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CollabNet, the leader in distributed application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, announced today that it has been included in JMP Securities' "Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies" list, which was published in a May 2009 research report. Honorees were selected by the software research team at JMP Securities, a full-service investment bank headquartered in San Francisco, and a subsidiary of JMP Group, Inc. (NYSE: JMP). CollabNet's flagship product is CollabNet TeamForge, the leading ALM solution for distributed development teams. CollabNet is also the corporate sponsor of the open source Subversion project, the most popular version control and software configuration management (SCM) solution for distributed teams. More information about CollabNet is available at www.collab.net.

"CollabNet's products improve productivity and drive innovation, enabling teams to develop better software faster," said Bill Portelli, chief executive officer, CollabNet. "In the software development industry, our products are widely recognized as the best solutions for distributed development teams. It is an honor to be recognized by JMP Securities as the leader, defining a better way for the IT industry to build software, but more importantly, for building a great company at the same time."

This is the second honor for CollabNet in the past month. In April, CollabNet TeamForge also won a Great Indian Developer Award in the "Change and Configuration Management" category. The award honors trailblazing individuals, technologies, and organizations that are contributing to the evangelism, productivity, and innovation excellence of the Indian developer ecosystem.

About CollabNet

CollabNet is the leader in application lifecycle management (ALM) platforms for distributed software development teams. CollabNet TeamForge is the industry's most open ALM platform, supporting every environment, methodology, and technology. With an integrated suite of easy-to-use tools that share a centralized repository, it is the only ALM platform that enables a culture of collaboration, substantially reducing the cost of software development. As the corporate sponsor of the open source Subversion project, the best version control and software configuration management (SCM) solution for distributed teams, collaborative development is in our DNA. Millions of users at more than 700 organizations, including Applied Biosystems, Capgemini, Deutsche Bank, Oracle, Reuters, and the U.S. Department of Defense, have transformed the way they develop software with CollabNet. For more information, visit www.collab.net.

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