CollabNet Extends Subversion Training With New eLearning Center

August 21, 2006; 05:47 AM

CollabNet, the leading provider of on-demand collaborative software development solutions, today announced that it now delivers comprehensive easy-to-access training for Subversion through its new eLearning Center (www.collab.net/training). Worldwide adoption of open source Subversion doubles every three months, resulting in the need for expert training and services for enterprise and individual users. As the main corporate sponsor and initiator of the Subversion open source project, CollabNet is responding to the increased demand by providing detailed know-how from core Subversion experts through on-demand training.

Subversion is rapidly becoming the new standard for code versioning, and is particularly well suited for multi-site software development projects. Now, CollabNet has made Subversion training and operational knowledge easily accessible by organizations of any size. The eLearning Center is designed to transfer CollabNet's expertise as easily as possible:

-- Current classes include commonly requested training for Subversion users and repository administrators

-- Subversion Introduction classes are available at no charge to novice users

-- Bulk purchases and discount codes are available for companies that want training for larger groups of users

"CollabNet consultants are a bastion of knowledge with respect to Subversion. Without the help of CollabNet, we would not be using Subversion to its fullest potential," said Martin Kunze, Manager of Information Systems at Agile Systems. "We're in the process of deploying best practices for Subversion and the knowledge we've gained from working with CollabNet is the basis of the culture we are adopting with regards to version control and Subversion."

CollabNet consultants are also available to deliver instructor-led classes and customized consulting sessions to companies who need more individualized training or want help with configuring and administering Subversion for their specific development environment.

"CollabNet has for years provided significant value with instructor-led training and education classes," said Chris Clabaugh, Vice President of Business Development for CollabNet. "We are now able to offer the same level of training on a pay-as-you-go, flexible, web-based delivery basis to any organization, large or small. As new functionality and technologies are delivered in CollabNet's award-winning product family, course content will be regularly and rapidly made available to any interested user."

About CollabNet

CollabNet is the most widely used on-demand collaborative development environment in the world with more than 800,000 developers and IT projects managers collaborating on-line through CollabNet. The company is transforming the way software is being developed by enabling organizations to leverage global development talents to deliver better products and innovate faster.

Using CollabNet Enterprise Edition, project members can work as one team throughout the lifecycle of a project, regardless of their location. Unlike traditional software development tools, CollabNet supports globally distributed teams in a cost-effective way, yielding unprecedented annual savings through reduced development infrastructure costs, increased productivity, improved project visibility and shared access to software assets. Founded upon open source principles, CollabNet is also the primary sponsor of the Subversion(TM) open source project, the next-generation version control system.

More than 50 Global 2000 companies use CollabNet today as the foundation for their collaborative development, off-shoring, open source, and partner co-development efforts. CollabNet has been recognized for its leadership with 10 major industry awards in 2006 including the Red Herring 100 and the Codie Award. Visit CollabNet at www.collab.net or www.collab.net/subversion for more information about Subversion.