AccuRev to Endorse and Support the Eclipse Application Lifecycle Framework (ALF) Project

Lexington, MA, January 24, 2006 - ALF is a highly visible Eclipse project that aims to eliminate the problems associated with writing point-to-point tool integrations. Eclipse is an open source, vendor-independent integration platform that allows developers to use their preferred heterogeneous tools within a common development environment.

In support of the ALF project, AccuRev is developing a set of well-defined software configuration management (SCM)-related use cases to expand the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) requirements beyond basic SCM functionality. AccuRev will provide the necessary web services to offer full SCM functionality within Eclipse to align with today's SCM solutions.

"AccuRev customers demand the freedom to choose the best tools for their tasks, without sacrificing great integration. The Eclipse Foundation's ALF project has exactly those goals in mind: providing an open, standards based, framework that will allow tools to be quickly integrated and to stand the test of time," says Lorne Cooper, President and CEO of AccuRev, Inc. "Steering our integration development toward emerging industry standards makes sense to AccuRev, to our partners, and most of all, to our customers. The support of the Eclipse Foundation and ALF will certainly be a requirement for all software tool vendors in the near future, and we intend to continue our tradition of being there amongst the innovators."

AccuRev's supports a best-of-breed strategy for application lifecycle development, fully consistent with the goals of the ALF. AccuRev was founded on a vision to remove the obstacles that distributed teams face when using the previous generation of SCM tools. AccuRev's experience with the requirements of distributed, parallel development, uniquely positions it to make a significant contribution to the ALF project.

"The ALF framework allows vendors and customers to maximize productivity from their chosen ALM technologies. We aim to eliminate the shortcomings of point-to-point integrations and provide the interoperability needed to successfully manage customer application lifecycles. We are pleased to welcome all leading ALM vendors to this important Eclipse project. Having AccuRev join the project is further validation of the universal value of the framework to our industry," says Kevin Parker, ALF Project Evangelist.

About the Application Lifecycle Framework

The Application Lifecycle Framework (ALF) Project is a subproject of the Eclipse Technology Project. Its purpose is to create a technology framework that will enable a diverse set of vendor tools, irrespective of architecture or platform, to exchange user data, manage business processes and collaborate in support the chosen ALM infrastructure technologies in use by development communities.

It is designed to eliminate the proliferation of point-to-point integrations developed by software vendors and replace them with a single integration point and a common set of conventions for establishing universal interoperability amongst tools.
 

About AccuRev, Inc.

AccuRev provides process change management for geographically distributed software development. AccuRev's award-winning software configuration management (SCM) solution easily and efficiently manages change within complex development projects. Control parallel development across multiple products, projects, releases and time zones with dynamic process flexibility. The AccuRev stream-based architecture provides an agile, powerful, and TimeSafe® foundation to secure critical business applications and software assets. AccuRev's best-of-breed approach and out-of-the box integration with third-party tools provide an optimal application lifecycle management solution. AccuRev's process change management products are used by a growing number of global enterprises, including American Airlines, Citibank, Polycom, Sony Computer Entertainment, Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. AccuRev, Inc. is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and is privately held. More information about AccuRev can be found at http://www.accurev.com, or by calling 1-800-383-8170 (US and Canada) and 1-781-861-8700 (Outside North America).

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