CollabNet Powers Forge.mil Launch

ANAHEIM, CA, Apr 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
DISA CUSTOMER PARTNER CONFERENCE 2009 -- CollabNet, the leader in
distributed application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, today
announced that the Defense Information System Agency (DISA), the
information systems group for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), has
promoted its Forge.mil initiative from limited operational availability
(LOA) to Initial Operational Capability (IOC), making it generally
available for unclassified use. Forge.mil enables collaborative software
development and cross-program sharing of software, system components, and
services in support of net-centric operations and warfare. Forge.mil is
powered by CollabNet TeamForge, the leading application lifecycle
management platform for distributed software development teams, and
CollabNet Subversion, the best version control and software configuration
management (SCM) solution for distributed teams.

An archived webcast about the goals and objectives of Forge.mil and the
incorporation of open source dynamics into DoD software development is
available at http://www.carahsoft.com/events/collabnet.php.

"CollabNet TeamForge is transforming software development at the
Department of Defense, enabling Forge.mil users to leverage the
net-centric collaborative dynamics of open source software communities to
rapidly deliver dependable software, services, and systems," said Bill
Portelli, chief executive officer, CollabNet. "The open and flexible
TeamForge platform supports the wide variety of tools, technologies, and
methodologies in use by the DoD's agencies, systems integrators, and
contractors and enables DISA to leverage its RACE private cloud computing
infrastructure."

The first Forge.mil property to launch is SoftwareForge.mil, which is a
collaborative environment for shared development of open source and DoD
community source software. It is available now to the U.S. military, DoD
government civilians, and DoD contractors for new and existing projects,
enabling the organizations to save money, to improve software development
efficiency, and to drive collaborative dynamics that help deliver better
software faster to the warfighter. During the three-month LOA period,
SoftwareForge.mil attracted more than 1,000 community members and 50
projects. To register or host a project on Forge.mil, visit
http://www.disa.mil/forge for more information.

CollabNet TeamForge provides Forge.mil users with a wide range of
capabilities, including software version control, bug tracking,
requirements management, and release packaging, along with collaboration
tools, such as wikis, discussion forums, and document repositories. The
largest and most successful open source software communities in the world,
including java.net, openoffice.org, and tigris.org, are also based on
CollabNet TeamForge.

"Software development in the cloud and the agile collaborative software
development methods utilized by open source software communities are two
important trends that are re-shaping the industry's thinking about best
practices for software development," said Portelli. "As a leader in
enabling these industry trends, CollabNet architected TeamForge to support
this new style of software development. The result is that TeamForge
drives quality, development efficiency, cost savings, and reduced program
risk at the Department of Defense and at companies all around the world."

DISA expects four more components of Forge.mil to be launched in 2009:
CertificationForge.mil, which will support agile certification;
ProjectForge.mil, which will provide private project portals;
StandardsForge.mil, which will drive collaborative standards development;
and TestForge.mil, which will provide on-demand software testing tools.

CollabNet partnered with Carahsoft, a trusted government IT solutions
provider, to deliver TeamForge to DISA for the Forge.mil initiative.
Recently, Carahsoft was awarded a U.S. Department of Defense ESI Blanket
Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Open Source Solutions. The BPA will
streamline the procurement process and make it easier for Carahsoft to
deliver CollabNet-powered solutions to the Department of Defense.

About CollabNet

CollabNet is the leader in application lifecycle management (ALM)
platforms for distributed software development teams. CollabNet TeamForge
is the industry's most open ALM platform, supporting every environment,
methodology, and technology. With an integrated suite of easy-to-use tools
that share a centralized repository, it is the only ALM platform that
enables a culture of collaboration, substantially reducing the cost of
software development. As the corporate sponsor of the open source
Subversion project, the best version control and software configuration
management (SCM) solution for distributed teams, collaborative
development is in our DNA. Millions of users at more than 700
organizations, including Applied Biosystems, Capgemini, Deutsche Bank,
Oracle, Reuters, and the U.S. Department of Defense, have transformed the
way they develop software with CollabNet. For more information, visit
www.collab.net.

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