VersionOne Announces Support for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008, Delivering...

VersionOne Announces Support for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008,
Delivering Agile Development on the Microsoft.NET Platform
Free, open source build and source control integration helps teams to maximize
their Microsoft investment

ATLANTA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- VersionOne, recognized by Agile
practitioners as the leader in Agile project management tools, announced at
the Agile 2008 conference the immediate availability of an open source
integration between its V1: Agile project management tools and Microsoft Team
Foundation Server 2008.
VersionOne's integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008
delivers a 100% Microsoft.NET Framework-based solution for agile development
teams of all sizes. By combining VersionOne's Agile planning and management
tools with Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System platform, teams benefit from
a scalable Agile Application Lifecycle Management (Agile ALM) solution.
"The combination of VersionOne with Visual Studio Team System is great
news for our developers," said Terry Clancy, Product Manager, Developer
Division Microsoft Corp. "Through support for the Visual Studio development
environment, VersionOne is helping .NET Framework-based development teams
seamlessly incorporate an Agile development workflow and project management
tool into their existing infrastructure."
Teams with an investment in Visual Studio Team System now have a zero cost
way to leverage this investment. At the same time, teams will benefit from
VersionOne's lightweight workflow tool, the most widely deployed Agile
planning and management tool in the industry. Currently VersionOne provides
an open source plug-in for the Visual Studio IDE, which allows developers
working in Visual Studio to view and update their work within the VersionOne
tool without ever leaving the IDE. With this integration all team members,
using VersionOne, have visibility into summary information about source code
check-ins and build runs along with a link to detailed information within TFS.
"Many of today's leading technology organizations have invested heavily in
the Microsoft source and build management tools and are looking to make
optimal use of their investment as they transition to Agile methodologies,"
says Robert Holler, CEO of VersionOne. "Our free, open source offering with
support for Visual Studio Team System offers companies a no cost, no risk path
to a web-based agile development management system that can both meet their
current needs as well as grow with them over time. As a result, teams are
able to incrementally scale their Agile efforts while working with their
Microsoft platform investment."
Availability and Pricing
VersionOne provides all tool integrations as free, open-source software
via the VersionOne Community Site
( http://community.versionone.com/downloads/default.aspx ). Interested
customers and partners can download the source code to further customize
integrations for their unique environment. Unlike other Agile tool providers,
there are no hidden charges for use of the integrations, providing a much
lower total cost of ownership of a VersionOne solution.
Pricing for all products remains the same: V1: Agile Team edition (a $995
value) continues to be free and V1: Agile Enterprise edition costs $30 per
user per month.
For more information about VersionOne and its portfolio of Agile
development tools, visit www.versionone.com .
About VersionOne
VersionOne is recognized by Agile practitioners as the leader in Agile
project management 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, BBC, Siemens, Disney, Dow Chemical,
IBM, Lockheed Martin, Sony, 3M and Business Objects 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 team 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 planning and management.
VersionOne. Start small. Scale smart. See for yourself at
www.versionone.com.
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