CollabNet has announced TeamForge 7 and TeamForge Orchestrate -- major new capabilities for its open ALM platform. TeamForge Orchestrate is a new add-on product that helps software organizations connect disparate tools and activities, and produce cross-functional associations and visual traceability throughout the application lifecycle. TeamForge 7 includes Adaptive Planning Boards for hybrid Agile-based project management and Lifecycle Dashboards for centralized visibility across projects and tools. Together, TeamForge 7 and TeamForge Orchestrate provide IT organizations with an open and extendable ALM platform for enterprise Agile and DevOps that greatly reduces cycle times -- while providing the freedom and control to use a range of open source and commercial tools in unison.

BlazeMeter, provider of the Apache JMeter™ based load testing platform, today announced its complete integration into CloudBees, the leading provider of Java Platform as a Service (PaaS), which provides a foundation for cloud development and deployment services.

Micro Focus, a leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announces the availability of SilkPerformer CloudBurst, a peak demand load testing capability based on Micro Focus Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) technology. CloudBurst extends Micro Focus’ industry-leading load and performance testing solution SilkPerformer out to the cloud. With CloudBurst, SilkPerformer enables testing organizations to easily manage large load tests that emulate hundreds of thousands of users from multiple global points of presence and to quickly diagnose and resolve discovered issues.

Atollic has announced the latest release of the Atollic TrueSTUDIO integrated development environment. Incorporating many new features, Atollic TrueSTUDIO v4.1 aims to even further assist embedded developers to write code of the highest quality. A significant feature added to TrueSTUDIO v4.1 includes the ability to record and display instruction trace data. Other features include the addition of automatic software unit testing within the optional TrueVERIFIER add-module, and a test case debugger within the optional TrueANALYZER add-on module.

WANdiscohas announced it has acquired TortoiseSVN.net, the website for TortoiseSVN, the award-winning open source Subversion client software for Windows with millions of users. TortoiseSVN.net attracts over 500,000 unique visitors each month and supports over five million downloads each year. WANdisco also announced that Stefan Küng, the lead developer for TortoiseSVN, will join the company.

Parasoft announced today the new release of Parasoft’s API testing solution, Parasoft SOAtest. This comprehensive enterprise-grade Cloud/API testing solution dramatically simplifies the complex testing needed for today’s interconnected business systems.

Perforce Software has announced Perforce Swarm, a powerful code collaboration and peer review platform that enables development teams to work together better and faster, improving both the quality of their software and the speed of their delivery. Using Swarm, distributed development teams can improve their Agile practices, share creative ideas about their projects and get early feedback from continuous integration and deployment of their code.

A new version of TestComplete by SmartBear Software extends the company’s position in Web application and HTML5 testing with several upgrades, including support for the leading HTML5/JavaScript framework, Sencha Ext JS for rich Internet applications. This latest version of TestComplete increases cross-browser testing with support for Opera and Safari as well as updated support for the most recent versions of Chrome and Firefox.

LogiGear expands its TestArchitect product line to include test automation tools specifically for mobile and Windows-based applications. TestArchitect Professional is an economical test automation solution for testing Windows-based applications. TestArchitect Mobile Plus offers Windows-based application testing plus mobile testing, and TestArchitect Enterprise offers Windows, web, cloud and mobile testing capability and is completely customizable. TestArchitect Enterprise and TestArchitect Mobile Plus include support for iOS and Android phones and tablets, with both web and hybrid app testing capability for all testing needs, from mobile to desktop to cloud-based applications.

ZeroTurnaround announced today the availability of LiveRebel 2.7, its free-to-download solution for application release automation that helps software teams get apps to users quickly and safely.