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Polarion Software Gives Developers Free and Open Source Tools for Subversion
Carlos Marquez
09 September 2007
www.agilejournal.com

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 10 -- Polarion Software, creators of fully integrated application lifecycle management solutions and services, today announced the availability of free and open source tools for Subversion (SVN), the industry's leading revision control system.

Polarion(R) SVN Solutions for Subversion(TM) provides all the necessary tools and resources for developers to take full advantage of Subversion development, including project importers, Eclipse plug-ins and training curriculums.

"Subversion is rapidly becoming the dominant standard for SCCM, overtaking other open source and commercial offerings with its powerful central repository for storing and versioning every change to source code, documents, and other forms of electronic data," noted Frank Schroder, CEO at Polarion. "Our extensive expertise with SVN has made Polarion the leading resource for companies wanting to make a smooth and successful migration to Subversion."

Polarion SVN solutions make it easy for distributed and multi-site development groups to work as unified teams in real-time, regardless of where they are located, and remove adoption barriers for organizations considering the transition to Subversion. Several tools have also been made open source so teams can reuse and extend them as needed while contributing to ongoing development in the growing Polarion Community.

-- Polarion(R) FastTrack(TM) for Subversion: A tracker plugin for the Eclipse IDE, providing robust issue tracking and basic SVN-based sharing from within Eclipse, is ideal for individual developers and micro-sized teams. FastTrack can also function as an Eclipse client for the Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0 platform. More information is available at http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/fasttrack.php.

-- SVN Express by Polarion(R): The fastest, easiest way to get started using Subversion, SVN Express bundles Subversion, Polarion FastTrack, Polarion's Subversive client for Eclipse, Polarion's web client for Subversion, and the company's complete suite of Subversion data migration tools. For more information, see http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/svn_express.php.

-- Importer for SVN: A set of Java-based tools from the Polarion Community that automates and eliminates risk when transitioning to Subversion from CVS, PVCS, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase, MKS, or StarTeam. For more information on this Polarion Community project, see http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=svnimporter

Polarion Open Source Tools and Solutions

-- Subversive Eclipse Client for Subversion: Client plugin delivers SVN integration for the Eclipse ecosystem, originally developed at the Polarion Community and now an Eclipse Technology project hosted by http://www.eclipse.org/. Polarion provides the latest stable version for download at http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=subversive

-- SubTrain Open Source Subversion Training Curriculum: The industry's first completely open-source training curriculum, comprising a set of Subversion course materials with predefined, easily customizable presentation slides plus supporting materials tailored to meet the training needs of teams and companies planning their transition. More on SubTrain is available at http://polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=subtrain

This announcement came in conjunction with the release of Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0, which delivers the most comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management solution on the market. For additional information on all of Polarion's innovative ALM and Subversion solutions, visit http://www.polarion.com/.

Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App

Kurt Mackie
9/10/2007
www.adtmag.com

Polarion has released a new version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) solution, which features the use of open source components and tools. The Polarion ALM 3.0 product is designed to help organizations track software development projects and collaborate better, regardless of location.
One of the benefits of using open source-based systems for companies is to avoid being locked into a single vendor's solution. Polarion pulled together several open source components into its ALM solution, including Subversion for version control, Apache server technology, Open API for Website interaction technologies, OpenSymphony as the workflow management engine and the Eclipse integrated development environment.
Version 3.0 of Polarion's ALM features a number of improvements, according to Frank Schröder, Polarion's CEO.

Polarion was founded in 2003 and the company released its first product at the end of 2005. About 12 months ago, Polarion started operations in the United States. The company also works with partners to extend its reach around the globe.

Polarion's core founders worked for more than 20 years in the software development industry, focusing on version control management, change management, and requirements management, so they "really know this engineering market," Schröder said.

The company's use of open source solutions helped Polarion deliver a better total cost of ownership to its customers, plus companies are already using many of the open source components incorporated in Polarion's solution, Schröder explained.

"Building an ALM solution is a pretty complex thing. And we just thought it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel and build something like Eclipse or an application server, or a version control system like Subversion when it's already there and has a broad community," he said.

One of Polarion's biggest customers in the United States is Northrop-Grumman. It was a key point for that company that its ALM solution be built on Subversion and have flexibility, Schröder said.

Polarion took the approach of avoiding "islands of automation" by developing an integrated ALM solution, according to Schröder.

"When you talk about ALM -- that's painful. It's complex, it has to deal with different interfaces, and different tools need to be integrated, and it's not working and you have to spend a lot on a consultancy to get it running or not," Schröder said. "Our approach is to really make this painless. So you have one interface, one view to the customer and you can have your requirements management as well as your tasks and you can do your change request using one tool and have one central repository where you can store everything."

Other important elements of Polarion's solution include support for distributed environments, enabling collaboration across continents. The role-based aspect to the solution "helps people so that they don't get overwhelmed by features that they don't need," Schröder said. The solution also provides real-time visibility of the project for those involved.

"We have it in the tool. You push a button and you know exactly what tasks are done, and what has to be done," he said.

There are two different Polarion ALM products. The ALM Team Edition is a basic solution covering version control, change management and issue tracking. You pay on a per-server basis ($4,800) but get unlimited users and projects.

The other product is the ALM Enterprise Edition, which enables requirements engineering, workflow and process support. The Enterprise Edition is priced at $3,500 for a main license or $7,200 for a concurrent license. With the 3.0 release, the Team Edition ALM product will be available for free throughout the end of December. Kurt Mackie is Web editor of ADTmag.com and Redmond Channel Partner.

Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App

Kurt Mackie
9/10/2007
reddevnews.com

Polarion has released a new version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) solution, which features the use of open source components and tools. The Polarion ALM 3.0 product is designed to help organizations track software development projects and collaborate better, regardless of location. One of the benefits of using open source-based systems for companies is to avoid being locked into a single vendor's solution. Polarion pulled together several open source components into its ALM solution, including Subversion for version control, Apache server technology, Open API for Website interaction technologies, OpenSymphony as the workflow management engine and the Eclipse integrated development environment. Version 3.0 of Polarion's ALM features a number of improvements, according to Frank Schröder, Polarion's CEO.

Polarion was founded in 2003 and the company released its first product at the end of 2005. About 12 months ago, Polarion started operations in the United States. The company also works with partners to extend its reach around the globe.

Polarion's core founders worked for more than 20 years in the software development industry, focusing on version control management, change management, and requirements management, so they "really know this engineering market," Schröder said.

The company's use of open source solutions helped Polarion deliver a better total cost of ownership to its customers, plus companies are already using many of the open source components incorporated in Polarion's solution, Schröder explained.

"Building an ALM solution is a pretty complex thing. And we just thought it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel and build something like Eclipse or an application server, or a version control system like Subversion when it's already there and has a broad community," he said.

One of Polarion's biggest customers in the United States is Northrop-Grumman. It was a key point for that company that its ALM solution be built on Subversion and have flexibility, Schröder said.

Polarion took the approach of avoiding "islands of automation" by developing an integrated ALM solution, according to Schröder.

"When you talk about ALM -- that's painful. It's complex, it has to deal with different interfaces, and different tools need to be integrated, and it's not working and you have to spend a lot on a consultancy to get it running or not," Schröder said. "Our approach is to really make this painless. So you have one interface, one view to the customer and you can have your requirements management as well as your tasks and you can do your change request using one tool and have one central repository where you can store everything."

Other important elements of Polarion's solution include support for distributed environments, enabling collaboration across continents. The role-based aspect to the solution "helps people so that they don't get overwhelmed by features that they don't need," Schröder said. The solution also provides real-time visibility of the project for those involved.

"We have it in the tool. You push a button and you know exactly what tasks are done, and what has to be done," he said.

There are two different Polarion ALM products. The ALM Team Edition is a basic solution covering version control, change management and issue tracking. You pay on a per-server basis ($4,800) but get unlimited users and projects. The other product is the ALM Enterprise Edition, which enables requirements engineering, workflow and process support. The Enterprise Edition is priced at $3,500 for a main license or $7,200 for a concurrent license. With the 3.0 release, the Team Edition ALM product will be available for free throughout the end of December.

Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App

Solution helps track software development projects and enables team collaboration

by Kurt Mackie
9/10/2007
www.esj.com

Polarion has released a new version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) solution, which uses open source components and tools. Polarion ALM 3.0 is designed to help organizations track software development projects and collaborate better, regardless of location.

One reason to use open-source-based systems is to avoid being locked into a single vendor's solution. Polarion pulled together several open source components into its ALM solution, including Subversion for version control, Apache server technology, Open API for Website interaction technologies, OpenSymphony as the workflow management engine and the Eclipse integrated development environment.

Version 3.0 of Polarion's ALM features a number of improvements, according to Frank Schröder, Polarion's CEO.

Polarion was founded in 2003 and the company released its first product at the end of 2005. About 12 months ago, Polarion started operations in the United States. The company also works with partners to extend its reach around the globe.

Polarion's core founders worked for more than 20 years in the software development industry, focusing on version control management, change management, and requirements management, so they "really know this engineering market," Schröder said.

The company's use of open source solutions helped Polarion deliver a better total cost of ownership to its customers, plus companies are already using many of the open source components incorporated in Polarion's solution, Schröder explained.

"Building an ALM solution is a pretty complex thing, and we just thought it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel and build something like Eclipse or an application server, or a version control system like Subversion when it's already there and has a broad community," he said.

One of Polarion's biggest customers in the United States is Northrop-Grumman. It was a key point for that company that its ALM solution be built on Subversion and have flexibility, Schröder said.

Polarion took the approach of avoiding "islands of automation" by developing an integrated ALM solution, according to Schröder.

"When you talk about ALM -- that's painful. It's complex, it has to deal with different interfaces, and different tools need to be integrated, and it's not working and you have to spend a lot on a consultancy to get it running or not," Schröder said. "Our approach is to really make this painless. So you have one interface, one view to the customer and you can have your requirements management as well as your tasks and you can do your change request using one tool and have one central repository where you can store everything."

Other important element of Polarion's solution is support for distributed environments, enabling collaboration across continents. The role-based aspect to the solution "helps people so that they don't get overwhelmed by features that they don't need," Schröder said. The solution also provides real-time visibility of the project for those involved.

"We have it in the tool. You push a button and you know exactly what tasks are done, and what has to be done." The company offers two different ALM products. The ALM Team Edition is a basic solution covering version control, change management and issue tracking. You pay on a per-server basis ($4,800) but get unlimited users and projects. The other product, ALM Enterprise Edition, enables requirements engineering, workflow, and process support. The Enterprise Edition is priced at $3,500 for a main license or $7,200 for a concurrent license. With the 3.0 release, the Team Edition ALM product will be available for free throughout the end of December. You can contact Kurt Mackie about Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App at kmackie@1105media.com

Polarion rolls out application lifecycle management platform

Colleen Frye, News Writer
10 Sep 2007
searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com

Polarion Software today rolled out Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0, an integrated application lifecycle management (ALM) platform built on the open source Subversion (SVN) version control system. The company also announced the availability of free and open source tools for Subversion.

New features in the 3.0 release include a Web user interface (UI) built on Web 2.0 technology, including Ajax; a role-based UI; support for agile processes; team collaboration with the Wiki-based "Wikiversive"; a fully open API; and a new implementation of the platform with a plugin-based architecture.

The intent of ALM is to coordinate all the major phases of the application lifecycle -- from requirements through modeling, coding and testing -- through enforcement of processes and process automation, traceability, and reporting and analytics, according to Forrester Research. ALM is about a decade-old concept, and according to Forrester senior analyst Carey Schwaber, the early suite offerings, which she dubs ALM 1.0, often had "brittle tool-to-tool integration."

Stefano Rizzo, product manager at Polarion agreed that the original ALM has been difficult for users.

"Customers are experiencing big pain with ALM," he said. "The previous definition of ALM was 'good tools managing microprocesses.' ALM was born with idea of creating an integration of microprocesses, but it was lacking the macroprocess vision. Integrations were proprietary; ALM was based on one vendor's solution, and the processes were not flexible for customers. "The market realizes ALM needs to give value of the big picture for high-level stakeholders [as well]. Now with initiatives like Open ALM from Borland or ALM 2.0 from Serena or IBM, it's all going in the same direction -- to have good support for the macro picture."

Polarion, with its roots in Germany, was founded in 2003 and entered the U.S. market about 13 months ago, with offices in Cary, N.C. It faces formidable competition in this space from major vendors such as Borland, IBM, Microsoft, Serena and Compuware. Polarion cited its integrated platform as well as the economics of open source as advantages.

"We want to bring painless application lifecycle management and solve issues we don't see being addressed," said Frank Schröder, Polarion CEO. A major obstacle, he said, is the islands of automation that exist when development groups use different tools for version control, requirements, bug tracking -- all with different databases.

"There are huge interface problems. With Polarion ALM, you have one interface, one Web-based application. Everything is in one repository, and it's all integrated from an architectural point of view," he said. And Subversion is "good state-of-the-art proven technology, [and we] provide customers with pretty good cost of ownership."

Rizzo added, "We can demonstrate solid ROI. Customers understand the value of having an open source solution. And then they discover the benefits of having a single solution. You don't have to manage too many tools, and you have features for requirements engineers, projects planners, dashboards, etc."

Along with the 3.0 platform, Polarion provides several free tools:

New open source tools from Polarion include Subversive Eclipse Client for Subversion, a client plugin for SVN integration that was originally developed at the Polarion Community and is now an Eclipse Technology project; and the SubTrain Open Source Subversion Training Curriculum.

Forrester's Schwaber said that "building on Subversion is a very good idea, and Polarion isn't the only vendor to think so. CollabNet has done so already, and VA Software did so with its SourceForge product as well. [CollabNet is the sponsor of the Subversion project.] At this point, Subversion is both popular and mature enough that even well-established vendors with their own SCM solutions are investing heavily in integrations to Subversion."

However, Schwaber added, "One area where Polarion does need to improve is in its engagement with the Subversion open source project. Software vendors who built on top of open source projects have to respect the open source philosophy of giving as well as taking. Otherwise, they run the risk of alienating the community, which jeopardizes their ability to get support when necessary."

For organizations evaluating ALM products, there are trade-offs to consider. "Most vendors that build an ALM solution from the ground up on top of a single-repository find that they lack depth of support in areas like test management or requirements management," Schwaber said. "In contrast, those that integrate existing tools have great depth but limited integration."

Schwaber expects next generation ALM platforms, which she has dubbed "ALM 2.0" to address this.

"ALM 2.0 solutions, which are currently in development by major vendors in this space, aim to resolve this paradox between suite and best of breed by driving common features like security, workflow, and collaboration into an ALM platform and then making them available to role-based tools," she said.

CM Crossroads

Polarion Software Gives Developers Free and Open Source Tools for Subversion

10 September 2007
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sept. 10 -- Polarion Software, creators of fully integrated application lifecycle management solutions and services, today announced the availability of free and open source tools for Subversion (SVN), the industry's leading revision control system. Polarion(R) SVN Solutions for Subversion(TM) provides all the necessary tools and resources for developers to take full advantage of Subversion development, including project importers, Eclipse plug-ins and training curriculums.

"Subversion is rapidly becoming the dominant standard for SCCM, overtaking other open source and commercial offerings with its powerful central repository for storing and versioning every change to source code, documents, and other forms of electronic data," noted Frank Schroder, CEO at Polarion. "Our extensive expertise with SVN has made Polarion the leading resource for companies wanting to make a smooth and successful migration to Subversion."

Polarion SVN solutions make it easy for distributed and multi-site development groups to work as unified teams in real-time, regardless of where they are located, and remove adoption barriers for organizations considering the transition to Subversion. Several tools have also been made open source so teams can reuse and extend them as needed while contributing to ongoing development in the growing Polarion Community.

-- Polarion(R) FastTrack(TM) for Subversion: A tracker plugin for the Eclipse IDE, providing robust issue tracking and basic SVN-based sharing from within Eclipse, is ideal for individual developers and micro-sized teams. FastTrack can also function as an Eclipse client for the Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0 platform. More information is available at http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/fasttrack.php.

-- SVN Express by Polarion(R): The fastest, easiest way to get started using Subversion, SVN Express bundles Subversion, Polarion FastTrack, Polarion's Subversive client for Eclipse, Polarion's web client for Subversion, and the company's complete suite of Subversion data migration tools. For more information, see http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/svn_express.php.

-- Importer for SVN: A set of Java-based tools from the Polarion Community that automates and eliminates risk when transitioning to Subversion from CVS, PVCS, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase, MKS, or StarTeam. For more information on this Polarion Community project, see http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=svnimporter

Polarion Open Source Tools and Solutions

-- Subversive Eclipse Client for Subversion: Client plugin delivers SVN integration for the Eclipse ecosystem, originally developed at the Polarion Community and now an Eclipse Technology project hosted by http://www.eclipse.org/. Polarion provides the latest stable version for download at http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=subversive

-- SubTrain Open Source Subversion Training Curriculum: The industry's first completely open-source training curriculum, comprising a set of Subversion course materials with predefined, easily customizable presentation slides plus supporting materials tailored to meet the training needs of teams and companies planning their transition. More on SubTrain is available at http://polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&;project=subtrain

This announcement came in conjunction with the release of Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0, which delivers the most comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management solution on the market. For additional information on all of Polarion's innovative ALM and Subversion solutions, visit http://www.polarion.com/.

Polarion Launches Open Source ALM 3.0 Apps

11 September 2007
www.sda-india.com

Polarion has launched the latest version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) solution “Polarion ALM 3.0” which is built using open source components and tools. The product helps organisations to track software development projects and collaborate better.

Frank Schröder, Polarion CEO said, Version 3.0 features a number of improvements due to the use of open source.

From inception of requirements through coding and testing, the new release helps eliminate the guesswork on the true status of development with improved project visibility, transparency and team coordination.

"As organisations grow, their lifecycle management needs change. Polarion ALM 3.0 provides the right solution for any size team. Smaller organizations can step up to a comprehensive platform with just the ALM capabilities they need now. As their needs grow, they will be able to leverage their initial investment and painlessly move up to full enterprise capabilities. And because the Polarion ALM platform is built on top of leading open source frameworks, their initial investment is much less than with most competing solutions," Schröder said.

Polarion ALM is designed to meet the needs of everyone involved in the software development processes. Its single-source, repository-based architecture, centered around market-leader Subversion, enables all project stakeholders, including those outside the firewall, to make better decisions based on live, real-time information. The result is higher productivity, with better compliance, and more projects completed on time and within budget. More effective and efficient management of software development projects also results in higher overall quality over time, meaning solid return on investment.

With the 3.0 release, the Team Edition ALM product will be available for free throughout the end of December.

Polarion bringt Polarion ALM for Subversion 3.0

Claudia Schaumlöffel
17.09.2007
eclipse-magazin.de

Polarion Software hat Version 3.0 von Polarion ALM for Subversion veröffentlicht. Es handelt sich dabei um eine integrierte Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Lösung, so das Unternehmen. Die "Single-Source", Repository-basierte und auf Subversion ausgerichtete Architektur soll es allen Teilnehmern im Entwicklungsprozess ermöglichen, auf Live- und Real-Time-Informationen basierende Entscheidungen zu treffen. Polarion ALM baut auf Open-Source-Frameworks, mit einem offenen API und XML Support, auf. Polarion steht in drei Editionen zur Verfügung: Polarion ALM Team for Subversion, die bis zum 31.12.2007 kostenlos verfügbar ist, sowie Polarion ALM Enterprise for Subversion und Polarion ALM Multisite for Subversion.

EclipseSource

Polarion Opens SVN Solutions for Subversion

Edward J. Correia
www.sdtimes.com

September 26, 2007 — ALM tools and Subversive client developer Polarion Software earlier this month opened the source code of several of its productivity and migration tools for Subversion, which it says help simplify collaboration and can ease the job of transitioning to the popular revision control system.

Among the free tools is FastTrack () , an issue-tracking plugin that enables "basic SVN-based sharing within Eclipse"; SVN Express () , which bundles Subversion, FastTrack and the Subversive Web client for Subversion; and Importer for SVN () , a set of Java tools that automate migration from SVC, PVCS, Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase, MKS and StarTeam. FastTrack also can function as a client for Polarion's ALM solution for Subversion platform.