Software Development Tools standardize/automate development process.June 23, 2009 -
Serena® Dimensions® CM and Express 2009 R1 adds multistream development and continuous integration capabilities to support Agile development. It provides capabilities that support parallel practices such as multistream development and atomic commit, enabling enterprises to support multiple development methodologies. Development can be accomplished within preferred client, such as IDE or Windows Explorer. Program also provides integration for Visual Studio 2005/2008.
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Original Press release
Serena Software, Inc.
2755 Campus Dr., 3rd Floor
San Mateo, CA, 94403
USA
Serena Software Offers Best of Both Worlds: Enterprise ALM and Agile Development Support with New Version of Dimensions
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9 / / - Serena Software announces the latest version of its enterprise-ready solutions for software change and configuration management, Serena® Dimensions® CM and Express 2009 R1. This release optimizes the developer experience, adding multi-stream development and continuous integration capabilities to support Agile development and other iterative methodologies.
"This release is a significant milestone in the ALM market," said Rene Bonvanie, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, information technology and Serena On Demand at Serena Software. "Previously, enterprise development teams were forced to choose either lightweight tools that appeal to developers, or enterprise systems that provide necessary controls for meeting compliance and regulatory needs. With Dimensions 2009, teams no longer need to make that choice. In an industry first, we've made it possible to have both."
The new capabilities of Dimensions support parallel practices such as multi-stream development and atomic commit. Developers can harness the power of Dimensions without leaving Eclipse or Visual Studio .Net, making the advanced capabilities of Dimensions transparent to the developer.
These new capabilities make it possible for enterprises to support multiple development methodologies, based on the needs of individual teams and projects. Whether a team develops using traditional waterfall practices, Agile practices such as Scrum, or anything in between, teams gain the benefits of a leading change and configuration management platform. Serena Dimensions CM was recently positioned by Gartner Inc. in the Leaders quadrant in the March 2009 'Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms' report.
"Being the system of record, we depend on Dimensions CM for our SAS 70 compliance and ISO certification audits. With the new release providing native IDE integration and support for multi-stream development, our development teams will be more productive. Migrations from Dev to QA to Production will be more efficient, resulting in improved software quality," said Sheila Stephens, Manager of Configuration Management and Quality Assurance at ZC Sterling.
New features in Dimensions 2009 R1 include:
Developer Experience
- Stream-based development simplifies parallel development
- Automates Copy-Modify-Merge and supports atomic commit
- Streamlines developer experience within preferred client (IDE, Windows
Explorer)
- New native integration for Visual Studio 2005/2008
- New intuitive developer command-line
Interoperability
- Integration with Serena Issue and Defect
- Extended availability of Web Services API & events enabling in Serena
Business Mashups orchestrations
- URL Addressable Reports
- Support for Single Sign On (SSO)
Migration support
- Advanced PVCS migration options
- Added automated support for CVS and Subversion
- Documented migration tools and recommendations
Time to Value
- Improved out-of-the-box process templates
- Pre-configured and documented support for parallel development best practices
About Serena Software, Inc.
Serena is a privately owned company, headquartered in Redwood City, California, with 29 offices in 14 countries and more than 800 employees. Serena provides software on premise and on demand to over 15,000 customers including 96 of the Fortune 100. Serena enables teams of programmers to become more efficient by standardizing and automating development processes across both mainframe and distributed environments. Serena enables IT business analysts and power users to improve productivity with a new generation of Web 2.0 tools to build Business Mashups. Serena Business Mashups can be used to automate common, everyday processes; they are visual and do not require coding. Serena also enables IT executives to gain visibility into their projects, resources and costs - CIOs should have access to the same quality of information about IT as the CFO has about Finance. For more information on Serena, visit http://www.serena.com/.
Serena and Dimensions are registered trademarks of Serena Software, Inc. All other product or company names may be trademarks of their respective owners, and their use is intended for identification purposes only and not in association with or as sponsorship or endorsement by such owners. Copyright © 2009 Serena Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Source: Serena Software
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