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News & EventsWebroot Speeds Delivery of Enterprise Anti-Spyware Solutions with Rally
Rally's Agile lifecycle management solutions and coaching services help industry leader accelerate anti-spyware releases and dominate enterprise market
BOULDER, Colo., June 27, 2005 - Rally Software Development Corp., the leader in knowledge, coaching and on-demand tooling for scaling Agile software development, today announced that Webroot, the leading provider of anti-spyware software and other security technologies for consumer and enterprise markets, has implemented Rally to define, develop and release its market-leading enterprise anti-spyware solution, Spy Sweeper Enterprise.
Rally combines the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed by the enterprise to dramatically shorten their software release cycles. Rally is the only on-demand subscription Web service for managing all aspects of the Agile development lifecycle. It improves collaboration among larger or distributed teams, and gives software-driven organizations unprecedented visibility into project features, quality and status to successfully produce software in rapid, fully-tested iterations. As a hosted Web application, Rally starts fast and scales easily across all geographies and platforms with no IT burdens.
"Rapidly delivering the most comprehensive anti-spyware solutions to our growing roster of enterprise customers is vital to Webroot's growth strategy," said Tim Walker, development manager, enterprise products at Webroot. "With Rally, we're able to release new spyware definitions two-to-three times a week - an incredible rate. Rally reinforces our Agile principles by providing the visibility needed to quickly resolve issues that commonly occur in the development lifecycle."
Webroot implemented Rally nine months ago to accelerate the development of each new release of its leading Spy Sweeper Enterprise and to provide real-time visibility of release status across the enterprise. Since then, it has successfully scaled its Agile practices to include all its project stakeholders, including members of marketing, QA and senior management. For the development team, Rally has led to shortened release cycles, increased productivity and a reduction in what was hours of time-consuming administrative and reporting tasks to just a few minutes each day.
The ability to rapidly incorporate new client requirements and meet the growing industry challenge of eliminating spyware infections has resulted in Spy Sweeper Enterprise being deployed on more than 2 million enterprise desktops at more than 6,500 customer sites. "Our competitive advantage includes responding faster to customer feedback and quickly neutralizing new threats to the security of our customer's corporate information, data and intellectual property," said Walker. "Rally's Web-based, on-demand model is the perfect fit for our rapid development environment and supports our commitment to be the most Agile, responsive and customer-driven organization we can be."
About Spy Sweeper Enterprise
Spy Sweeper Enterprise is the best-in-class anti-spyware protection for global 2000 organizations, providing IT and network security managers with a centrally managed, scalable solution that is easy to deploy and use. Other corporate anti-spyware solutions rely on inadequate research methods, offer inferior management functionality, and support only limited extensibility and interoperability. In comparison, Spy Sweeper Enterprise offers proactive spyware protection, detection and removal capabilities powered by the industry's most advanced research methodology, along with extensive policy and provisions management features and a highly integrated architecture, making Spy Sweeper Enterprise an essential component of any CIO's security strategy.
About Webroot Software
Webroot Software, a privately held company based in Boulder, Colorado, creates innovative privacy, protection and performance products and services for millions of users around the world, ranging from enterprises, Internet service providers, government agencies and higher education institutions, to small businesses and individuals. The company provides a suite of high-quality, easy-to-use software that guides and empowers computer users as they surf the Web, protecting sensitive information and returning control over computing environments. Webroot's software consistently receives top ratings and recommendations by respected third-party media and product reviewers. The company is backed by some of the industry's leading venture capital firms, including Technology Crossover Ventures, Accel Partners and Mayfield.
In addition to selling these products online at www.webroot.com, Webroot products are found on the shelves of leading retailers around the world, including: Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Fry's, MicroCenter, Office Depot, Staples and Wal-Mart. Webroot products are also available as either branded solutions or on an OEM basis through leading Internet service providers, including Earthlink, AT&T and MSN. To find out more about Webroot, visit www.webroot.com or call 1-800-772-9383.
About Rally
Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development was founded in 2002 with a mission to dramatically increase the responsiveness and productivity of software-driven companies by delivering the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed with Agile development practices. Rally's on-demand, hosted subscription service enables software organizations to reliably deliver valuable software in rapid iterations by marrying Agile project management with Agile requirements practices, early testing and defect tracking. Rally's world-class coaches and technical advisory board is comprised of luminaries in the Agile community and software development industry. The company is backed by Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures. For more information about Rally, visit the company's Web site at www.rallydev.com.
Press Contact: Anne Greenhaw
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