openCollabNet Technical Newsletter - Volume 27, June 2009

In this action-packed issue: New software releases; Subversion making Hot Lists and Reader's Choice Awards; new articles, upcoming events and webinars, and more.

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In This Newsletter

• Software Releases
• Upcoming Events
• New Press Releases, Articles, and News
• Recent Blogs from Submerged and ONCollabNet
• Projects to Join
• Webinars and Live Demos

Software Releases

Collabnet Subversion 1.6.2

The industry's only completely integrated and open ALM platform for distributed teams is now available.

• Download Subversion 1.6.2 for Windows, Red Hat, Solaris, and MAC
• Go to CollabNet's Subversion Community Home page  

CollabNet Desktop - Microsoft Windows Edition v1.1

• Download Microsoft Windows Edition v1.1 & CollabNet Subversion 1.5 or CollabNet TeamForge 5.2 or CollabNet Enterprise Edition 5.0+ or SourceForge Enterprise 4.4+ or CollabNet CUBiT 1.5+ or Lab Management 2.2
• Go to CollabNet's: Products Page

Upcoming Events

• June 10: Generals, Colonels & Community - Refactoring DoD Software Development presentation at the Online Community Unconference
• June 10-11: Butler Group's Application Development and Lifecycle Management
• June 11: Subversion Best Practices: Maximizing Productivity

New Press Releases, Articles, and News

Read the new press releases, articles, and news about the openCollabNet community and the latest on various products and software.

• Read CollabNet Named to JMP Securities Hot 100 List
• Read Subversion Won the Linux Journal's Reader's Choice Awards
• Read Subversion Performance Pointers 

Recent Blogs from Submerged and ONCollabNet

ONCollabNet

• How Do Facebook & Twitter Help Me Sell More Widgets Learn how participation by companies and employees in social media improves knowledge transfer and overall brand awareness.
• Categorizing your Community Read how categorization reinforces the mission of the community.

Submerged

• Subversion Is Not Just For Developers (Part1) Read how everyday people are using Subversion for their work, hobbies, and family life.
• Subversion Is Not Just For Developers (Part2) Read how TeamForge adds tools, such as discussion forums, reports, a wiki, and more.

Projects to Join

openCollabNet has a variety of projects you can join. Here are a few you might consider:

• ClearSVN - This connector allows you to develop a process for the synchronization of files between a CollabNet Subversion repository and IBM Rational ClearCase VOB (Versioned Object Base).
• CollabNet Connector Framework - An Open Source, openAdaptor based SDK that allows rapid integrations and migrations of artifact data shared between different tools in the ALM cycle in combination with TeamForge. (Apache 2.0 License)
• Calendar - a small application that uses the standard APIs to display tasks on a Calendar page within TeamForge. Can be deployed on either the TeamForge web server or any other server. (free to use and share; source available)

CollabNet Webinars and Live Demos

CollabNet Live!

Subversion Best Practices: Maximizing Productivity

June 11, 9am-10am PDT

Speakers:

• Bob Jenkins, Subversion Services, CollabNet
• C. Michael Pilato, Senior Subversion Engineer, CollabNet

In this webinar, Bob and Mike will present ideas on how to increase your team’s productivity by using core Subversion functionality and broader application lifecycle tools. Connect disparate, heterogeneous tools and systems together with an integrated toolset, which provides a centralized, secure, enterprise-grade solution

• Register for Subversion Best Practices: Maximizing Productivity

Webinar Replay

Agile CMMI - The Best of Both Worlds

Speakers: Victoria Griggs, Sr. Director Product Marketing, CollabNet, and Martin Walker, Manager of Developer Teams at a leading financial institution

Join us to hear how a leading financial institution is using CollabNet's ALM platform to achieve CMMI level 3 compliance and support diverse Agile development practices across their organization.

View the Agile CMMI - The Best of Both Worlds