CollabNet

CollabNet VersionOne is a software firm headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States. It was Founded by Tim O’Reilly, Brian Behlendorf, and Bill Portelli. CollabNet VersionOne products and services belong to the industry categories of value stream management, DevOps, agile management, application lifecycle management (ALM), and enterprise version control.

CollabNet VersionOne

Company type	Private
Industry	Software Company
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founder	Tim O'Reilly, Brian Behlendorf and Bill Portelli
Headquarters	Alpharetta, Georgia , United States
Key people	Flint Brenton (CEO)
Products	TeamForge TeamForge SCM VersionOne Continuum VS
Website	Office website

About

The company is a Business-to-Business software company serving global enterprises and government organizations. Their products are used by companies and government organizations to reduce the time it takes to create and release software.^[1][2]

The company serves diverse industries in over a hundred countries. Their partners are composed of other technology providers.^[3][4]

The company also offers training and education in various categories like Scrum certifications and Agile training. Many training courses and certifications are open to the public, requiring no experience with the company's products.^{[citation needed]}

History

The company was originally founded as CollabNet in 1999 by Tim O’Reilly, Brian Behlendorf, and Bill Portelli, who also served as the company's chief executive officer.^[5][6]

In May 2015, Flint Brenton became president and chief executive officer with Portelli remaining on the board of directors.^[7][8] The company remains privately owned.^[9]

CollabNet merged with VersionOne in 2017, becoming CollabNet VersionOne, and began expanding its enterprise value stream management endeavors.

TPG Capital acquired CollabNet VersionOne from Vector Capital, announcing investments in the company up to $500 million over the next years.

Previous additions include the 2010 acquisition of Danube Technologies, a company specializing in Agile/Scrum management software tools (including ScrumWorks Pro) and consulting and training services for organizations implementing Agile.^[10][11][12] CollabNet also acquired Codesion in 2010.^[13][14][15] Codesion specialized in cloud development.^[16][17][18]

The company has historically focused on innovating on its own and through partnerships, from early ALM, to solutions^[buzzword] for government use, to the cloud, to DevOps and Value Stream Management.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

In January 2020, CollabNet VersionOne (CollabNet) and XebiaLabs announced that the two companies had merged.^[26] In April of that year, Arxan joined, the merger of the three companies being known by the name Digital.ai.

Products

The company offers several products for agile management, DevOps, value stream management, application lifecycle management (ALM), and enterprise version control. The company's major products include VersionOne, Continuum, TeamForge, TeamForge SCM, and VS.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Agile software development
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous delivery
• DevOps Toolchain
• Scrum (software development)
• Value Stream Mapping

References

1. Lardinois, Frederic (21 January 2014). "Vector Capital Makes Controlling Investment In CollabNet Developer Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
2. "Deconstructing The Cloud". The Huffington Post. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
3. “CollabNet and Hitachi Solutions Partner to Deliver TeamForge ALM Platform for Enterprise DevOps and Software Agility in Japan.” (23 September 2014) Relationship Science.
4. "Carahsoft, CollabNet Win $29 Million Defense Contract - InformationWeek". InformationWeek. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
5. "Open-source programming sites go live". CNET. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
6. World Economic Forum (2009-11-24), Technology Pioneer 2010 - Bill Portelli (CollabNet), archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2017-01-25
7. "CollabNet Goes Agile, Acquires Danube - DZone Agile". dzone.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
8. Taft, Darryl (24 April 2007). “CollabNet Acquires SourceForge.” eWeek.
9. Krill, Paul. "CollabNet adds Scrum tech provider". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
10. "CollabNet Acquires Cloud Hosting Provider Codesion - Web Host Industry Review". Web Host Industry Review. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
11. "Codesion acquisition is CollabNet SCM's key to the cloud - SD Times". SD Times. 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
12. "CollabNet Further Embraces Cloud with Codesion Acquisition -- Visual Studio Magazine". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
13. Krill, Paul. "CollabNet accommodates cloud in ALM package". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
14. "Deconstructing The Cloud". The Huffington Post. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
15. "Collab.net Launches CloudForge for Cloud Development and Deployment". ReadWrite. 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
16. Information Week Names CollabNet-Powered Forge.mil One of the Most Innovative Government Projects
17. "CHIPS Articles: Forge.mil Upgrades to TeamForge 7.2 Providing Users with Customer Driven Features and Improvements". www.doncio.navy.mil. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
18. Krill, Paul. "CollabNet accommodates cloud in ALM package". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
19. "CollabNet new TeamForge accelerates enterprise application delivery - SD Times". SD Times. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
20. "CollabNet Embeds Black Duck Code Sight Into TeamForge To Drive Productivity And Code Reuse Across Git And Subversion". article.wn.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
21. "Collabnet Pushes Agile ALM into the Cloud -- THE Journal". THE Journal. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
22. "CollabNet Introduces DevOps Lifecycle Manager - DEVOPSdigest". devopsdigest.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
23. DOES San Francisco 2016 w/ Flint Brenton, CEO Collabnet & Rodrigo Gonzalez, Clarive, 2016-11-12, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2017-01-25
24. Collins-Sussman, Ben; Fitzpatrick, Brian W.; Michael Pilato, C. (October 2009). Collins-Sussman, Ben; Fitzpatrick, Brian W.; Pilato, C. Michael (2009). Subversion 1.6 Official Guide: Version Control with Subversion. ISBN 978-1596821699.
25. Bantle, Ulrich. "Subversion Goes to Apache » Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
26. "CollabNet VersionOne and XebiaLabs Combine to Create Integrated Agile DevOps Platform - CollabNet VersionOne".

External links

• "CollabNet Desktop - Eclipse Edition". Freecode.
• Value Stream Management Tools Forrester