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The slots for our series of free personalized online ALM demos are filling up fast - as of today almost half of our capacity is already booked solid! Although we will probably schedule more such sessions in the future, if you or someone you know would like to take advantage of the sessions we have scheduled now, don’t delay signing up.

Available dates/times, plus a sign-up form are on the web at www.polarion.com/products/alm/demo_registration.php

Thanks to all readers who have helped spread the word!

Through March, 2008 Polarion Software is offering a series of free personal online demos of Polarion ALM 3.0.

If you already use Polarion ALM, you probably don’t need to participate in these, but we would certainly appreciate you passing the word along to colleagues or contacts who might be interested. We should stress that these demos are personal and 2-way: only the registrant and anyone he/she chooses to have sit in will be present in the approximately 45-minute session, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss their own situations with a member of the Polarion Professional Services team, and ask questions.

Available dates/times, plus a sign-up form are on the web at www.polarion.com/products/alm/demo_registration.php

Through the end of 2007, Polarion Software will be offering free, in-depth online demos of Polarion ALM 3.0. The sessions will run on the following dates:

How to sign up

We request registration to have an idea of how many people will take part (and to make sure we are not overloading the online conferencing facility.) Register online at:
www.polarion.com/products/alm/demo_registration.php

Note: You can sign up for a demo at the same time you register for a free Polarion ALM Team license. Visit
http://www.polarion.com/products/alm/team_order.php

Topics

The demo session runs about 45 minutes. Major topics will include:

• Basic concepts and user interface
• How to link code and work items
• Different ways to manage requirements
• Planning with Polarion ALM

Polarion^® ALM 3.0 is now available for Linux in addition to the previously released distribution for Windows^®. Scripts providing fully or partially automated installation are included in the distribution and support the following platforms:

• Debian
• SuSE
• RedHat

(Details on the download page.)

You can download the distribution and Linux installation guide documentation at “http://www.polarion.com/downloads/alm.php. You can select either the Team or the Enterprise download (it’s really the same archive).

The limited-time free license offer for Polarion ALM Team also applies to the Linux version - check it out if you haven’t already!

Just a quick post to let you know that we’ve just released SVN Express by Polarion^®. Designed for people who aren’t yet using Subversion but would like to check it out, SVN Express contains Subversion and everything you need to run it on Windows^®, all in a single FREE download. No need to hunt all over for the right infrastructure software. The archive contains it, and the Windows installer program installs and configures Subversion, Apache, and everything else needed. SVN Express is, quite simply, the fastest, easiest way to get Subversion up and running.

Also in the bundle are some free and/or open source tools, such as data mirgrators and SVN clients, to help SVN newcomers get the most from Subversion - again, without the need to hunt all over the internet for individual tools and components. There’s even a copy of SubTrain, Polarion’s open source training materials to help SVN newbies ramp up fast.

For the complete rundown on what’s in SVN Express visit www.polarion.com/products/svn/svn_express.php. Download it at www.polarion.com/downloads/svn.php.

We realize that may readers of this blog already use SVN (hopefully in conjunction with Polarion products!) But if you know of anyone who’s been kicking around the idea of moving to Subversion, we’d appreciate it if you would point them to SVN Express as a fast easy way to get started. Thanks!