Jonathan Rende, vice president and general manager, Business Technology Optimization Applications, Software and Solutions, HP. “With integrations between HP Quality Center and Eclipse Mylyn, software developers and QA teams will be able to effectively speed the time for development and increase the quality of their applications.”
Availability
The Tasktop Certified HP Quality Center Mylyn Connector is bundled with the fully supported Tasktop Enterprise product, which provides advanced productivity features and integrations with commercial ALM solutions. Tasktop Enterprise with the HP Quality Center Connector will be available November 30, 2010, along with a free version of the basic Eclipse IDE integration version and integration support for open source tools including SVN and Hudson. Tasktop will be demonstrating the Connector at its booth at HP Software Universe 2010 in Barcelona. (http://h41112.www4.hp.com/events/software-universe-2010).
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 Pro is the company’s enterprise-ready product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email and calendars. Tasktop Technologies 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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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
September 14, 2010
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCEPT360 TO PROVIDE SNEAK PEEK OF MYLYN CONNECTOR DURING UPCOMING WEBINAR
TASKTOP TECHNOLOGIES AND ACCEPT360 TO PROVIDE SNEAK PEEK OF MYLYN CONNECTOR DURING UPCOMING WEBINAR
Tasktop to demonstrate how direct access to Accept360 Agile from Eclipse IDE boosts developer productivity and product management visibility
WHO: Wesley Coelho
Product Marketing Manager
Tasktop Technologies
(www.tasktop.com)
John Haniotis
Senior Vice President Products
Accept Corporation
(www.accept360.com)
WHAT: ”Sneak Peek of Tasktop Accept360 Mylyn Connector”
In partnership, Tasktop and Accept provide the first seamless integration between day-to-day development activity and product portfolio and innovation management. In this webinar Tasktop and Accept Corporation will explain how linking Accept360 to the developer’s Eclipse-based desktop will provide an unprecedented level of visibility into an organization’s project management, enabling more accurate tracking and planning for products, requirements, ideas and Agile delivery.
The Accept360 Mylyn Connector supports Tasktop’s award-winning productivity technology called the task-focused interface, which automatically tracks and presents the 'context’ of source code, documents and web pages that are most relevant for a given task. During the webinar participants will learn how the Accept360 Mylyn Connector reduces information overload for large-scale projects while enabling one click multitasking and interruption recovery. Finally, during the webinar attendees will discover how they can leverage the Accept360 Mylyn Connector to deliver a new level of visibility – from the developer’s desktop up to R&D decision-makers – and provide a single, integrated solution that spans the entire product innovation management process, better aligning customers, business strategy, products and development efforts.
REGISTER: (http://www.accept360.com/news_events/webinars.html)
WHEN: Sneak Peek of Tasktop Accept360 Mylyn Connector
Wed., September 15, 2010
10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern
CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project or Wesley Coelho product marketing manager for Tasktop, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
Tags: accept 360
alm
eclipse
mylyn
tasktop
August 9, 2010
TASKTOP NAMES NEELAN CHOKSI PRESIDENT AND COO
TASKTOP NAMES NEELAN CHOKSI PRESIDENT AND COO
Choksi appointment latest addition to Tasktop executive team
as it continues rapid growth
ORLANDO (AGILE 2010), Aug. 9, 2010 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced Neelan Choksi as its president and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Choksi, a long-time board member of Tasktop, brings extensive experience from his track record of successful leadership roles at technology companies such as SolarMetric (acquired by BEA), SpringSource (acquired by VMware) and Lexcycle (acquired by Amazon). Choksi will be responsible for managing and further accelerating Tasktop’s rapid growth and will also head the US operations of the Vancouver-based company.
“Neelan has that very rare ability to repeatedly turn pain points with the status quo into thriving start-ups, communities and product offerings,” explain Kersten, CEO of Tasktop and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “Neelan helped create one of the largest open source acquisitions as COO of SpringSource, followed by his success with Stanza, the first massively popular ebook reader, in his role as CEO of Lexcycle. This unique breadth of expertise provides Tasktop the experience needed to continue scaling our enterprise-focused Agile and ALM offerings, while paving the road to transforming the productivity of all knowledge workers with the task-focused desktop.”
Choksi brings extensive technology management experience to Tasktop. Most recently he served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Lexcycle, the company that developed Stanza, which became the most popular ebook reader for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Lexcycle was acquired by Amazon in 2009. Prior to Lexcycle, Neelan served as the COO for SpringSource, the venture-backed open source infrastructure software company behind the Spring Framework, acquired for $420M by VMware in 2009. Before joining SpringSource, Choksi served as co-founder and president of SolarMetric, a leading object relational mapping provider, which was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005. At BEA, Neelan was instrumental in open sourcing the acclaimed object/relational mapping tool Kodo as OpenJPA. Prior to SolarMetric, he held positions at Accenture and Exxon. Choksi is a graduate of MIT (and was part of the often-publicized MIT Blackjack team) and holds a graduate degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
“Tasktop has a massive community and has reached the tipping point of commercial adoption,” said Choksi. “I’m thrilled to join the company during this rapid growth phase and help more organizations realize the transformational productivity benefits of the task-focused collaboration paradigm.”
For more information on Tasktop and Tasktop Pro, its commercial product, please visit (www.tasktop.com).
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 Pro is the company’s enterprise-ready product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email and calendars. Tasktop Technologies 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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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
TASKTOP INTRODUCES AGILE PLANNER FOR ECLIPSE AT AGILE 2010
TASKTOP INTRODUCES AGILE PLANNER FOR ECLIPSE AT AGILE 2010
New product enables Agile planning from the IDE and integrates multi-vendor Agile ALM solutions
ORLANDO (Agile 2010), Aug. 9, 2010 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, today announced the Tasktop Agile Planner, a new product that leverages Mylyn connectors to provide Agile teams the ability to manage existing defect and project management systems with planning support that spans across multiple vendors’ solutions. The planner provides a rich and Eclipse-based user interface for accessing Tasktop Certified Agile project management integrations, including ThoughtWorks Studios’ Mingle, IBM Rational Team Concert, Rally, CollabNet’s ScrumWorks, Atlassian’s JIRA and VersionOne.
The Tasktop Agile Planner provides a unique Eclipse-based native user interface for Windows, Mac and Linux that enhances the web-based interfaces of those solutions and additionally provides offline access to plans. Only the Tasktop Agile Planner offers cross-repository planning facilities that enable user stories to be associated with defects stored in external systems, such as HP Quality Center and Bugzilla. The Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) integration supports automatic linking between plan items and source code artifacts, and enables developers and team leads to create and monitor Agile development plans directly from Eclipse, making it effortless to maintain project status awareness and keep plans up-to-date.
“The problem of plans becoming disconnected from development activity is rampant in enterprise adoptions of Agile,” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “The Tasktop Agile Planner addresses this by ensuring that all ALM systems involved with planning are linked and accessible directly from the Eclipse IDE, where developers and team leads spend the majority of their workday. When combined with the Tasktop developer tools this additional level of integration enhances the best-of-breed Agile project management solutions that we integrate with by ensuring that plans are a real-time representation of development activity.”
Tasktop Agile Planner provides project managers, developers, and quality assurance team members with a lightweight yet complete planning platform for managing the entire Agile planning process. Core features of Tasktop Agile Planner include:
- Task Planner: allows for plan creation of releases and iterations, supports plans that span multiple systems, for instance, a plan can include a story in Rally that is linked to defects in a JIRA repository (which also are displayed on the plan).
- Task Board: provides a visual display of tasks not started, in progress and complete, right in the developer’s IDE.
- Burn Down Charts: provides a graphical representation of outstanding work over time.
- Time Tracking: automates the tracking of time spent on stories and the ability to view of actual time tracking information recorded in the IDE on the plan
Availability
The Tasktop Agile Planner is available now in a beta version through Tasktop’s early access program, with general availability set for mid-September. Learn more at http://tasktop.com/agile or contact Tasktop to join the early access program at http://tasktop.com/about/contactus/. Tasktop also will be demonstrating the product at its booth at Agile 2010 (www.agile2010.org). When released, the Tasktop Agile Planner will support in-IDE planning for Tasktop Certified ALM solutions, such as IBM Rational Team Concert, Atlassian JIRA, CollabNet’s ScrumWorks, Rally, ThoughtWorks Studios’ Mingle and VersionOne.
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 Pro is the company’s enterprise-ready product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email and calendars. Tasktop Technologies 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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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
Tags: agile
agile 2010
eclipse
mylyn
tasktop
June 23, 2010
TASKTOP ANNOUNCES LATEST RELEASE OF TASKTOP PRO WITH IMPROVED INTEGRATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAPABILITIES FOR AGILE ALM
Tasktop continues to lead innovation around connecting task management activities
with leading Agile ALM platforms
VANCOUVER, June 23, 2010 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and a leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), today announced Tasktop Pro 1.7, which builds on the release of Mylyn 3.4, the latest version of the most widely adopted ALM integration suite for the Eclipse IDE. The latest version of Tasktop Pro includes new and updated integration connectors with leading ALM platforms, enhancements for Windows 7 and integrations with Twitter for social media collaboration.
“With this latest release of Tasktop Pro we continue to extend the power of Mylyn’s task management to leading Agile project management and ALM offerings,” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. “Tasktop Pro now provides integrations for nearly all of the leading Agile project tracking tools, and connects them seamlessly to open source solutions ranging from Bugzilla to SVN, as well as commercial collaboration technologies such as Microsoft Exchange and Twitter. Combined with the Helios releases of Eclipse and Mylyn, Tasktop has become the developer’s single console for all programming, collaboration, and planning activities.”
The latest version of Tasktop Pro 1.7 includes:
- Additional Connectors and Integrations – new and updated integrations include the Tasktop connectors for IBM Rational Team Concert and ClearQuest, ScrumWorks Pro, and Bugzilla, and updated connectors are now available for Rally and JIRA. Tasktop also now provides easy installation of the recently released a connector for Perforce.
- Enhancements for Windows 7 – including server synchronization progress monitoring and access to frequently used functionality from the windows task bar.
- Twitter Integration – for broadcasting the active task and viewing tweets related to a task, useful for social collaboration and awareness in community-driven development, such as open source projects.
- Improved Installation – all Tasktop Certified connectors can now be installed from the centralized dashboard.
- Task List Upgrade – new presentation upgrades provide enhanced team awareness and communication when working with large task lists.
Tasktop created its task management tools to help developers be more productive by making it effortless for them to organize their work around tasks and automatically present the most relevant source code and project management information associated with each task. The end result is that developers no longer have to waste time repeatedly searching and scrolling for the information they need to write code, since the IDE shows only the information relevant to the task-at-hand. One-click multitasking allows the developer to minimize the impact of interruptions by instantly recalling relevant information needed to complete specific tasks.
Pricing and Availability
Tasktop Pro 1.7 is available immediately. Pricing for Tasktop Pro is $99-per-user and includes commercial ALM integrations, advanced productivity features, and is available as either an Eclipse IDE plugin or a standalone application for project managers. In addition, Tasktop offers the Tasktop Enterprise edition for $199-per-user that includes enhanced support and additional integration for IBM Rational ClearQuest, ClearCase and Team Concert. A free Tasktop Pro trial can be downloaded at (http://tasktop.com/download). For a guided evaluation of Tasktop Enterprise,, please call (778) 588-6896, or visit (http://tasktop.com).
Mylyn 3.4 is available as a free open source tool with community support and integrations for Bugzilla and Trac. It can be downloaded at (http://eclipse.org/mylyn).
About Tasktop Technologies
Tasktop Technologies created the task-focused interface and widely popular Eclipse Mylyn tool that is used by hundreds of thousands of programmers around the globe. In addition, it offers its commercially supported Tasktop Pro and Tasktop Enterprise products that improve developer productivity and increase project management visibility through IDE integration with today’s leading software development management tools. Tasktop also provides training and consulting services to the growing number of companies adopting the task-focused paradigm and tools. For more information please visit (http://tasktop.com), or call 778-588-6896.
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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
Office: 303-581-7760
Mobile: 303-827-5164
June 15, 2010
TASKTOP NAMES DAVID GREEN VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING
Green to lead development of company’s flagship product Tasktop Pro and
Eclipse ALM integration services
VANCOUVER, June 15, 2010 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and a leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), today announced David Green as its vice president of engineering. Green will be responsible for the delivery of Tasktop’s line of products based on its revolutionary task-focused interface technology, and will lead associated development consulting and support services for the company.
“We are extremely pleased to have David join in our mission of transforming the productivity of software developers.” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project “Open source is an amazing enabler of collaborations that bring together individuals with a shared vision of bringing about a disruptive change. David Green’s contributions to our vision started when he engaged directly with the Mylyn project and contributed the great WikiText component that he continues to lead. We are thrilled that he will now bring his broad experience in developer tools to the rest of our open source and commercial offerings”.
Prior to joining Tasktop, Green was a founding member of MAKE Technologies where he held the positions of CTO, vice president of technology and principal tools architect. At MAKE, Green pioneered a model-driven approach to legacy modernization on the Eclipse platform. Green is deeply involved in the Eclipse community as the creator and lead of Mylyn WikiText, a framework and tools for integrating wiki formatting into the Eclipse platform. In addition, Green has led the Eclipse Marketplace Client and Mylyn Connector Discovery, two initiatives that are making it dramatically easier for the community to find and install Eclipse extensions. Green is especially well known for his widely read blog Green’s Opinion (http://greensopinion. blogspot.com/), apps for iPhone and Android, and speaking engagements at conferences such as JavaOne and EclipseCon.
“Since it was invented Mylyn has profoundly impacted my effectiveness and productivity,” said Green. “I’m pleased to announce that it has transformed my career as well. I’m thrilled to take the lead on the delivery of Tasktop’s suite of enterprise products based on the Mylyn framework. It’s very exciting to be part of a world-class team delivering transformational benefits to organizations adopting the task-focused paradigm.”
Most recently, Tasktop announced the IBM Rational Team Concert Mylyn Connector. The new connector enables Mylyn’s task-focused interface technology for Rational Team Concert, which is designed to improve developer productivity by displaying only the source code that is relevant for each work item. This reduces information overload and provides a mechanism for one-click multitasking and interruption recovery. This latest ALM connector complements Tasktop’s existing Mylyn integration for Rational ClearQuest and both solutions have successfully completed the “Ready for IBM Rational Software” technical validation. In addition, the company was recently named to the SD Times 100 in the Tools and Frameworks category, (http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=34383&page=3).
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 Pro is the company’s enterprise-ready product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email and calendars. Tasktop Technologies 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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Media Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com
O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
M: 303-827-5164
June 2, 2010
TASKTOP CEO MIK KERSTEN TO DISCUSS NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO ECLIPSE MYLYN AT IBM INNOVATE 2010 CONFERENCE
Kersten to demonstrate how Mylyn’s new integrations with IBM technologies increase software developers’ productivity with next evolution of the IDE
WHO: Mik Kersten
CEO of Tasktop Technologies
Creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project
Tasktop Technologies
(www.tasktop.com)
WHAT: Eclipse Mylyn: Redefining the “I” of the IDE
In less than four years, the Mylyn task-focused interface went from a university whiteboard to broad-based adoption by hundreds of thousands of Java, C++ and web developers. Not long ago, the notion of a tool that hides more of the program than it shows sounded crazy. But as Mylyn continues its rapid adoption, the evolution of the IDE is clear. Tasks are more important than files, focus is more important than features, and task-focused collaboration yields big productivity boosts for developers. This presentation by the creator of the Eclipse Mylyn project will provide an overview of how software developments teams can increase productivity with Mylyn. In addition, Kersten will explain how new Mylyn integrations for Rational Team Concert, ClearQuest, ClearCase, Synergy and Change yield enormous benefits to software developers and organizations seeking to reduce time to market.
WHERE: Innovate 2010 – The Rational Software Conference
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel
1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
WHEN: Mon., June 7, 2010
Dolphin, Southern IV
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Eastern)
CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
