LOGIN | REGISTER NOW | SUBSCRIBE
 

Timpani Building to the Beat of Its Own Drum


By Jeff Feinman
Email    print   
February 15, 2007 —  Timpani Software, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based build management company, announced its first major launch with BuildBeat in early February. Formerly known as DrumBeat CI, which was available only through Timpani’s Web site, the new version of BuildBeat is equipped with cross-platform capabilities, and support for the MySQL open source database.

BuildBeat also works with the CVS and Microsoft Team Foundation Server version control schemes; DrumBeat CI worked with Microsoft SourceSafe, PVCS Version Manager and Subversion. Other features that will remain in the new version include built-in unit testing support, asynchronous messaging to monitor builds, and a distributed building feature.

Kenneth Dietz, CEO of Timpani, said, “Distributed building is really important because if you’re doing work in a continuous integration environment, you really should have it. If a build doesn’t run fast enough, there will be a backlog of changes, so then the question becomes: ‘How can we make our builds run faster?’ Let’s employ the horsepower of more than one machine here; let’s divide it onto multiple computers.”

Dietz, the founder of TeamShare, which was acquired by Serena in 2003, also said he believes that build management has begun to grow in importance.

“I think it’s as important as defect tracking and version control,” he said. “Over the last decade, the amount of attention towards build has increased with the trend shifting to agile software. With the smaller

iterations involved in agile software releases, the build management phase is much more important.”




Share this link: http://sdt.bz/30187
 
Most Read Latest News Blog Resources
Zeichick’s Take: Radio moves from analog waveforms to digital packets
Streaming radio highlights the need for streaming applications to be designed to take up as little bandwidth as possible
Taking enterprise architecture to the business side
Startup Corso is bringing out a cloud-based planning platform that ties into business plans
Appcelerator Acquires Cocoafish to Add Instant Mobile Cloud Capabilities to its Industry Leading Titanium Platform
Appcelerator Offers Messaging, Social, Location and Storage Mobile Cloud Services to All Mobile App Publishers
ComponentOne Releases a Collection of 40+ UI Widgets Powered by HTML5 and jQuery
ComponentOne has announced the 2012 release of Wijmo: a kit of UI widgets for HTML5 and jQuery development
Digg!  Digg
Reddit  Reddit
Slashdot  Slashdot
Share on facebook  Facebook
Share on Twitter  Twitter


Add comment


Name*
Email*  
Country     


  • Comment
Loading




close
NEXT ARTICLE
News Briefs: October 15, 2008
Electric Cloud makes its product line compatible with Microsoft's HPC Server, RapidMind released add-ons for its RapidMind platform, and Fujitsu opens a subsidiary in North America Read More...
 
 
 
 
News on Monday
more>>
SharePoint Tech Report
more>>


   

 
 

Download Current Issue
FEBRUARY 2012 PDF ISSUE

Need Back Issues?
DOWNLOAD HERE

Want to subscribe?


 
blogs tab
Are you at risk for burnout?
Burnout is a severe problem and it can strike at any time. Here's how to tell if you are nearing the edge.
02/09/2012 02:16 PM EST

Agility, mom, and apple pie
If we're to evaluate the state-of-the-art in software development, we should start with the values espoused in the Agile Manifesto.
02/07/2012 11:57 AM EST

RIM woos developers with free tablet
How do you get more apps ported to the BlackBerry PlayBook? By giving every developer a free tablet, of course!
02/04/2012 01:57 PM EST

GitHire: Use Headhunters to Find Your Perfect Programmer
Are you a hiring manager tired of scouring the job boards? Check out this new service that will find 5 people interested in your jobs.
02/03/2012 12:17 PM EST

Facebook claims hacker cred
Facebook's SEC S-1 filing form includes a short essay on the Hacker Way by Mark Zuckerberg himself.
02/02/2012 08:26 AM EST

Ryan Dahl steps down
Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js, steps back from his position as gatekeeper for the project.
02/01/2012 04:58 PM EST

 
Events calendar tab
Cloud Connect
2/13/2012 to 2/16/2012
Santa Clara
TechWeb

SPTechCon: The SharePoint Technology Conf.
2/26/2012 to 2/29/2012
San Francisco
BZ Media

RSA Conf.
2/27/2012 to 3/2/2012
San Francisco
RSA

IBM Pulse Conf.
3/4/2012 to 3/7/2012
Las Vegas
IBM Tivoli

Game Developer Conf.
3/5/2012 to 3/9/2012
San Francisco
TechWeb