CollabNet Provides SourceCast Environment for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Open Source Developer Community.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld 2001 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001 Establishes Worldwide Collaborative Software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. Development Community for the openadaptor Technology CollabNet(TM), a leading provider of collaborative software development solutions based on open source concepts, today announced that it is providing the infrastructure and the comprehensive development platform for the openadaptor.org community site. openadaptor.org serves as the coordination point for the development and testing of the openadaptor(TM) software, developed by Dresdner Kleinwort Dresdner Kleinwort (DKIB) is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, part of Allianz since July 2001. Headquartered in London and Frankfurt and with an international network including offices in the financial centres of New York and Tokyo, Dresdner Kleinwort provides a wide range Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank Dresdner Bank AG is one of Germany's largest banking corporations and is based in Frankfurt. History 19th century Dresdner Bank was established on 12 November 1872 through the conversion of financial institution Michael Kaskel. AG. openadaptor(TM) is a proven enterprise-level Java(TM)-based software toolkit and platform that allows system administrators to easily integrate applications across disparate systems. It allows the rapid, simple and often code-free integration of any system to any other system, enabling the complete supply chain, plus internal systems, to be integrated while allowing access to the Web. openadaptor.org hosts the source code and open source development project for the worldwide openadaptor community. For openadaptor.org, CollabNet is providing a comprehensive development environment that enables geographically dispersed groups of developers to collaborate on software projects. It is based on CollabNet's SourceCast(SM) platform, which provides the infrastructure for the site and includes tools for issue tracking, mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new management, revision control Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. , discussion forums, surveys, and news and information. In addition, SourceCast provides the flexibility and security needed to support both proprietary and open source software development projects. "Having made the decision to open source the openadaptor(TM) software, we felt it important to select a partner whose skills, capabilities and experience in the open source community would enable us to manage that process effectively. CollabNet matched that profile. "The DrKW team selected CollabNet to provide the strategy and infrastructure necessary to making the openadaptor community a successful example of how open source methods can benefit both our firm and the overall financial industry," said Bill Barnett Bill Barnett (born May 10, 1956 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former professional American football player who played defensive lineman for six seasons for the Miami Dolphins. More recently he became the mayor of Naples, Florida. , global head, IT architecture, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. "We are very pleased to see efforts such as openadaptor.org, which is a 100% Java(TM) solution, now shared with the world-wide Java development community as an open source project." Danese Cooper Danese Cooper is an advocate of open-source software. She is on the board of the Open Source Initiative. She came to public attention for her work at Sun Microsystems on promoting open source, and presently works at Intel. Her father named her after his Alfa Romeo. , manager, Sun open source, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. "Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is a very respected name in the financial community and CollabNet is very excited to be working with the DrKW team to develop the world-wide openadaptor community," said Bill Portelli, CollabNet president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "By using CollabNet's SourceCast platform, both the financial and IT developer communities are now able to collaborate on new features and enhancements for the openadaptor technology. This announcement is a continuing example of CollabNet's efforts to bring open source principles to different industries and markets, such as finance, wireless, healthcare and IT." About CollabNet CollabNet provides companies with tools and services for collaborative software development by combining open source community expertise with business excellence. CollabNet offers customers a complete development platform with lifecycle management capabilities, and a suite of consulting services to facilitate software development across a worldwide community. CollabNet is currently working with customers ranging from Application Service Providers (ASPs) to Internet firms, hardware and software providers to companies from industries such as finance and healthcare. Brian Behlendorf Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the , co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (open source, body) Apache Software Foundation - (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages the development of the Apache web server, dozens of XML- and Java-based projects (under the name Jakarta), the Ant build tool, the Geronimo J2EE server, the SpamAssassin anti-SPAM tool, and , founded CollabNet in July 1999. For more information, see http://www.collab.net. Note to Editors: CollabNet and SourceCast are trademarks of Collab.Net, Inc. openadaptor is a trademark of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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