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Product Announcements VersionOne Unveils New User Interface ATLANTA, GA—VersionOne announces a major upgrade to its V1: Agile product suite. The new interface focuses on simplifying the overall user experience, making it easier to learn and use the application, while providing “1 click” access to key agile process functionality. Other major enhancements in Release 8 include the industry’s first Intelligent Release Forecaster tool, which enables teams to do “what if” analysis as part of the ongoing planning process. A project manager is able to input key parameters of the project, such as velocity, to accurately forecast the release delivery date with confidence. This is especially important to project managers in enterprise organizations demanding ongoing status and forecasting of delivery schedules. Release 8 includes a set of free software integrations building on VersionOne’s strategy of providing simpleto-use, plug-n-play integrations. The integrations include data sharing and updates with the leading development tools JIRA, Bugzilla, and HP Mercury’s Quicktest Pro. Also included is an integration with Eclipse, the most widely used open source integrated development environment (IDE). This integration allows developers working in Eclipse to view and update their work without ever leaving the IDE. VersionOne provides all integrations as open source software via the VersionOne community site. Interested customers and partners can download the source code to further customize integrations for their unique environment. Also available are existing integrations with tools such as Visual Studio, Subversion and FitNesse. Visit www.versionone.com for more information. Flash applications running on mobile phones such as Symbian and Windows CE/Smartphone-based systems. For additional information, visit www.redstonesoftware.com. GUIdancer Version 2.0 GERMANY—Bredex GmbH announces the availability of GUIdancer version 2.0. The automated GUI test tool now supports the testing of Java (Swing, SWT/RCP) and Web (HTML) applications and has added the reusable projects. GUIdancer integrates well into agile processes and reduces the cost of automated testing. With the release of version 2.0, Bredex GmbH has increased the GUI toolkits that can be tested with GUIdancer. The unique specification method allows testers to create flexible, maintainable tests early in the test process without any programming. Removing the need to wait for the application or for input from “automation experts” means that testing is entirely in the hands of the testers. All test creation, automation, and maintenance can be carried out by test experts. Visit www.guidancer.com to download version 2.0. Infrastructure 3 PALO ALTO, CA—VMware Infrastructure 3 allows customers to: • Manage IT infrastructure in the most efficient way • Bring mainframe class availability and reliability to x86 datacenters • Run the most demanding applications in a virtual environment • Streamline the execution of IT management processes such as provisioning, capacity management, availability management, continuity management, and service level management • Eliminate cumbersome software installations and configurations with virtual appliances • Decrease IT labor costs and refocus IT teams on value added, strategic tasks For additional information, www.vmware.com. visit Serena Mashup Composer SAN MATEO, CA—Serena Software announces the general availability of its business mashup solution, giving companies a faster way to build and deploy simple software applications that solve everyday business problems. Since September, more than 1,400 “Mashers” from more than fifty countries have evaluated the trial version of Serena Mashup Composer. Serena’s pre-built business mashups automate common business and IT processes including: • Vacation requests • Employee onboarding • Sales discount approvals • Agile project management • Support case escalations • IT change requests For additional www.serena.com. information, visit SDK ALAMEDA, CA—Perforce Software announces the availability of the SDK for the Perforce defect-tracking gateway. The SDK is a flexible source-code framework designed for the rapid development of new plug-ins that can be used to implement customized ALM solutions. Using a visual configuration editor, the mapping of fields between an external defect-tracking system and the Perforce SCM system is easily defined. The editor includes the ability to map data sets contained in multi-value listboxes with point-and-click simplicity. The one- or two-way replication of data can be implemented on a field-byfield basis. In addition, the defect tracking gateway automatically propagates changes by means of a built-in replication engine that ensures updates to the defect-tracking system and Perforce are always in sync. Visit www.perforce.com for more information. Eggplant 4.01 NEW YORK—Redstone Software Inc., makers of Eggplant, announces rapid growth in the testing of Flash applications. Eggplant’s ability to work across multiple operating systems and browsers means that Flash applications can be developed, deployed, and tested in various forms. Eggplant also is being used to test www.StickyMinds.com MARCH 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 45 http://www.redstonesoftware.com http://www.guidancer.com http://www.vmware.com http://www.versionone.com http://www.serena.com http://www.perforce.com http://www.StickyMinds.com

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