NEWS

DISA Takes Open Path to Software Development

Government Computer News
November 4, 2008
By Kathleen Hickey

Special to GCN
The Defense Information Systems Agency will use collaborative software from CollabNet as the foundation for its internal software development, called DISA FORGE, the software company announced late last week. DISA FORGE was designed to unite local and geographically distributed developers who work jointly in the design, build and test processes of Defense Department software projects. DISA will use two products for the project: CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise will be the Application Lifecycle Management framework to securely access and manage the source code, issues, releases, documents, discussion forums, wikis, reports, and other artifacts related to their projects. CollabNet CUBiT will be the virtual private cloud management solution, allowing teams to access build and test environments on-demand. The solution will be delivered via a software-as-a- service model. Both products will provide flexibility, an open platform and integrate with existing CollabNet installations throughout the Defense Department. By connecting remote teams and integrating disparate development tools, the CollabNet platform simplifies distributed development, reduces infrastructure costs by more than 50 percent, and eliminates silos between isolated teams to speed innovation by 20 percent and more, the company said. Carahsoft Technology Corp., a Government IT solutions provider, will be working with CollabNet to install the solution.