Mergere, Inc., an open source software lifecycle management company, today announced subscription-based support, training and consulting for the Apache Software Foundation's Maven and Continuum projects, enabling enterprises to rapidly adopt Community-oriented Real-time Engineering (CoRE) practices to integrate, control and automate hybrid software environments. Maven and Continuum provide build orchestration and management tools that allow enterprises to fully leverage the advantages of agile, open source development methods.

The Apache Maven project is the first open source build system designed to manage software projects in today's dynamic, globally distributed, highly interdependent and heterogeneous development ecosystem. In conjunction with the Apache Continuum project, Maven enables application and IT development organizations to efficiently integrate open, licensed and internally-developed source code.

The latest version of Maven, Maven 2.0, delivers transparency and control during build processes for any Java-based project. Maven 2.0 is based on a unified Project Object Model (POM) architecture, which consists of metadata describing clear, consistent phases for producing project artifacts. Maven 2.0 offers a unique plug-in environment that provides an extensible development framework to support multi-implementation languages for total reusability across projects. It also features new software 'DNA' mapping to track and manage transitive build dependencies across repositories. Continuum enables continuous integration by automating the testing, packaging, installation and deployment phases of the software build. Together, the platform delivers the visibility and management vital to improving code quality and reducing release timelines.

Mergere's support for Maven and Continuum gives businesses access to previously unavailable, commercially supported open source solutions for build automation, development lifecycle management and corporate software compliance. Mergere is backed by Simula Labs, which provides operational and entrepreneurial expertise to open source companies. The executive team is led by Chief Executive Officer Winston Damarillo, Simula Labs' managing partner. Damarillo was previously the founder of Gluecode Software, an open source application infrastructure company, which IBM acquired in May 2005. Also joining Mergere is co-founder and Architect Jason van Zyl, the founder of Apache Maven, who brings over 10 years of enterprise software development experience working in Fortune 500 companies.

"Open source communities have proven they can deliver world-class software, developing as globally distributed teams that work in rapid cycles and building from highly interdependent components. Our goal is to commercialize the technical underpinning that powers open source development," said Winston Damarillo, CEO of Mergere. "Through our CoRE framework, we enable enterprise development teams to implement agile practices to manage, and thereby realize, the innovative advantage of open source development methodologies."

Pricing and Availability

Mergere's professional technical services include 24/7 annual support contracts on a per project basis, as well as standardized and custom consulting and training options.

For further information about pricing, training, incident-based support and subscription options, please visit http://www.mergere.com or call 888-796-6737 toll free within United States or 310-437-4855 from outside the United States.

About Mergere

Mergere, Inc., a Simula Labs company, provides training, services and add-ons to support the leading, open source-based build platform, Apache Software Foundation's Maven and Continuum projects. Mergere offers developers, release engineers, testers, IT and non-IT managers automation, comprehension, and best practices to build and manage any Java-based project, ensuring faster time to market and a higher quality product, predictably and securely. Mergere is based in Marina del Rey, Calif. For further information about Mergere, please visit http://www.mergere.com.

About Simula Labs

Simula Labs (http://www.simulalabs.com) is the only company with a proven business model for identifying, building and launching successful open source companies. Through its unique shared services and infrastructure approach, Simula Labs empowers open source project founders to fully realize the promise of their open source innovations, enables venture capital firms to make intelligent, informed and winning investments in open source companies, and provides the broader market with high quality, open source software backed by trusted delivery and support. Simula Labs is based in Marina del Rey, Calif.