CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

7 November 2007

Product News

CollabNet® Integrates CUBiT, its Distributed and Virtualization Solution for Build and Test, Into EclipseT IDE

CollabNet announced at EclipseWorld in Washington, DC, the latest release of the CollabNet Desktop for Eclipse, giving Eclipse developers direct access to CollabNet's comprehensive set of application lifecycle management tools for distributed teams. Enabling Eclipse developers to track and manage, directly from Eclipse, the lifecycle of all project assets, Subversion-related activities, and tasks managed in the CollabNet tracker repositories, the CollabNet Desktop now integrates with CollabNet CUBiT to give developers access and visibility into build and test servers and environments allocated to their project.

"The CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition, eliminates the need for developers to leave their preferred development environment and switch to other tools and systems to collaborate with remote colleagues and contribute to the lifecycle processes mandated by the enterprise," said Mark Phippard, director of engineering for the CollabNet Desktop and Subversion-related products, CollabNet. "This new release adds the ability for Eclipse users to connect to CollabNet CUBiT and access a centralized pool of build and test servers which can be dynamically allocated to their projects. Developers can now easily fix, rebuild and test code components, and track and manage efficiently the application configurations used for each build without leaving Eclipse."

Distributed development requires solutions and tools that support remote teams without the need for additional technology investment. The CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition is the first ever developer desktop plug-in that enables distributed software development in a native Eclipse environment. Efficiency gains from using a focused tool such as the CollabNet Desktop translate into time and cost savings. Information flows between source code management, issue tracking and other tools automatically, streamlining processes, increasing reliability and allowing developers to work in their native tool environment.

Available as a free download at http://eclipse.open.collab.net , version 1.1 of the CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition includes the following updates:

•  access to CUBiT functionality directly from Eclipse, including the ability to provision and re-create near real-time development, build and test environments based on system configurations managed and versioned in a central library,

•  direct links to valuable resources including technical tips, discussion forums and blogs available on openCollabNet, the extension to CollabNet platform that automatically connects developers with the community of 2.5 million CollabNet and Subversion users,

•  ability to access and search directly from Eclipse any of the publicly-accessible community sites that run CollabNet Community Edition such as tigris.org, java.net, and dev2dev.bea.com

"The Eclipse developer community welcomes innovation that is built to suit their needs and requirements," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Collabnet has a well deserved reputation of providing advanced development tools, without imposing their own processes. I am sure the Eclipse community will benefit from having closer integration with their tools and the Eclipse platform."

Later this month, CollabNet will make available the CollabNet Desktop to users of SourceForge® Enterprise Edition, which CollabNet acquired from VA Software in April 2007 and is in the process of integrating into its main line of products. In addition, when Subversion 1.5 becomes available later this year, the CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition, will also be the first GUI interface for the much expected Subversion Merge Tracking capability.

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