Announcing New $10 Atlassian Crucible Starter Licenses and New Versions of Atlassian FishEye and Crucible



Announcing New Atlassian Crucible Starter Licenses and New Versions of Atlassian FishEye and Crucible

San Francisco, CA (Vocus) October 20, 2010

Today, Atlassian is announcing the availability of a new Starter license: 5-user versions of Crucible, Atlassian's peer code review software, for just . All money from the sale of the license is donated to Room to Read (http://roomtoread.org). The one-time cost includes 12-months of Atlassian's "legendary" service and free updates. After 12-months, users can continue to use the license or opt to purchase another year of maintenance and updates for just , which also goes to Room to Read. Starter licenses can be purchased at http://www.atlassian.com/starter.

Over 0,000 raised for Room to Read

In less than 1.5 years, Atlassian has raised over 0,000 for the global non-profit, Room to Read, through the sale of and Starter licenses. Starter licenses are full-featured, 5-10 user versions of many of Atlassian's products that are perfect for small teams and startups.

Money raised from the sale of Starter licenses has impacted over 38,600 children across Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka. Some of the projects that have been funded include the construction of 77 libraries and 4 schools, the production and printing of 2 local language books, and 330 scholarships for girls.

New versions of Atlassian FishEye and Crucible

The release of the new Starter license coincides with the general availability of Crucible 2.4 and FishEye 2.4, the latest versions of the peer code review tool and source code browser. The new versions of these popular developer tools include hundreds of improvements, new features and bug fixes.

Used by thousands of software development teams around the world, FishEye and Crucible help teams to collaborate and improve code quality. FishEye unlocks Subversion, Git, Perforce, ClearCase, CVS, and Mercurial with real-time notifications of code changes plus web-based reporting, visualization, search and code sharing. Crucible gives a software engineering team an efficient way to benefit from the power of constant code review. It includes inline commenting, simple workflow, asynchronous reviews, JIRA integration and much more.

FishEye 2.4 improvements include:

     Application Links - a new way to connect FishEye to JIRA and other Atlassian applications
     Branch and tag filter that makes it easier for DVCS users (Git and Mercurial) to work with their repositories
     Security improvements including full Security Sockets Layer (SSL) support
     A redesigned file history page to provide a cleaner and more intuitive interface
     And over 250 other bug fixes, new features and improvements

Crucible 2.4 improvements include:

     Support for Subversion, Git, Mercurial, ClearCase, CVS, and Perforce out-of-the-box with a new way to access repositories
     New filters to stay on top of code reviews -- inbox, outbox, and archived filters
     And over 230 other bug fixes, new features and improvements

For more information about FishEye 2.4 and Crucible 2.4, or to download a free 30-day trial, visit http://www.atlassian.com.

About Atlassian

Atlassian provides software development and collaboration tools to help teams conceive, plan, build and launch great products. More than 20,000 organizations of all sizes use Atlassian's issue tracking, collaboration and software development tools to work smarter and deliver quality results on time. Learn more at http://atlassian.com.

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Shmoop Introduces Site Licenses for Schools, Districts, and Public Libraries



Shmoop Introduces Site Licenses for Schools, Districts, and Public Libraries

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) October 20, 2010

Shmoop (http://www.shmoop.com), a digital curriculum company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials, now offers awesome, affordable group rates on its subscription products: Test Prep (for SAT, PSAT, AP Exams) and Teacherâ??s Editions. Shmoop Site Licenses are available to schools, districts, and public libraries of all shapes and sizes. Shmoop will also give a group (rate) hug to homeschooling collectives.

Shmoop Site Licenses allow schools and libraries to give all of their students, teachers, and patrons complimentary access to Shmoopâ??s subscription products anywhere they have Web access â?? at the library, at home, or on a smart phone while camped out in line for the next Harry Potter movie. Every user chooses his or her own username and password, so there is no hassle for the school or library offering Shmoop services.

For more information and to request a price quote, visit:

http://www.shmoop.com/school-district/

Online Test Prep: Deep Prep with a Fresh Voice. Tackle the SAT Like a Video Game.

Shmoop now offers Site Licenses for its online PSAT Prep, SAT Prep, and AP Exam Prep. Each online prep course includes deep content reviews, hundreds of drill questions and 2-3 full-length interactive Practice Exams. Shmoop uses classic video games like Oregon Trail, Tetris, and Mario Brothers as metaphors for the challenges, pitfalls, and question types that students will face in the exam.

â??Shmoop AP Exam Prep is a scholarly study guide, which at the same time conveys an edgy, contemporary attitude that appeals to todayâ??s level of student sophistication,â? said Gail Ferguson, 11th grade English teacher at New York City Department of Educationâ??s Aviation High School. â??My students who use Shmoop take their studies seriously, but they want to have fun in their own style. Shmoop has a voice that strikes a chord with students, and their overall performance on the AP examination certainly showed this.â?

Teacherâ??s Editions: Teachersâ?? New BFF. Make Lessons Fun, Current, Hip.

Shmoop now offers more than 80 Teacherâ??s Editions in Literature, US History, and Civics. Shmoop Teacherâ??s Editions include

    Free: hundreds of standards-aligned classroom activities and assignments, a primer for teachers who havenâ??t taught the topic previously, and interdisciplinary readings in English and Social Studies
    Premium Content Available via Site Licenses or Sold Individually: quizzes with answer keys, discussion and essay questions, current events and pop culture articles, and multimedia

Shmoop Continues to Offer More than 600 Free Online Learning Guides

Shmoop provides more than 600 free Learning Guides in ten subjects: Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare, Bestsellers, U.S. History, Civics, Economics, Biography, Music, and Pre-Algebra. Shmoop Learning Guides contain analysis, questions, quotes, and multimedia for each topic. Shmoop uses a conversational tone in combination with pop culture, trivia and humor to help make topics approachable and relevant to students.

â??Shmoop Learning Guides are a great tool for students,â? said Camela Giraud, 10th grade English teacher at the Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota, Florida. â??And from a teaching standpoint, I couldnâ??t be more thrilled to have access to Shmoop Teacherâ??s Editions, which connect literature to relevant and reliable web resources and related contemporary issues. I think websites like Shmoop are the wave of the future in educational resources.â?

About Shmoop

Shmoop is a digital curriculum company that makes fun, rigorous learning, teaching, and test prep materials. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities. Shmoop Learning Guides, Test Prep, and Teacherâ??s Editions help students understand how classroom topics relate to their daily lives. Shmoop offers more than 4,000 titles across the Web, iPhone, Android devices, iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. The company was an Official Honoree in the 2010 and 2009 Webby Awards, was named one of the best educational products of 2010 by the Association of Educational Publishers, and was named â??Best of the Internetâ? by PC Magazine. Launched in 2008, Shmoop is headquartered in a Labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California.

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