XebiaLabs today announced XL Platform, a flexible delivery automation solution to help enterprises deliver higher quality software at a pace that goes beyond error-prone manual processes. XebiaLabs (www.xebialabs.com) enables organizations like Expedia, John Deere, GE, and Duke Energy to build their dedicated delivery automation platform for releasing high-quality applications faster.

Vector Software has announced the release of a host of new features to support Change-Based Testing (CBT). The new VectorCAST™ 6.2 release is focused on supporting the frequent build and iterative test cycles required by Agile and Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies.

Tricentis has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Tasktop, the leader in Software Lifecycle Integration (SLI). By connecting the Tricentis Tosca Testsuite with Tasktop Sync, the two companies are providing a best-of-breed solution that will allow customers to implement and manage agile testing solutions more quickly, lower business failure risk, and decrease total cost of ownership (TCO).

Atlassian has announced Atlassian Git Essentials, an integrated development solution for Git. Atlassian Git Essentials is built to leverage the power of the company's award-winning JIRA issue management software and promises to radically reshape how developers work. It gives software development teams a unified interface to assemble previously silo'd information and actions across the entire development workflow - from issues and code-checkins to build status and project progress.

Kovair Software has announced that it has successfully released a migration and synchronization solution between HP Quality Center, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).

Inflectra is pleased to announce the release of SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam v4.1. This new version includes support for requirement workflows, task workflows, use cases, as well as improved agile planning and requirements/task management. In addition, it introduces an integrated instant messenger.

Coverity announced two integrations for Coverity Scan, the company's cloud-based, open source static analysis service. These new integrations will provide open source software developers who are using GitHub and Travis CI with easier access to the Coverity Scan service, enabling them to create higher-quality, more secure code for their open source projects, faster.

WANdisco has announced Access Control Plus, the first unified access control solution for Subversion and Git. WANdisco Access Control Plus provides consistent authorization, authentication, access control and audit capabilities across globally distributed software development sites to fully protect valuable intellectual property.

Riptide Software has partnered with Axosoft, the maker of OnTime Scrum, to launch the OnTime Connector for Salesforce. The OnTime Connector, now available in the Salesforce AppExchange, will enable OnTime users to integrate their agile project data into their Salesforce environment.

Quick Left, a Boulder, CO-based software consulting company, is merging with Sprintly, a company that develops project management tools for software developers, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the company will be named Quick Left and the company’s headquarters will be in Boulder. The deal expands Quick Left’s workforce to about 30 people and brings Sprintly’s offices in San Francisco and Portland, OR, into the Quick Left fold, Quick Left co-founder and former CEO Ingrid Alongi said.