VersionOne announces several new features in its Fall 2013 Release to make scaling agile easier by giving software organizations a way to more efficiently align business strategy with execution. This release simplifies program planning with the addition of custom reporting built in to a PlanningRoom, a dedicated, self-service environment for strategic planners to plan, track, assess and adapt their efforts over time; additional Scaled Agile Framework®(SAFe™)* reports; and enhanced epic breakdown.

CollabNet, the leader for Enterprise Cloud Development and Federated ALM, has announced the availability of TeamForge 7 in its CloudForge cloud development platform, and a significant increase in the number of teams adopting CloudForge for Agile and ALM initiatives since it was re-launched in May of this year. 

Inflectra Corporation is pleased to announce the latest release of Rapise, our automated GUI, web service and cross-browser testing solution. The new release includes support for testing rich Ajax web applications written using the jQuery JavaScript framework, and support for ActiveX, FarPoint and ComponentOne based applications.

TM Software, creator of the award winning Tempo Timesheets add-on for Atlassian’s project management and issue tracking platform, JIRA, has announced a suite of project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions for JIRA, including Tempo Timesheets, Tempo Planner, and Tempo Books. Each Tempo add-on can be used alone or in tandem with other Tempo products in the product portfolio offering. However, as a full product suite, Tempo Timesheets, Tempo Planner, and Tempo Books round out JIRA as a full professional services solution for JIRA.

LeanKit, a visual management platform for project and portfolio management, and Inedo, the makers of BuildMaster automation software, have announced a technology integration to increase collaboration between development and operations teams. This product integration comes at a time when the advent of development practices such as Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery demands new and innovative tools to support an ever-changing development and operations landscape.

Clarizen has announced it now provides connectivity to Atlassian's proprietary bug and issue tracking software, JIRA. Powered by MuleSoft, provider of the world's most widely used integration platform, the Clarizen JIRA integration allows users to plan projects, portfolios, resources, budgets and more, while seamlessly integrating research and development activities from JIRA to Clarizen and from Clarizen to JIRA.

XebiaLabs has announced XL release, an enterprise-class release coordination product. XL release enables teams to integrate release management and execution for the first time while providing a path to fully automated delivery pipelines, getting features and enhancements to your customers and end users faster.

WANdisco has announced the next release of SVN MultiSite Plus, the company's performance, scalability and continuous availability solution for large enterprises using Subversion.

Scrum.org has announced that for the first time, software professionals have the opportunity to earn the industry-recognized Professional Scrum Developer l certification without taking a course. This certification will be granted to anyone who can demonstrate their knowledge through the online PSD I assessment.

SmartBear Software is answering customer demand to extend Collaborator’s award-winning peer review features to more development team members with Collaborator v8.2. The new version, which builds on Collaborator’s introduction in March, allows testers and quality assurance teams to peer review test plans and all artifacts in Microsoft Excel documents. The latest version with extended features also highlights the growing demand by Top 10 Fortune 500 companies for collaborative software development.