THOUGHTWORKS STUDIOS LATEST VERSION OF MINGLE HELPS SPEED ENTERPRISE ADOPTION OF AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Deep, rich instructional Help features and historical reporting help IT organizations ramp Agile adoption

SAN FRANCISCO - Aug. 18, 2010 - ThoughtWorks Studios, a global leader of Agile ALM solutions, today announced Mingle® 3.2, the latest version of its Agile project management solution. New features include rich, searchable Help content for adopting Agile best practices, powerful daily historical reporting capabilities and new plugins for creating SCM (Source Control Management) integrations with Mingle. This latest version of Mingle will help enterprise customers speed adoption of Agile methods and improve the return on investment (ROI) from Agile programs.

"In response to growing demand of our Adaptive ALM solution within large organizations and those seeking enterprise-wide roll out, this release further enables our customers to accelerate and realize the benefits of Agile," said Chad Wathington, vice president of product development for ThoughtWorks Studios. "With more than 10 years of experience implementing hundreds for Agile projects, we understand what it takes to help organizations successfully adopt Agile. This new release includes the content, reporting and integration features that will help customers better succeed with enterprise roll-outs of Agile methods."

Mingle is the Agile project management component of ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM^TM, a complete ALM solution that includes Twist® (Agile test automation) and Go® (Agile release management). Mingle is the only Agile ALM solution architected from the ground-up to provide real time quality metrics within and across projects, and team collaboration capabilities that bridge the gap between business stakeholders, project managers, program managers, development teams and IT operations to help them deliver higher-quality software faster.

New Features in Mingle 3.2 include:

• Rich Help Content Embedded - new instructional videos and Help content allow users to gain a better understanding of common Agile concepts and best practices while using Mingle. This enriched and deeper Help extends beyond basic feature descriptions, providing detailed explanations and instructional videos on setting up projects and team activities, such as retrospectives and stand-ups, prioritizing, estimation and planning, workflows, story, defect and feature tracking, reporting and much more. Additionally, in-context Help provides visual cues about what users are seeing on a particular screen and what they can accomplish in that view.
• Daily Historical Reporting - new Daily History Chart capabilities extend reporting to include a project's automatically-generated historical data. It allows users to objectively report on and track any card data over time. Reports can be created, such as burn-up and burn-down charts that show changes in scope and work completed during a specific time period that are based on actual historical data.
• Mingle Help with Google® Site Search - users of Mingle online Help can find content faster using Google's powerful site search engine.

- Mingle SCM plugin open sourced - ThoughtWorks Studios has documented the API for building new SCM (Source Control Management systems) integrations with Mingle; and open sourced the code for the existing Mingle-to-Mercurial plugin to serve as a reference implementation. The code and documentation that shows how to write an SCM plugin for Mingle are now available via the Mingle Community website at (http://community.thoughtworks.com/posts/4e2debf8a5). Developers are encouraged to share integrations in the Mingle Add-ons and Extras space on the community site.

For more information on Mingle 3.2 please visit (http://community.thoughtworks.com/posts/228de2f87c)

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is the global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. A division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the only holistic, fully integrated delivery lifecycle platform designed exclusively for sustainable, enterprise-wide Agile ALM success. Based on ThoughtWorks ground-breaking experience and commitment to software excellence, Adaptive ALM^TM helps organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all facets of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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SolutionsIQ and Scrum Training Institute to provide Agile training and consulting to companies in North America and Asia Pacific

REDMOND, Wash. - August 18, 2010 - SolutionsIQ (www.solutionsiq.com), a premier provider of Agile coaching, consulting, training, and distributed Agile software development, today announced its strategic partnership with the Scrum Training Institute (STI) (www.scrumtraininginstitute.com) to offer Agile training and consulting for companies seeking to maximize results from Scrum and Agile development. SolutionsIQ is a partner to STI in the North America and Asia Pacific regions.

"The Scrum Training Institute is widely respected for helping well-known companies throughout the world employ the full benefit of Agile software development practices," said Charlie Rudd, CEO, SolutionsIQ. "By joining STI's global partner network, we strengthen our ability to serve clients throughout North America and the Asia Pacific region. One thing that makes this partnership such a good fit is that we are both committed to maintaining the highest quality services as we scale our capacity to meet ever-growing worldwide demand."

With more than 30 years of experience, SolutionsIQ has a deep understanding of software delivery excellence. The company's broad range of consulting and training services are essential to any Agile project or transformation, and gives customers the tools and collaboration they need to succeed. The new partnership with the Scrum Training Institute enables both organizations to reach out more broadly to clients as they seek to adopt and scale the Scrum method of Agile project management.

"I'm delighted to welcome SolutionsIQ to our global partner network, and we look forward to working with them to deliver the highest-quality Agile training and consulting solutions available," said Pete Deemer, a founder of the Scrum Training Institute. "SolutionsIQ has helped hundreds of companies successfully adopt and scale Agile development practices. Their knowledge and expertise is a valuable asset to the Scrum Training Institute as we extend our global reach to help organizations succeed with their Agile implementations."

Information about the Scrum Training Institute's full range of industry-standard and specialized courses, including: Certified ScrumMaster training, Test-Driven Development, Extreme Programming (XP), Agile estimating and planning, and Agile management skills, is available at: (http://scrumtraininginstitute.com/classes). For a complete schedule of the SolutionsIQ training curriculum - appropriate for any role within delivery teams such as programmers, testers, architects, and ScrumMasters, as well as business leaders, product managers, and executives - please visit: (http://www.solutionsiq.com/Training/Calendar.aspx). More information about SolutionsIQ's world-class consulting services -- which ensure that teams maximize the benefits of Agile and realize its full potential - is available at (www.solutionsiq.com/Consulting/Default.aspx).

About the Scrum Training Institute
The Scrum Training Institute (STI) is the premier global provider of certified Scrum training and consulting. Founded by Jeff Sutherland, the co-creator of Scrum, and leading international Agile experts Gabrielle Benefield, Pete Deemer, and Jens Østergaard, STI provides a complete solution for companies seeking high-impact results from Scrum and Agile development.

About SolutionsIQ
SolutionsIQ is a leading provider of Agile consulting and training. The company offers a full array of technical consulting, software delivery, and talent acquisition services that together form a complete software development solution. For more than thirty years, SolutionsIQ has combined a hands-on approach with deep technical expertise to serve clients that range from the early stage startup to the Fortune 500.

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Largest conference on Agile software development to feature more than 200 sessions presented by industry luminaries and peer experts

ORLANDO, (Agile 2010), Aug. 9, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, (www.agilealliance.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today kicked off its ninth annual conference Aug, 9-13 in Orlando. This year's event drew more than 1,400 participants from around the globe as the growing Agile community comes together to learn and share ideas around experiences and best-practices.

"We are thrilled to see such enthusiasm and interest at this year's conference," said James Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "From beginners to development experts, Agile 2010 offers attendees useful tips, knowledge and best practices that they can put into immediate practice within their software development organizations."

More than 200 technical sessions and keynote presentations highlight this year's conference which takes place at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort. Highlights include keynotes by Dave Thomas and Mike Cohn, first day of invited industry luminaries and a wide range of sessions to meet the varying needs of Agile practitioners.

Newkirk says a key reason behind the sell-out success of Agile 2010 is that the conference connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia.

"We heard attendees' feedback from last year regarding how we could continue to improve the annual Agile conference and make it more useful to them," Newkirk explained. "We believe this year's conference delivers on that feedback, making it the best, most useful conference ever for advancing the practice of Agile software development principles and practices."

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/index.html) is set for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

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Leaders in enterprise Agile services and products to present during six conference sessions, Agile Connections Lounge connects attendees with ThoughtWorks experts

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2010 - ThoughtWorks (www.thoughtworks.com), a global IT consultancy focused on enterprise Agile software development, today outlined a host of thought leadership activities for the Agile 2010 conference that will provide attendees an opportunity to learn from and interact with a range of the company's Agile development experts.

At Agile 2010 in Orlando starting Mon., Aug. 9, industry experts from ThoughtWorks (professional services) and ThoughtWorks Studios (Agile ALM solutions) will share insights and expertise on the latest practices around Agile methods of software development. In addition to six speaking sessions, the company will host the ThoughtWorks Agile Connections Lounge (Dolphin Hotel, Suite #10110), a hosted meeting area where attendees can engage with ThoughtWorks experts. A series of ongoing sessions within the Connections Lounge are scheduled, as well as "open" time to have one-to-one discussions.

The following sessions will be presented by ThoughtWorkers at the Agile 2010 Conference: Full details on each session is available at (http://www.thoughtworks.com/agile-2010)
- Large Scale, Distributed Development Simulation with Neal Ford
- Continuous Delivery with Jez Humble and Martin Fowler
- Project Vital Signs with Stelios Pantazopoulos
- Making Feedback Work in Your Teams with Sumeet Moghe
- Product Road Mapping using Agile Principles with Anupam Kundu
- Ten Tips every Agile Team Should Know About Performance Testing with Jeff Norris
ThoughtWorks Studios, the products division of ThoughtWorks, will be presenting break out sessions on the following topics at the ThoughtWorks Agile Connections Lounge in Suite #10110 in the Dolphin Hotel:
- Adaptive ALM: A Day in the Life Of... with Patti Mandarino, Adam Monago and Matt Quagliana
- Tuning up Your Creaky Platform with Matt Simons
- Continuous Delivery Workshops hosted by Jez Humble. Topics covered include Database migration and continuous deployment; Implementing automated end-to-end functional tests; and Infrastructure automation, including cloud and virtual systems. To see a sample chapter of Humble's book, Continuous Delivery please visit: (http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321601912)
- Got a Distributed Agile Question?: Ask Our Experts moderated by Matt Simons and Anupam Kundu
- Building Mobile Applications Using Go for Continuous Delivery - with Adam Monago and Patti Mandarino

Casino Night for Charity at the Agile 2010 Conference:
Attendees are also invited to join the ThoughtWorks-sponsored event, "Casino Night for Charity" where participants can choose which charity to contribute their winnings to. This event is to be held on Tues., Aug. 10 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Atlantic Dance Hall located in the Disney Boardwalk area. Admission is free but capacity is limited. To participate, conference attendees must visit the ThoughtWorks booth to pick up an admission ticket. Entertainment includes dessert, refreshments and socializing with peers.

In its ninth year, Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. It provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile 2010 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia. To register for the conference visit: (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html).

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 solution^TM, comprised of Mingle®, Go^TM and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,500 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. For more information please visit: (www.thoughtworks.com).

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First ever industry analyst roundtable will explore technology trends, market dynamics and emerging best practices around Agile software practices

PORTLAND, Ore., July 28, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, (http://agilealliance.org/), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced it will host an industry analyst roundtable at the Agile 2010 conference featuring four leading research analysts covering the Agile software market. Set for Tues., Aug.10 at 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort, the roundtable will provide a unique opportunity for attendees to gain insights into the state of the Agile industry and what developments will likely occur during the coming months and years.
Titled "Agile Trends and Future Directions," this moderated, Q&A formatted session will provide industry experts from leading research firms with a forum to discuss the latest trends and emerging best practices around Agile software development. Attendees will learn how successful software organizations are utilizing Agile to drive business performance and how the latest innovations in Agile practices continue to mature as development organizations deploy Agile further across the enterprise. Moderated by Jim Newkirk, the Conference Chair for Agile 2010, participants in the roundtable include: Dave West, Forrester Research; David Norton, Gartner; Melinda Ballou, IDC; and, Michael Azoff, Ovum Research.

In its ninth year, Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. It provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile 2010 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia. Interested parties can register online for Agile 2010 by visiting (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html).

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

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ThoughtWorks Establishes Agile Engineering Initiative for Grameen Foundation's Mifos®

Washington, D.C. and Chicago, July 27, 2010 - ThoughtWorks, Inc., (www.thoughtworks.com) the global leader in Agile methods of software development, today announced a global initiative to provide software engineering services for Grameen Foundation's Mifos platform.

ThoughtWorks has established a dedicated team to advance the next-generation Mifos technology architecture using the latest open source technologies. The project will extend Mifos' capabilities to meet the changing demands of the microfinance industry. These efforts represent ThoughtWorks' commitment to use its technical expertise towards alleviation of world poverty through microfinance.

"We are excited to join hands with Grameen Foundation to expand the outreach of microfinance to the world's poor," said Rohit Bansal, head of ThoughtWorks' Social Impact Program. "We are confident that our passion to create value through technology will be a catalyst for this expansion."

As a leader in applying Agile and Lean practices to deliver software excellence to customers globally, ThoughtWorks, through this initiative, will bring direct value to microfinance institutions (MFIs) serving the poor. A ThoughtWorks engineering team in India, along with a distributed Mifos engineering team and worldwide open source community, will work towards advancement of the Mifos platform to accelerate business efficiencies for MFIs, and thus increase their social impact. ENDA Inter-Arabe, the leading MFI in Tunisia, has benefited from the close collaboration between the ThoughtWorks and Grameen Foundation teams through the expansion of Mifos to include support for individual lending, agricultural loan products and a centralized data warehouse for extensive reporting.

"We have proven that technology can effectively enable MFIs to service the poor; now we have to accelerate the adoption," said George Conard, Executive Director of Grameen Foundation's Technology for Microfinance Initiative. "ThoughtWorks' technology expertise and innovative approach complements our process for innovation. Their commitment and involvement in the microfinance movement is proving to be a tremendous asset to Grameen Foundation and the industry."

Launched in 2006, Mifos is an advanced software platform for microfinance institutions that offers both an online hosted service, Mifos CloudTM, and a downloadable open source edition for use on premise. In a recent CGAP review, Mifos was awarded four out of four stars for its technical capabilities and comprehensive implementation, training and support provided by Grameen Foundation and its specialists. Mifos is currently used by MFIs in the Americas, Asia, Middle East-North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, in countries such as India, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Philippines and Tunisia, serving more than 800,000 clients. Mifos is spearheaded by the Technology for Microfinance Initiative based at Grameen Foundation's Technology Center in Seattle, with support in Africa, Asia, Middle East and the Americas.

About Grameen Foundation
Grameen Foundation, a global nonprofit organization, helps the world's poorest people access financial services and technology solutions by providing financing, technology support and management strategies to the local organizations that serve them. It also spearheads technology initiatives that create new micro-business opportunities for the poor, provide telecommunications access for the world's rural poor, and improve their access to health and agriculture information and other services. Founded in 1997, Grameen Foundation has offices in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Washington, Hong Kong, Ghana, the Philippines and Uganda. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, is a founding member of its board of directors, and now serves as director emeritus. For more information, please visit www.grameenfoundation.org.

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 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 solution^TM, comprised of Mingle®, Go® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs more than 1,500 professionals to serve clients from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, the U.K and the U.S. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks.com.

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Based on new wave of Agile practices from ThoughtWorks, Go enables organizations to overcome operational constraints to schedule releases according to business needs

SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, July 20, 2010 - ThoughtWorks Studios www.thoughtworks-studios.com, a global leader in Agile ALM solutions, today announced Go^TM, a new Agile release management platform that allows organizations to incrementally automate the entire build, test and deployment process and release software faster and more reliably. Go enables Continuous Delivery, making it possible for enterprises to move from a world where software releases are governed by operational constraints to a world where they can release according to their business needs. Pioneered by ThoughtWorks as a key element of large-scale Agile adoption, Continuous Delivery combines automation and engineering rigor with a heavy emphasis on collaboration to break down the prevalent organizational silos that segregate development, QA and IT operations.

"For many enterprises, software increasingly plays a critical role in creating a competitive advantage and building and maintaining value-added customer relationships. As an industry, Agile practices have had a major impact on our ability to create software faster to keep pace with business needs," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director of ThoughtWorks Studios. "But many organizations still spend several weeks, and often months, putting software live in production - long after it's been declared 'ready' by the business. As Agile and ALM come together, Continuous Delivery and Go enable a next-generation Agile approach that delivers rapid and reliable releases as and when the business needs them."

Go is the upgrade path for ThoughtWorks Studios' continuous integration solution, Cruise. It joins Mingle (Agile project management) and Twist (Agile testing) to form ThoughtWorks Studios Adaptive ALM^TM, the only holistic end-to-end solution built from the ground up to serve as a single platform for all aspects of the Agile software development and delivery lifecycle. It integrates requirements analysis, project and program management, test automation, quality assurance, and build and release management to achieve Continuous Delivery. Adaptive ALM is designed to be flexible to adapt to unique customer requirements while providing the structure needed to adopt Agile enterprise-wide and throughout the entire application delivery lifecycle.

As outlined in the upcoming book, Continuous Delivery (Addison-Wesley, Martin Fowler Signature Series, Jez Humble and Dave Farley), delivering software to users can be a painful, risky and time-consuming process. Continuous Delivery outlines the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality through the automation of the build, deployment and testing process. As a build and release principal for ThoughtWorks Studios, and product manager for Go, Humble has guided the technical vision behind Go to ensure it enables Continuous Delivery and fosters an environment where ideas can be turned into released software rapidly, regardless of the size or complexity of the project.

Go helps drive Continuous Delivery by providing organizations with a standard platform to automate, manage and control the entire build, deploy and release processes. It is a single system of record for managing and tracing each application's lifecycle from check-in to release, thus providing visibility into the production readiness of the entire software portfolio. The result is automated releases that are rapid and reliable and can be self-serviced at the push of a button.

Unique features of Go that enable Continuous Delivery include:

• Environments: this first-of-its-kind capability lets organizations see what version of each application is in each environment, audit back to the source, and perform one-click deployments of any version of software.
• Parallel Test Intelligence: speeds up tests by running them in parallel on a grid. Go's unique test intelligence lets organizations see exactly which tests broke, which check-in broke them, and who was responsible, even when they are run across a grid.
• New UI for the DevOps world: enables easy centralized management of large numbers of projects and machines for both developers and IT operations.
• Templates: allows for managing large numbers of projects within an Agile ALM environment. Templates allow organizations to manage branches and define re-usable workflow.

"Go uniquely addresses the needs of development and IT operations teams to have a common, integrated platform to manage their entire development, testing and release lifecycle," explained Humble, product manager of Go. "Go fills a crucial gap in many Agile implementations - providing the automation, collaboration and compliance capabilities to break down operational silos and turn software releases into frequent, reliable, non-events."

Go Availability
Go is available now as part of the Adaptive ALM platform from ThoughtWorks Studios. The Go Community edition is available as a free download directly from the ThoughtWorks Studios website, while the full-version, commercial Go Enterprise is available via license. For product, download and pricing information please visit: (www.thoughtworks-studios.com/go-agile-release-management).

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is the global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. A division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the only holistic, fully integrated delivery lifecycle platform designed exclusively for sustainable, enterprise-wide Agile ALM success. Based on ThoughtWorks ground-breaking experience and commitment to software excellence, Adaptive ALM helps organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all facets of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks-studios.com.
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Humble's keynote to explain how continuous delivery bridges development with testers and IT operations

WHO: Jez Humble
Build and Release Principal
ThoughtWorks Studios
(www.thoughtworks-studios.com/)

Humble has extensive IT experience as a developer, sysadmin, consultant and manager, working with multiple platforms and technologies. Since 2004, he has worked for ThoughtWorks Studios in Beijing, Bangalore, London and San Francisco. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book Continuous Delivery (Addison-Wesley, 2010), and serves as product manager for Cruise, ThoughtWorks' continuous integration platform.

WHAT: Based on ThoughtWorks' years of experience running large-scale, distributed and cross-functional Agile projects, continuous delivery is a new agile methodology that focuses on automating the build, test and deployment process, and improving collaboration between development, testers and IT operations. The end goal is to enable rapid, reliable delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users, providing a fast return on IT investments in software.

Getting software released to users in large-scale environments is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process. By following the principles and practices that form the basis of continuous delivery, developers, testers, and systems administrators can deliver software rapidly while improving quality and maintaining the stability of the live environment.

Humble, an expert in developing best practices around continuous software delivery, will explore such topics as automated testing, patterns for continuous deployment, value stream mapping, and the principles that enable rapid, reliable releases in large-scale Agile environments. In his keynote presentation, Humble will present a pattern called the "deployment pipeline." This enables every team member the luxury of receiving rapid feedback on the production readiness of the application every time a change is introduced.

WHEN: Wed., July 21, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (UTC)
To register: (http://gihyo.jp/event/2010/agile)

WHERE: Akihabara Convention Hall

CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with ThoughtWorks Studios or Jez Humble, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

PORTLAND, Ore., June 30, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, (http://agilealliance.org/), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced that early bird discounts for the Agile 2010 conference have closed due to strong registration for the event. It also announced that the conference's annual attendee party will be held at Disney's Epcot World ShowPlace Pavilion on Thurs., Aug. 12. The conference party will feature exclusive performances by the Dragon Legend Acrobats; contortionist Albena Aleksandrove and the Celtic band, Off Kilter.

"The selection of Orlando as the host city for Agile 2010 allows the Alliance to provide attendees not only with a full range of sessions on how to succeed with Agile practices, but also a fun and enhanced community atmosphere where participants have access to world-class entertainment just a short walk away," said James Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "Interest in this year's conference from both sponsors and attendees has been unprecedented due in part to Agile techniques not only seeing success in software development but in other areas, such as training, human resources and manufacturing."

All attendees will be invited to attend the Agile Alliance's annual attendee gathering and conference party at Epcot's World ShowPlace Pavilion. The evening will include a scrumptious buffet dinner, beverages and full access to world-class performers. Dragon Legend Acrobats will display a different kind of agility, strength and balance with their age-old art form of Chinese acrobatics. The night also will feature Albena Aleksandrova, a contortionist who becomes one with the music demonstrating balance, control, strength and stretch, all with the human body. Finally, attendees will rock out with Off Kilter, a Celtic band that merges traditional Celtic music with rock 'n roll classics while sporting kilts and bagpipes. Following the eventful evening, guests can enjoy a dazzling IllumiNation: reflections of earth fireworks show at 9 p.m. (Eastern) and all Epcot has to offer until midnight.

In its ninth year, Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. It provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile 2010 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia.

Attendees can register online by visiting (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html). For more information on discounted Walt Disney World tickets for conference participants please visit: (http://www.disneyconventionear.com/AA810).

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

Media contact:
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REDMOND, Wash. - June 30, 2010 - SolutionsIQ, (www.solutionsiq.com), a premier provider of Agile coaching, consulting, training, and distributed Agile software development, today announced its new partnership with the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) (http://www.washingtontechnology.org/) to offer Agile training at an exclusive member rate. Current WTIA members will receive a 25 percent discount on SolutionsIQ's two locally-offered premium public courses (http://www.washingtontechnology.org/pages/events/events_events_agiletraining.asp),
Certified ScrumMaster Training and Certified Scrum Product Owner Training.

"Comprehensive training is critical to any Agile project or transformation, and our training courses are always in great demand," said Charlie Rudd, CEO, SolutionsIQ. "Our courses are appropriate for any role within delivery teams such as programmers, testers, architects, and ScrumMasters, as well as business leaders, product managers, and executives. Our hands-on training provides the knowledge and skills required to gain a solid understanding of Agile and realize the benefits."

"This partnership is a natural fit - both the WTIA and SolutionsIQ are dedicated to providing the local technology industry with the tools and services they need to succeed," said Susan Sigl, president and CEO of the WTIA. "SolutionsIQ has helped hundreds of companies successfully adopt and scale the Scrum method of Agile project management. Taught by Certified Scrum Trainers and Agile coaches, SolutionsIQ courses meet the needs of many organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest."

Washington Technology Industry Association members can sign up for discounted SolutionsIQ training offered in Seattle and Redmond, Wash. via the WTIA Web site at (http://www.washingtontechnology.org/pages/events/events_index.asp).

About the Washington Technology Industry Association
The Washington Technology Industry Association, founded in 1984, is one of the largest statewide associations of technology companies, IT departments and individual technology professionals in North America. With more than 1,000 members representing more than 125,000 employees in Washington State, the association is a catalyst for sharing expertise, fostering collaboration, delivering key business services and advancing the value and global impact of technology companies doing business in Washington.

About SolutionsIQ
SolutionsIQ is a leading provider of Agile consulting and training. The company offers a full array of technical consulting, software delivery, and talent acquisition services that together form a complete software development solution. For more than thirty years, SolutionsIQ has combined a hands-on approach with deep technical expertise to serve clients that range from the early stage startup to the Fortune 500.

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PORTLAND, Oregon, June 10, 2009 - The Agile Alliance, (www.agilealliance.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced it has been named to the 2010 SD Times 100 list of influential organizations. Recognized in the Agile and Collaboration category the Agile Alliance was selected for its ability to set the agenda and advance the state of the art of software development.

"The Agile Alliance is honored to be recognized for our ongoing commitment to making the software industry more productive, humane and sustainable," said Phil Brock, managing director of the Agile Alliance. "With more than 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the values and principles of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, whereby we recommend and encourage Agile approaches to software development because of the value they deliver to software-driven organizations and end-users."

The Agile Alliance continues to increase its membership each year in line with the growing interest and adoption of Agile processes for software development. One key indicator of the increasing adoption of Agile practices is the continuing demand for Agile knowledge by enterprises looking to reap the benefits of the discipline. The Agile Alliance helps meet this demand by publishing content, conducting regional and international educational events and by hosting the industry's foremost event, the Agile Conference, which brings together development experts from around the globe.

Set for Aug. 9 - 13 in Orlando, (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org), Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices.

The complete SD Times 100 list can be viewed at SDTimes.com (http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=34383).

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile2010 conference (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/) is scheduled for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

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WHO: Adam Monago
Vice President, Client Services
ThoughtWorks, Inc.
(www.thoughtworks.com)

WHAT: Good facilitation skills are essential for everyone in software development. In fact, everyone facilitates whether they know it or not. If individuals work on a team, manage an organization, or simply work with others, the opportunity to facilitate arises often. Adam Monago will lead attendees in exploring the common patterns and anti-patterns-for both the facilitator and the participants-he's seen and experienced during facilitation interactions. Monago will lead this highly interactive session and have some fun along the way taking on roles like Gladiator, Guide, and Conclusion Jumper. He will have attendees explore the facilitation behaviors that work-and ones that don't-and participate in activities that provide an opportunity for attendees to practice new facilitation techniques. Participants will laugh and learn, and take away new skills and tools to help them and their team become more effective facilitators.

WHERE: Better Software Conference
Caesars Palace
3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

WHEN: Wed., June 9, 2010
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. (Pacific)

CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with ThoughtWorks or Adam Monago, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

CHICAGO, May 27, 2010 - ThoughtWorks (www.thoughtworks.com), the global leader in enterprise Agile, today launched Agile Transitions (www.thoughtworks.com/agile-transitions) a new online community focused exclusively on the exchange of ideas and best practices associated with executive- and business-level issues related to Agile IT. ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios, the Agile ALM products division, will jointly manage and contribute insights to the community site, along with a growing roster of senior technology executives from corporate, education and government sectors.

"ThoughtWorks is at the forefront of the uncharted impact that Agile has at the highest levels of the business," said Ross Pettit, client principal for ThoughtWorks and lead for Agile Transitions. Adam Monago, VP of client services for ThoughtWorks Studios added, "This online community provides an interactive forum for leaders and executives to exchange ideas and experiences. It also allows ThoughtWorks to share its experience addressing the business-related issues that are critical to building a sustainably Agile organization at the global, enterprise-wide level."

Agile Transitions is an open forum that allows community members to discuss a range of executive-focused topics, including IT governance, organization, budgeting and financing, risk management, HR issues and enterprise adoption and integration. Within the site Agile executives can converse back and forth, share tips and answer each other's questions. Broader Q&A features let members pose questions to the online community for feedback. In addition, the site includes a resource library that serves as a searchable repository of useful information, including articles, white papers, reference materials and links to webinars.

ThoughtWorks Leadership in Agile
ThoughtWorks delivers a range of services and tools that help global organizations adopt and scale Agile enterprise-wide. It also works to share its collective expertise with the at-large Agile community through books, white papers, webinars, seminars, blogs, industry presentations and online communities. Other knowledge-based offerings from ThoughtWorks include:

• Executive Panel Discussions: ThoughtWorks regularly hosts executive management panel discussions featuring the world's foremost experts on technology related topics. For more information on the latest events please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events).
• Professional Edge Webinar Series: ThoughtWorks regularly holds thought leadership events in many of its global offices, as part of the organization's mission to improve the IT industry. For more information on upcoming professional edge webinars please visit: (http://www.thoughtworks.com/upcoming-events).
• ThoughtWorks Studios Community: Even before ThoughtWorks Studios products became publically available, the company had a vision to facilitate a community space where customers could showcase how tools were utilized in their respective environments. The ThoughtWorks Studios Community site is devoted to allowing community members to exchange information, including the ability to share screenshots, videos, code samples and templates in posts. It also allows for the ThoughtWorks Studios' team and product developers to gain a common understanding of the challenges and accomplishments of the community (http://community.thoughtworks.com/).

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 solution^TM, comprised of Mingle®, Cruise® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,300 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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Dave West, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

http://www.forrester.com/

Bill Kimmel, Technical Architect, ThoughtWorks

http://www.thoughtworks.com/

Matt Simons, Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks

http://www.thoughtworks.com/

IT executives from Sears Holdings Corporation, Redbox and Groupon

WHAT: ThoughtWorks will host an Executive Management Panel event that includes some of the world's foremost experts on IT best practices and trends. This session will include Dave West, senior analyst at Forrester Research, who will participate in a discussion focused on "Enterprise Agile Transformation." Designed to provide insight into real-world Agile success stories, the panel discussion will help CIOs, vice presidents of application development and business/IT leaders gain insights from industry practitioners and ThoughtWorkers who have successfully implemented and sustained Agile practices.

Panelists include:

• Jim Hilt, Divisional VP - Online Services, Sears Holdings Corp.
• Ratnakar Lavu, CTO, Redbox
• Ken Pelletier, CTO, Groupon

WHERE: The Mid America Club
200 E. Randolph Rd. 80th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601

WHEN: Thurs., May 20, 2010
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. (Central)

CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with ThoughtWorks or Dave West, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).

PORTLAND, Ore., May 14, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced that the full conference program for Agile 2010 has been set and is available for review at (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/program.html). Due to flooding in Nashville, Agile 2010 has been relocated to the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotel in Orlando, Florida. The conference dates remain the same; scheduled for Aug. 9 - 13 (www.agile2010.com).

"With more than 917 abstracts submitted and 214 accepted sessions slated for Agile 2010, I know attendees will find a full range of sessions, from beginner to highly advanced, that will help them succeed with Agile practices," said James Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "Our stage and committee leaders have done an excellent job of listening to and responding to the needs of the Agile community and have put together an outstanding program."

The metaphor for this year's conference describes stages of learning through the Japanese martial arts style of Shu Ha Ri, which translates to "Learn, Practice, Explore." These stages describe a path from learning to mastery. The Program is organized around three collaborating communities: Technical, Business, and Leadership & Organization.

• The Technical portion of the program focuses on topics and activities that help Agile team members deliver value through the things that they create. Be it programmers, testers, designers, and others who build software, this community will provide participants a range of sessions on how to do this more efficiently.
• The Business segment of the program focuses on topics that help those who leverage the capabilities of Agile teams to make their organizations thrive. Product managers, analysts, business partners and other business leaders can rapidly deliver new valuable products and solutions to their stakeholders using Agile.
• The Leadership & Organization piece of the program focuses on leadership topics that are essential to continually thrive in the presence of complexity and change. Whether a leader as part of the Agile team, with stakeholders, or leading cultural change across an organization, this community will provide a range of sessions, challenging attendees' views of work while providing tools and practices to more effectively lead to better results.

In its ninth year, Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. It provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile 2010 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia.

Attendees are encouraged to register early to obtain the Super Early Bird and Early Bird rates. For more information or to register online, visit (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html).
About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

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"With the uncertainty of when the Nashville facilities could be restored we decided to relocate the Agile 2010 conference to ensure we can accommodate the increased interest we have had from attendees," explained James Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "We are committed to providing the most compelling and practical sessions on Agile software development principles and practices, and this move will ensure the conference will continue to provide an outstanding experience for all attendees."

In its ninth year, Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices. It provides independent software vendors, software consultants and in-house corporate development teams with the knowledge and shared experiences that lead to successful Agile programs. Agile 2010 connects attendees with the foremost leaders in the Agile domain, enriching the collective body of knowledge and influencing the line of thought in the field. It encourages debate and fosters innovative ideas based on real-world implementations for executives, managers, software development practitioners and researchers from labs and academia.

Attendees are encouraged to register early to obtain the Super Early Bird and Early Bird rates. For more information or to register online, visit (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html).

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Orlando. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

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CHICAGO, May 3, 2010 -ThoughtWorks Inc. congratulates its chief technology officer, Dr. Rebecca Parsons, who was recently recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010 by Fast Company magazine. In the article, Fast Company described Rebecca as "one of the world's most sought-after sources of innovation." This year, Rebecca was one of only 12 executives chosen for the honor from among an overwhelming number of nominees.

Roy Singham, ThoughtWorks' chairman said, "We are very excited to congratulate Rebecca for this important recognition. She has been a strong and positive influence in our business as well as to the software industry for many years."

Rebecca joined ThoughtWorks in 1999 and immediately became a catalyst of innovation and growth for the global software development and consulting firm. Her leadership role with the firm is underscored by 30 years of experience in the software industry and as an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida. She also worked as director's post doctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory researching issues in parallel and distributed computation, genetic algorithms, computational biology and non-linear dynamical systems. Rebecca holds a bachelor's, a master's and a doctorate degree each in computer science.

"I am proud to be recognized by Fast Company. Both Fast Company and ThoughtWorks work to create awareness of the issue of diversity in our industry, and I am pleased to continue to be a part of that effort," Rebecca said.

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 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 solution^TM, comprised of Mingle®, Cruise® and Twist®. ThoughtWorks employs 1,300 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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PORTLAND, Ore., April 30, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, (www.agilealliance.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced the line-up of invited speakers and topics for the opening day of Agile 2010. The list of invited speakers promises attendees a wealth of information and practical tips for delivering business value from some of the brightest minds in the Agile community. Set for Aug. 9 - 13 in Nashville, (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org). Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices.
Some of the featured presenters for Day One of the Conference include:

• Alistair Cockburn, "Seven Tools for the Product Owner Interfacing with an Agile Development Team"
• Mike Cohn, "Agile Estimating & Planning: From Basics to Brain Stumpers"
• Jez Humble & Martin Fowler, "Continuous Delivery"
• Jim Highsmith & Pat Reed, "Beyond Scope, Schedule and Cost: Optimizing Value"
• Jeff Patton, "Help Me See It: Using Collaborative Sketching to Bring Product Ideas to Life"
• Mary Poppendieck, "Leader's Workshop: From Cost Center Disease to Strategy Deployment"

• Jean Tabaka, "The Agile Organization: Applying Visioning and Learning Models"

To help ensure this year's conference offers sessions that vary in experience level and address topics of interest shared by past attendees, the program committee invited specific sessions to be presented on the first day of the conference around the broad conference themes of "Business, Technical and Leadership/Organization."

"We are excited to offer such a broad array of topics and sessions from some of the top minds in the Agile community," explained James Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "We heard attendees' feedback from last year regarding how we could continue to improve the annual Agile conference and make it more useful to them. We believe this year's conference delivers on that feedback, making it the best, most useful conference ever for advancing the practice of Agile software development principles and practices."
Additional first day invited speakers listed in alphabetical order are (NOTE: some speakers listed are co-presenting with another first day speaker):

Scott Ambler
Simon Bennett
Dawn Cannan
George Dinwiddie
Mike Dwyer
Abby Fichter
Neal Ford
Erich Gamma
Israel Gat
Mary Gorman
Ellen Gottesdiener
Tom Grant
Janet Gregory
Aslak Hellsoy
Ashley Johnson
Micah Martin
Sue McKinney
Jean-Michel Lemieux
Dave Nicolette
Linda Rising
Johanna Rothman
Ahmed Sidky
Greg Smith
Matt Smith
Michael Spayd
Dennis Stevens
Mark Summers
Brad Wilson

Submitted proposals for the remaining days of the conference program (August 10 through 13) will be finalized and announced May 3, Newkirk says.
Attendees are encouraged to register early to obtain the Super Early Bird and Early Bird rates. For more information or to register online, visit (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/register.html).

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Nashville. For more information about the organization, visit (http://www.agilealliance.org/).

Media contact:
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VANCOUVER, Mar. 23, 2010 - Tasktop Technologies (http://www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), today announced new integrations that extend the reach of its commercial ALM integration and task management product. Tasktop Pro now provides full support for software development teams using ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM^TM solutions, including Mingle®, Twist® and Cruise®. Tasktop also announced a new integration with IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC), which is scheduled for public beta release in June 2010. Together, these integrations will support enterprises looking to tightly integrate Agile ALM programs through a task management "layer" within the Eclipse IDE.

"Tasktop is transforming developer productivity by automatically linking the Agile process with the developer's coding activity," said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. "To achieve this, Tasktop extends Eclipse Mylyn's open source task management facilities with support for enterprise ALM tools. Today we are pleased to announce new integrations for technologies from leaders in Agile and ALM, including ThoughtWorks Studios and IBM Rational."

Tasktop's connector suite for ThoughtWorks Adaptive ALM includes Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management). The Mingle and Cruise integrations are available today, with the Twist integration set for availability with the general release of Twist 2.0 on March 31. The new connector for Twist provides tight integration with Mingle and the ability to focus the interface on only the test scenarios that are relevant for a given Mingle project card. The Cruise connector enables developers to initiate and monitor builds from within the Eclipse IDE.

Tasktop continues to extend support for the IBM Rational product suite and today announced a public beta of the Tasktop Connector for IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) to be released in June, 2010. The RTC Connector complements Tasktop's existing integration for Rational ClearQuest, which is available via an Early Access program, with general availability scheduled for summer 2010.

Tasktop created the Mylyn and Tasktop Pro task management tools to help developers be more productive by making it effortless to organize work around tasks and automatically presenting the most relevant source code and project management information associated with each task. In addition, Tasktop has collaborated with the leading application management tool vendors to develop APIs that allow Tasktop Pro to serve as an integration hub for accessing and updating ALM systems. To date, there are more than 45 public integrations for Tasktop Pro.

Pricing and Availability
The new ThoughtWorks Studios integrations are available immediately with the latest edition of Tasktop Pro 1.6.2 . Pricing for Tasktop Pro is $99-per-user and includes commercial ALM integrations, additional productivity features, and distribution as an Eclipse IDE plug-in or a standalone application for project managers. In addition, Tasktop offers the Tasktop Enterprise edition for $199-per-user that includes the Rational ClearQuest integration, enhanced support, and flexible enterprise distribution options. For more information, please 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 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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VANCOUVER, Mar. 15, 2010 - Tasktop Technologies (http://www.tasktop.com)creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leading provider of task management for application lifecycle management (ALM), and VersionOne (www.versionone.com), a leader in Agile project management tools, today announced the availability of the VersionOne Mylyn Connector. The connector streamlines software development by providing direct access to VersionOne products from within the Eclipse IDE. Together, Tasktop and VersionOne will help developers view and update project artifacts in VersionOne while, simultaneously, providing accurate and up-to-date time tracking and project status visibility for software development teams.

"Tasktop Technologies' integration with VersionOne provides users with the ability to leverage Mylyn's task management framework to realign the IDE around tasks assigned to a developer in VersionOne and automatically present the most relevant source code and documentation associated with each task," said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project. "Developers no longer have to waste time repeatedly searching and scrolling for the information they need to write code, since the IDE shows only what is relevant to the task-at-hand."

The VersionOne Connector is now included in Tasktop Pro, the enterprise product version of Mylyn. This integration provides VersionOne teams with access to advanced productivity features such as time tracking automation and the ability to link VersionOne stories and defects to dependent artifacts in legacy and open source ALM systems, leveraging the broad ecosystem of compatible Tasktop and Mylyn connectors. Tasktop Pro is also available as a standalone application that provides rich desktop access to stories, defects and tasks in VersionOne for product owners.

"The Tasktop Pro integration provides a new productivity layer that links VersionOne's project management capabilities with real-time development activity, improving project status visibility for team leads and product owners," said Robert C. Holler, VersionOne president and CEO. "By leveraging Tasktop's IDE integration and network of compatible ALM integrations, we're able to ease developer adoption of VersionOne alongside legacy and open source systems."

The VersionOne Mylyn Connector is bundled with Tasktop Pro for $99, and a free trial is available from (http://www.tasktop.com). The Connector is Tasktop Certified and also available for download and installation directly from the Mylyn Connector Discovery listing that is included in eight of nine Eclipse distribution packages. For more information please visit (http://tasktop.com/connectors/versionone).

About VersionOne
VersionOne is recognized by agile practitioners as the leader in agile development tools. By simplifying the process of planning and tracking agile software projects, we help development teams consistently deliver software faster. Since 2002, companies such as Adobe, Dow Chemical, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Novell, Sony and Symantec have turned to VersionOne to help provide greater value to their customers. Today more than 10,000 teams and 70,000 users in 50 countries use VersionOne's agile project management tools to streamline and standardize their agile development efforts. Whether you're a small, single agile team just getting started with agile development or a multi-team, global enterprise, with VersionOne you'll get the best tools in the industry backed by pioneers in agile project management and planning. VersionOne. Start small. Scale smart. See for yourself at www.VersionOne.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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BOULDER, Colo., March 3, 2010 - JNBridge, (www.jnbridge.com), the award-winning provider of Java and .NET Framework-based interoperability tools, enabled developers at CambridgeSoft Corporation (www.cambridgesoft.com) to easily integrate Java-based digital signature APIs into their .NET-based electronic lab notebook product. CambridgeSoft supplies discovery, collaboration, and knowledge enterprise solutions, desktop software, scientific databases and consulting services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries.

Using JNBridgePro, developers at CambridgeSoft now are easily able to integrate third-party Java-based digital signature technology into the .NET infrastructure of E-Notebook - CambridgeSoft's electronic lab notebook software - to quickly meet business and compliance requirements of a major pharmaceutical customer.

"It takes an incredible amount of work to solve such a complex interoperability problem," said Alfred Nehme, director of application development at CambridgeSoft. "JNBridgePro provided a level of Java and .NET integration that otherwise would have been very difficult and time-consuming to do ourselves."

Protecting intellectual property (IP) and adhering to government regulations are crucial requirements for organizations engaged in biotechnology, drug discovery and chemical research. To comply with record keeping requirements in laboratory notes, CambridgeSoft implements digital signature and efficient archiving capabilities in its E-Notebook product. Using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology, E-Notebook can embed digital signatures and timestamps, creating a reliable electronic record that cannot be falsified.

Recently a major multinational pharmaceutical customer wanted to use CambridgeSoft's E-Notebook, but required a different Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for digital signatures. The customer needed their chemists to sign experiments related to drug development using the same third-party, Java-based digital signature infrastructure that was already deployed in other parts of the company. To deliver this functionality, CambridgeSoft needed to integrate the required Java PKI API with E-Notebook, which is based on a .NET architecture. CambridgeSoft used JNBridgePro to simplify the interoperability between Java and .NET, allowing E-Notebook to call the Java APIs from .NET and thus fulfill their customer's requirements.

CambridgeSoft project leaders now are easily able to embed the needed Java digital signature APIs rapidly into the E-Notebook application. JNBridgePro includes proxy generation plug-ins for Eclipse and Visual Studio IDEs, as well as an intuitive standalone GUI. Using the GUI, CambridgeSoft developers created proxies for the Java APIs that simplified access to the needed Java classes.

"JNBridgePro enables developers to mix and match technologies between Java and .NET," said Wayne Citrin, CTO of JNBridge. "Customers appreciate the ability to retain their current investments while building applications that incorporate best-of-breed components from both platforms."

For more information on JNBridge Pro or JNBridge JMS Adapters for .NET and BizTalk please visit: (www.jnbridge.com).

About JNBridge
JNBridge connects Java and .NET Framework-based components and applications together with tools and adapters that are fast, simple to use and remove the complexities of cross-platform interoperability. JNBridge is a privately-held company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2001, JNBridge has over 400 unique customers in 40 countries that use JNBridge's award-winning solutions in a wide variety of applications in financial services, insurance, media, manufacturing and other industries. Please visit www.jnbridge.com for more information.

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SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, March 1, 2010 - ThoughtWorks Studios, (www.thoughtworks-studios.com) a global leader in Agile ALM and training, today announced the latest version of its Agile test automation solutions, Twist® 2.0. Designed to manage the rapid pace of software testing within Agile environments, Twist 2.0 helps testers, developers and business analysts work together to ensure testing is highly efficient and collaborative, resulting in faster release cycles of quality applications.

"It's very common for people involved in software testing to spend more time trying to keep their automated tests in synch with development rather than actually testing applications," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director, for ThoughtWorks Studios. "Twist provides a framework for test automation and test-driven development that allows all stakeholders to build test suites and scenarios using plain English, thereby mitigating the complexity of traditional test automation."

Twist offers simplicity and an intuitive user experience to create highly robust and reusable test automation frameworks for both manual and functional automated tests. An integral part of ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM solution, Twist provides continuous visibility into testing activities across distributed projects and teams.

Unlike traditional test tools, Twist uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Domain Specific Language (DSL) to allow test automation specialists, developers and business analysts to work collaboratively as a means of ensuring testing efforts match the exact, intended functionality of new applications. This unique approach of using the English language to build test scripts expands the testing process to the "business side" of software development, reducing development re-work and faulty software that does not meet strategic business goals. Twist allows teams to adjust and/or react to change effectively through an open and flexible framework conducive to testing within short sprints or iterations. Ultimately, it allows the testing effort to keep pace with the increasingly rapid rate of application delivery.

New features in Twist 2.0 include:

• Hybrid Test Execution - allows for manual and automated test steps within the same scenario. This improves collaboration and execution efficiency of both automated and manual testing efforts.
• Improved Workflow Reuse - provides high level test scenarios and steps (manual and automated) that can be reused and shared within and across multiple projects.
• Groovy Scripting - supports the Groovy dynamic Agile language for Java. It makes modern programming features available to Twist users with almost zero learning curve.
• Additional Web Driver support for Sahi - testers have the option of using Sahi or Selenium for Web testing. The benefit of using Sahi is that it abstracts out most difficulties that testers face while automating Web applications.
• SWTBOT support - allows Twist users to test Java SWT-based applications

• Data Driven Scenarios - build data-driven tests on the fly for increased test coverage

ThoughtWorks Studios is the products division of the industry leading Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks®. Its Adaptive ALM^TM solution includes Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), to manage all aspects of the software development and delivery lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management.

Twist supports Agile ALM by combining requirements and test specification management and creation, and by providing manual and test automation to ensure quality throughout the application lifecycle. It plays a significant role in ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM by providing a robust, reusable, multi-platform testing capability that ensures testing keeps pace with application development. Twist increases visibility and awareness of Agile testing activities by providing test results for processes managed by Mingle and Cruise. Together with Mingle, it connects directly to Mingle repositories and links story cards directly to Twist test scenarios. This provides full traceability of test and requirements coverage. When integrated with Cruise, Twist can export all of the necessary libraries to run test scenarios and suites. This allows tests to be run as part of a build (with reports of test results).

For more information on ThoughtWorks Studios' new Twist 2.0 please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/agile-test-automation Users can also access a free, 30-day download by visiting: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=forms/form/twist/download).

About ThoughtWorks Studios
ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. Its products and services are used by organizations as a foundation for sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and engineering best practices are required. The company's Adaptive ALM solution provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and project management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The three products that make up Adaptive ALM^TM, Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), are available as an integrated solution or as stand-alone products. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all aspects of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks Studios' customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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PORTLAND, Oregon March 1, 2010 - The Agile Alliance, (www.agilealliance.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the advancement of Agile software development principles and practices, today announced Mike Cohn and Dave Thomas as keynote speakers for the Agile 2010 Conference, set for Aug. 9 - 13 in Nashville, (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org). Agile 2010 is the leading international conference on Agile methods in software development, bringing together many disciplines in the fields of information systems and software development to foster the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices.
"Agile 2010 will provide attendees with unprecedented access to the foremost thought leaders and industry luminaries," said Jim Newkirk, Agile 2010 conference chair. "Our intent is to provide attendees with the knowledge and resources they need to implement and scale Agile within their organizations. This year's keynote speakers will offer attendees practical advice on how to succeed with Agile. "

Dave Thomas
He has a wide spectrum of technical and business experience and is a thought leader in the software industry. He is the Founder and Chairman of Bedarra Research Labs and a Managing Director for Object Mentor. Dave founded OTI, who developed IBM Smalltalk, Java VMs and the VisualAge and Eclipse IDEs. In the 80s he developed one of the first lean software processes called Just In Time Software used at OTI/IBM. Thomas is a practice leader in Lean and Agile working with large companies to streamline software product development. He was a founding director of the Agile Alliance and instrumental in establishing the Agile Conference.

Mike Cohn
Having run his first Scrum project in 1995, Mountain Goat Software founder Mike Cohn has more than a dozen years of experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies. Cohn is also a prolific author and writer. He was also a founding member of both the Agile and Scrum Alliance.

Research submissions will be accepted until March 12. For more information please visit: http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/speaker.html

About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software development, as outlined in the (http://www.agilemanifesto.org/). With nearly 6,000 members located around the globe, the Agile Alliance is driven by the principles of Agile methodologies and the value delivered to developers, organizations and end users. The Agile Alliance organizes the annual Agile Conference, the industry's leading event that attracts practitioners, academia, business and vendor-partner community members from around the globe. The Agile 2010 Conference http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ is set for August 9-13 in Nashville. For more information about the organization, visit http://www.agilealliance.org/.

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"ThoughtWorks Studios continues to grow globally and within North America, and having additional executive experience will ensure we build upon our sales momentum of 2009 and help our customers achieve their strategic business goals," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director for ThoughtWorks Studios. "During his 15 years of software sales leadership, Dennis has repeatedly demonstrated his strong team and organization-building abilities, while building strong customer relationships that jointly deliver high impact results."

Prior to his position with ThoughtWorks Studios, Hooker served as vice president of sales for the central region and Eastern Canada for Micro Focus, one of the leading providers of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions. In that role, he developed and aggressively grew his territory while simultaneously penetrating emerging markets and gaining new market share. He also held executive sales positions with Mercado Software, iTRACS Corporation and Appsmart Software.

"ThoughtWorks Studios is at the forefront of helping organizations scale Agile across the enterprise and tackling the challenges of expanding programs beyond project management," said Hooker. "I am excited to join the ThoughtWorks Studios team and look forward to building upon the success of its family of Adaptive ALM tools and services."

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. Its products and services are used by organizations as a foundation for sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and engineering best practices are required. The company's Adaptive ALMTM solution provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from requirements definition and project management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The three products that make up Adaptive ALM, Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), are available as an integrated solution or as stand-alone products. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all aspects of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks Studios' customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

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BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 1, 2010-Danube Technologies, Inc., (www.danube.com) the leader in project management tools and training for the Scrum project management framework, today announced the latest release of its ScrumWorks® Pro product. ScrumWorks Pro 4.3 includes improvements to the tool's Sprint Burndown Chart, Team Member Load Report and filtering with Themes. The release, which is the third upgrade since the enterprise-ready ScrumWorks Pro 4 was launched in Aug, 2009, represents Danube's commitment to responding quickly to customer feedback through the Danube Community Portal (http://community.danube.com).

"The level of participation among our users on the Danube Community Portal has been staggering," said Laszlo Szalvay, president and CEO of Danube. "Hearing from our user-base in such a direct way has allowed us to focus on improvements that generate immediate value for our users as well as accelerate the rate at which we deliver upgrades. In my mind, this is an illustration of what can happen when the makers of a tool and its community of users can unite around a common goal-improving project and program management with Scrum."

New features in ScrumWorks Pro 4.3 include:

• Upgraded Sprint Burndown Chart. ScrumWorks Pro's Sprint Burndown Chart receives a major upgrade with the addition of a second line: tasks done/not done. This allows teams that do not use task-level estimation to nevertheless "burn down" tasks in Sprints.
• Tasks No Longer Require Estimates. To help support task burndown in the Sprint Burndown Chart, tasks no longer require estimates.
• Enhanced Team Member Load Report. This sprint-level report now displays the total task hours yet to be allocated to team members. This helps teams better visualize the total unallocated capacity in the sprint at any time.
• Sub-Total for Selected Product Backlog Items and Tasks. Now users can select a sub-set of the product backlog or sprint from the Product window and receive an instant sub-total of the number of PBIs/Tasks and their corresponding effort estimates in the new status bar result in no more manual math.
• Editor Enhancements. The work item editor now includes the item's key for easier identification.
• Expanded Theme Filtering. When filtering using Themes, users now have the option to "exclude" selected Themes from filtered or highlighted results.
• Fixes. Several issues have been resolved, including a security issue related to Active Directory installations configured to accept empty passwords, Java Web Start caching, and more.

Pricing and Availability
ScrumWorks Pro 4.3 is available now and can be purchased directly from Danube. Pricing is offered through an on-site, per-seat subscription license that starts at $289-per-user, per-year, or less than $25 per-user, per-month, as well as an on-site, per-seat fully paid license for $500. For more information on ScrumWorks Pro, visit www.danube.com/scrumworks/pro.

About Danube
Founded in 2000, Danube Technologies, Inc. provides software tools and training exclusively focused on the Scrum method of agile software development. The company's ScrumWorks® Pro and ScrumWorks Basic products are licensed to more than 125,000 software professionals worldwide, making it the most widely used software in the industry for managing Scrum projects. Danube complements its software tools offering with a comprehensive schedule of ScrumCORE^TM training courses, which are taught globally by Danube's six Certified Scrum Trainers. The company's on-site software delivery model makes it the leading choice for enterprises of all types, including large corporate and government organizations, which require the utmost in security, compliance, ease-of-use and customization. Danube's customers include Adobe, Amazon.com, AMD, F5, General Electric, HP, Intel, Intuit, Kofax, LexisNexis, Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle, QVC, Siemens and Sun Microsystems. Danube is self-funded and has achieved steady organic growth as Scrum has emerged as the preferred agile method for developers and managers. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. and has a sales office in Portland, Ore. Please visit www.danube.com or call (503) 248-0800 for more information on Danube.

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