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  • Advantages of CollabNet TeamForge


    CollabNet TeamForge offers many advantages over other solutions in the market. It is the only affordable, full-featured application lifecycle management platform, optimized for Subversion and distributed development teams. CollabNet’s platform powers some of the largest developer communities in the world for customers ranging from open source communities to enterprises. Available via SaaS or Onsite deployment, CollabNet TeamForge can get you started quickly and at a price that’s right for you.

      CollabNet TeamForge       Legacy Platform Providers       SCM / SCCM Providers       Specialists & Tools  
      Full-Featured Platform
    Everything you need for software development, from requirements to release, is included in one integrated platform.

    Powerful, automatic object associations provide end-to-end traceability across all components of the lifecycle.
         
    • Modules added over many years - often as separate silos
    • Associating requirements, discussion topics, issues, code, build results, releases and other artifacts is largely manual
         
    • Subset of capabilities needed for the full application lifecycle
         
    • Designed for one particular development methodology, offering little to no support for varying approaches
    • Provide a collection of tools lacking end-to-end integration
     
     
      Optimized for Subversion
    Built by the founder and corporate sponsor of the Subversion project, CollabNet, and specifically optimized for Subversion.
         
    • Subversion integration available as a second-class citizen via a bridge or connector
         
    • Subversion either not supported or only supported as a bridge
         
    • Subversion supported as one option for SCM, but little to no optimization provided
     
     
      Cloud-Enabled
    Lab Management module allows developers to provision servers for build/test directly from their desktop.
         
    • No integrated support for developer services in the cloud
         
    • No integrated support for developer services in the cloud
         
    • No integrated support for developer services in the cloud
     
     
      Built for Communities
    Nearly 10 years’ history of powering some of the largest developer communities in the world.

    Battle tested for both open source and enterprise.
         
    • Not optimized for large, highly distributed developer communities
    • Little to no history of powering public communities on their platform
         
    • Not appropriate for large-scale community management
         
    • Little to no history of powering large-scale public communities on their platform
     
     
      Onsite or SaaS
    CollabNet hosts hundreds of customers and over 2,000,000 users out of its datacenters. Multi-tenant and single tenant available.

    Onsite implementation option also available. Easy installation and low maintenance.
         
    • SaaS offerings either not available or as yet unproven
         
    • Only onsite deployment options available
         
    • SaaS offerings targeted mostly for smaller implementations
     
     
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