Press Release
CollabNet® and O'Reilly team up to deliver best-in-class, global software developer networks
Building on Success with Clients such as Sun and BEA, Companies Formalize Partnership to Enable Agile, Innovative Collaboration on Software Projects
OSCON, Portland, OR, July 26, 2006 — CollabNet, the leading provider of on-demand collaborative software development solutions, and O'Reilly Media, prime source of technology information and community for serious developers, today announced a partnership to market and sell a joint software development solution for distributed developer networks and communities. CollabNet and O'Reilly have already partnered to support some of the largest open source development communities such as java.net owned by Sun Microsystems, and global development projects for BEA. The formalized partnership will allow both community and enterprise customers to create and expand global development communities that drive product innovation through efficient collaboration.
“This partnership is a natural fit for both companies given our mutual expertise in open source and focus on agile and innovative software development,” said Brian Behlendorf, CTO of CollabNet. “Together we have experience not only enabling open source communities to thrive, but also in helping large enterprises expand their developer network and gain access to development talents they never had access to before. Through our easy-to-use, Web-based offering, global developer teams can collaborate in real-time and improve the quality and efficiency of software projects.”
The partnership's offering features the first distributed software development solution in the market that combines an open source platform, a collaborative project workspace, and a customizable collection of information and learning resources in a low-cost and easy-to-implement on-demand solution. CollabNet will provide its collaborative development platform and professional community management services and O'Reilly will provide its content management system and editorial management of blogs, forums, wikis, technical articles, and certification. The offering blends these services and products together seamlessly to enable easy implementation and rapid scalability.
“I've long advocated the competitive advantage of what I call the architecture of participation,” said Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO at O'Reilly Media, Inc. “Now, through this partnership, we're helping companies tap the tremendous value it unleashes by maximizing user contribution and collaboration. We've created an alchemical mix of technology, processes, and information that is a culmination of the vision Brian Behlendorf and I shared when we co-founded CollabNet seven years ago.”
CollabNet and O'Reilly customers will be able to drive continual product innovation and customer self-service by establishing communities of developers, customers and partners that can share information and enhance products. In addition, the solution will offer the proven benefits of the on-demand model, including low cost, faster time-to-market, and easy implementation and scalability, without having to compromise enterprise needs for high security, reliability and data privacy. CollabNet and O'Reilly will also jointly market and resell the new offering which is available immediately.
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the most widely used on-demand collaborative development environment in the world with more than 800,000 developers and IT projects managers collaborating on-line through CollabNet. The company is transforming the way software is being developed by enabling organizations to leverage global development talents to deliver better products and innovate faster.
Using CollabNet Enterprise Edition, project members can work as one team throughout the lifecycle of a project, regardless of their location. Unlike traditional software development tools, CollabNet supports globally distributed teams in a cost-effective way, yielding unprecedented annual savings through reduced development infrastructure costs, increased productivity, improved project visibility and shared access to software assets. Founded upon open source principles, CollabNet is also the primary sponsor of the Subversion™ open source project, the next-generation version control system.
More than 50 Global 2000 companies use CollabNet today as the foundation for their collaborative development, off-shoring, open source, and partner co-development efforts. CollabNet has been recognized for its leadership with 10 major industry awards in 2006 including the Red Herring 100 and the Codie Award. Visit CollabNet at http://www.collab.net or http://www.collab.net/subversion for more information about Subversion.
CollabNet is a registered trademark of CollabNet, Inc. or its affiliated companies. Java and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries BEA is a registered trademark of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
