We are very pleased to be able to announce the immediate availability of our integration with Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System (VSTS).  This is a key deliverable for us and one that finally provides VSTS customers with the ability to track database modifications in tandem with application source code changes.  Extending software configuration management (SCM) capabilities to the database is our core focus and being able to provide integration directly into management systems like VSTS is critical to our customers and our long term success.  With this announcement, we are now able to provide direct integration into IBM Rational and Microsoft VSTS and will continue to work to extend this capability to other systems.

 Here quickly are some of the highlights of this integration and the associated benefits:

•   Allows users to correlate VSTS and TeamWork projects, including linking database changes and updates with VSTS activities and saving extended information about database activities within VSTS

•   Provides a single point of management (and audit) for application source and database changes allowing for access to aggregated information about code and database changes within VSTS

•   A single vocabulary to drill down into project tasks and impact analysis (what was changed when feature X was developed or bug Y fixed – from code and database perspectives)

•   A single process to achieve code and database deployment based on Microsoft VSTS definitions (activities and work items).

We look forward to bringing you even more news shortly on other key activities related to integration with and certification of dbMaestro TeamWork.

More information about this can be found by following the link below:

http://www.dbmaestro.com/dbmaestro/610.aspx

We were very pleased to be able to announce late last week that dbMaestro TeamWork had achieved “Ready for IBM Rational Software” validation. As many of you know, dbMaestro TeamWork is our database change management solution which helps organizations take control of the database development process by improving process driven automation, visibility and quality over the change management process.

With this announcement, and the immediate availability of the integration between IBM Rational ClearQuest and dbMaestro TeamWork, we are able to fully extend source control management to the database layer. This functionality finally provides IBM Rational ClearQuest customers with the ability to track database modifications in tandem with application source code changes resulting in entire projects being deployed in a process-controlled, audited and compliant fashion

More information on this important announcement can be found by following the link below:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/dbmaestro-teamwork/ibm-rational/prweb3415004.htm