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Samsung Selects the CollabNet Environment to Develop Next-Generation Home Network Solutions

Posted on: Monday, 19 July 2004, 06:00 CDT

CollabNet, the leading provider of on demand collaborative software development solutions, today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has purchased the CollabNet(R) environment to enhance collaboration and increase efficiencies among developers of its next-generation Home Network Solutions.

Samsung's Home Network Solutions offer integral monitoring and control of home devices combined with associated on-line services. The CollabNet environment is helping Samsung create a collaborative development process so that its software teams can work together effectively across the entire product development lifecycle.

"Launching the Home Network Solutions is a formidable task. Proper integration of many components and ensuring product quality is critical for a newly launched product," noted Dr. HiSup Park, Vice President, System Solution Group, Digital Solution Center (DSC). "We strive for simplicity and direct benefit to the end user, yet developing these products is often very complex due to changing market requirements and the diversity of interdependent components associated with our products. The CollabNet environment enables our highly matrixed activities to proceed in parallel while maintaining control over the myriad requirements, documents, source codes, defects, and fixes. By implementing the CollabNet solution, our developers have a uniform code-sharing capability across our product line, version control, plus auditing features that result in higher productivity and quality control across the entire development community. It also has been instrumental in conducting a full-scale testing and debugging operation on our entire Home Network System over our very aggressive product release schedule."

For companies like Samsung with globally distributed operations, the CollabNet environment provides a secure and cost-effective means for collaborative development. Geographical expansion also poses new technology challenges for developers as the use of wide-area networks (WANs) become more prevalent in most large enterprises, but many software development environments are designed for local-area networks. This introduces a host of problems, such as latency, security, and TCO issues that are adversely impacting the effectiveness of distributed development. The CollabNet environment helps mitigate these challenges by integrating applications for software development, project management, knowledge management, and communication management in a single, unified environment that is controlled through a Web-based project workspace with a centralized role-based permissions model.

"We are very pleased that Samsung DSC, an industry leader with a commitment to innovation, has selected the CollabNet environment as its platform for collaborative software development," commented Steve Tsuchiyama, General Manager Asia-Pacific Operations at CollabNet. "Samsung DSC and other leading companies across the Asia-Pacific region continue to embrace the CollabNet environment as the platform of choice for globally distributed software development," concluded Tsuchiyama.

The CollabNet environment unites IT and business functions by giving developers, executives, and managers real-time visibility into the software development process so they can track progress made throughout the application development lifecycle. This increased process predictability allows teams to easily share information during the development process to help mitigate business risks and better track ROI indicators.

"Samsung Digital Solution Center's decision to select CollabNet as its key provider of collaborative software development solutions demonstrates how enterprises can adopt a new breed of solutions to help them boost productivity and operate more efficiently on a global, distributed scale," said Ken Comee, Vice President of Field Operations at CollabNet. "This efficiency is realized through our on demand, Web-based solutions that give DSC executives, managers, and developers keen insight into their numerous software development projects. With CollabNet, users gain greater visibility into project status, issue resolution, and tasks assigned to project members. As a result, they are better able to determine and allocate resources for various projects and can help drive ROI."

About Samsung's Home Network Systems

The Samsung Home Network Systems connect the core system of servers, plus a set of network and control devices to home appliances and devices. It transforms the individual devices into an integral system that can be monitored and controlled through internet and wireless devices. This product sets the stage for future introduction of services offered through an emerging ubiquitous network. Actual deployment of the Home Network Systems is underway in new luxury apartment constructions in Asia. Solutions dedicated to single unit homes and smaller condominium complexes are currently under development, and an increasing number of construction and housing development companies are paying serious attention to the technology.

About Samsung Digital Solution Center

Samsung Digital Solution Center is a new product development unit of Samsung Electronics Co. Its mission is to pioneer the new home and office network solutions market by introducing new products and services that leverage Samsung Electronic's vast product line and assets.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 60,000 people in 89 offices in 47 countries. The company is the world's largest producer of memory chips, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Digital Media Network Business, Device Solution Network Business, Telecommunication Network Business, and Digital Appliance Network Business. For more information, please visit http://www.samsungelectronics.com/.

About CollabNet

CollabNet provides companies with solutions for on demand collaborative software development (CSD) by combining a Web-based software application with a suite of consulting services. Using CollabNet solutions, software teams can collaborate on development across multiple locations within the extended enterprise or securely integrate business partners, contractors, or offshore development firms. CollabNet enables companies to reduce costs and increase revenues by eliminating the inefficiencies and limitations of traditional LAN-based development platforms.

The CollabNet environment is being used by hundreds of thousands of developers at Fortune 500 and industry-leading enterprise companies around the world. For more information, see http://www.collab.net/.

CollabNet is a trademark or registered trademark of CollabNet, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

 For more information, please contact:  Tim Cloonan Director of Marketing CollabNet Tel: 650-228-2584 tim@collab.net  Kathryn Marshall 104° West Partners Tel: 303-601-9434 kathryn.marshall@104degreeswest.com

SOURCE: CollabNet

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