Following 3 years of success, Agile on the Beach 2014 has extended their conference again this year announcing that forty leading experts and practitioners in Agile will be gathering in Cornwall to speak at the conference in September.

Projectplace has introduced Agile Gantt. Agile Gantt is the first tool that combines the functionality of Gantt charts and Kanban boards to bridge the gap between project managers, team members and senior management. Agile Gantt offers powerful project steering and agile self-organization, uniting teams, project managers and senior management on the same platform for the first time.

TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software quality tools, today announced the launch of its integration of eggPlant Functional into IBM UrbanCode. eggIntegration for IBM UrbanCode enables the automated, consistent and validated cross-platform deployment of applications.

TargetProcess is an agile project management tool that allows to follow a Scrum, Kanban or customized approach. Version 3.2.2 provides improvement like forecast in timelines, default project/team context, bugs for feature in lists, mode-specific card sizes etc.

Inflectra is pleased to announce the release of Rapise v2.0 that provides support for testing HTML5 applications, data-driven testing using ODBC databases as well as support for advanced AJAX web applications using the GWTExt and SmartGWT frameworks.

Innotas has announced a Cloud-based Agile Portfolio Management solution that delivers portfolio management across agile projects, providing executives, PMOs, and program managers with improved visibility, cost tracking and resource management – resulting in increased strategic alignment and better project ROI. Innotas Agile Portfolio Management easily integrates with a range of agile development tools, such as Atlassian JIRA, giving organizations the flexibility to continue using their existing agile tools for team and project execution, while benefitting from portfolio and program management to meet business objectives.

CollabNet and CliQr Technologies have announced an integration partnership that enables enterprise DevOps in the Cloud. The integration of CliQr’s application profiles and CLI (command line interface) capabilities with CollabNet’s TeamForge ALM platform simplifies and speeds the secure deployment and management of software applications for any public, private or hybrid cloud environment.

KADOS is open source tool for managing Scrum projects and other Agile projects. It allows teams to manage their projects through multiple dashboards on which they can pin e-postit for User Stories, Tasks, Risks, Problems, Notes, Actions etc…

The Agile Alliance has announced the Agile2014 Program And Schedule.  Join over 1,800 attendees from around the world for the Agile event of the year, July 28th – August 1st at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Electric Cloud announced an additional $4 million tranche of funding from its current group of investors, including Siemens' Venture Capital, US Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, RRE Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners. The additional funding reflects Electric Cloud's continued growth and market leadership in Continuous Delivery – a design practice used in software development to automate and accelerate the process of software delivery. The funding comes on the heels of an initial $8 million round in September 2013, bringing the total Series E round size to an over-subscribed $12 million.