Tasktop 1.5 Released with IBM ClearQuest and Danube ScrumWorks Integration for Eclipse Mylyn 3.2

Tasktop Technologies, the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn developer productivity software, today announced the release of the enterprise-ready Tasktop Pro 1.5 and the open source Mylyn 3.2. This latest release marks a major milestone in the rapid adoption of Tasktop's task-focused interface technology with long-awaited integrations now available for IBM Rational ClearQuest, Danube ScrumWorks Pro, and expanded support for Atlassian's JIRA, Bamboo, Crucible and FishEye.

Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) June 24, 2009 -- Tasktop Technologies (http://tasktop.com), the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn (http://eclipse.org/mylyn) developer productivity software, today announced the release of the enterprise-ready Tasktop Pro 1.5 and the open source Mylyn 3.2. These tools boost developer productivity by integrating change and task management tools with the Eclipse IDE and by displaying only the code that is relevant to a task, reducing code investigation time and facilitating multitasking. This latest release marks a major milestone in the rapid adoption of Tasktop's task-focused interface technology with long-awaited integrations now available for IBM Rational ClearQuest (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearquest/), Danube ScrumWorks Pro (http://danube.com/scrumworks/pro), and expanded support for Atlassian's JIRA (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/), Bamboo, Crucible and FishEye. This release also introduces the Mylyn Connector Discovery tool, which makes it easy to find and install new Mylyn integrations into the Eclipse IDE.

Tasktop introduces Mylyn integration for IBM Rational ClearQuest

The Mylyn integration for ClearQuest has long been in the top 10 highest voted feature requests among 270,000 issues reported to Eclipse. Tasktop has worked with IBM Rational to validate Tasktop's new ClearQuest Mylyn Connector as "Ready for IBM Rational Software". Teams using ClearQuest now have powerful new capabilities to work with ClearQuest artifacts directly from the Eclipse IDE. The connector uses the new Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) interfaces to ClearQuest; OSLC is a community effort to develop specifications for software lifecycle resources and interfaces to improve tool interoperability.

"We're excited that ClearQuest customers can now take advantage of the leading-edge IDE technology provided by Eclipse Mylyn, especially since it builds on the OSLC specifications that we have been collaborating on with Tasktop," said Stephen Lauzon, senior manager, ISV Strategy and Technical Enablement, IBM Rational Business Development.

Danube ScrumWorks Pro connector available now

This connector allows software developers to access all tasks and stories housed in ScrumWorks Pro as a seamless integration with Tasktop Pro for the Eclipse IDE. "Scrum helps teams increase productivity, so it makes sense that ScrumWorks Pro supports both the project management and development tooling needed to realize those benefits," said Victor Szalvay, CTO of Danube. The ScrumWorks Pro connector creates a fully integrated environment for Scrum development that takes advantage of Mylyn's task-focused interface, enabling dramatic and measurable productivity gains for teams practicing Scrum.

Enhanced Atlassian Connector for Eclipse released

Atlassian has also expanded its presence in the Mylyn community today with the latest release of the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse. Built in collaboration with Tasktop, the new version (1.1) introduces Eclipse integration for its FishEye SCM insights and enhanced Mylyn connectors for JIRA issues, Crucible code reviews and Bamboo build management. "Eclipse is by far the most popular IDE amongst our customers and I think it's awesome they can now use our development tools right in their IDE." said Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of Atlassian. "The Atlassian Connector for Eclipse adds code reviews and builds to the existing Mylyn task list used for JIRA issues making it simple and efficient to manage everything you're working on in one place." Tasktop Pro builds on this connector to provide automatic time tracking for developers using JIRA.

New features in Tasktop 1.5 and Mylyn 3.2

Mylyn and Tasktop's latest release for Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo) includes a redesigned task editor with a streamlined UI and increased performance, making scanning task updates much faster than browser-based access. Mylyn is a key component of Eclipse Galileo and is included in eight out of nine Eclipse distribution packages and there are now over three dozen integrations available. With the new Mylyn Connector Discovery tool, it's easier than ever for developers to find and install additional integrations to extend the benefits of task-focused productivity.

Free Tasktop Pro 1.5 trial

Today's Tasktop Pro 1.5 release is now available for $99. To download a free trial, visit http://tasktop.com.

About Tasktop Technologies

Tasktop Technologies is the company behind the Eclipse Mylyn open source project and its revolutionary task-focused interface technology, which has been rapidly adopted by hundreds of thousands of software developers. The task-focused interface is proven to make developers more productive by showing only the relevant information for each task, dramatically reducing search time and facilitating multitasking. Tasktop Pro is the company's enterprise-ready product based on Mylyn, with task-focused support for web browsing, time tracking, documents, email and calendars. Tasktop Technologies also provides training and consulting services to the growing number of companies adopting the task-focused paradigm and tools.

For media inquiries about Tasktop Technologies, contact:

Wesley Coelho, +1 778 588-6896

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