"The launch of Rally Agile Team and Agile Pro editions are in response to
the continued momentum and adoption of Agile development practices we see
firsthand with our growing customer base of more than 2,000 subscribers," said
Tim Miller, CEO of Rally.  "All Agile teams try to deliver customer value
incrementally in small batches rather than in big-bang waterfall releases.  A
small team of 10 or less that is piloting Agile often has simpler
communication and coordination requirements than a larger or more experienced
Agile organization. Rally's new editions make it easy for companies of all
sizes to get started with Agile and will grow with them as their needs
change."

Rally Agile Team enables a single team of 10 developers and testers to
communicate and manage their iterations more effectively by giving them basic
project management, test management and defect tracking features without
complexity.  It offers a specific set of project management features designed
to assist smaller teams, or initial teams within a larger organization, gain
the experience, visibility and confidence needed to succeed and eventually
scale Agile development methodologies. 

Rally Agile Pro supports all roles and activities in the software life
cycle with added capabilities for release planning and tracking, requirements
management, resource planning and program management.  In addition, Rally
Agile Pro is fully customizable, and uses Web services that integrate Rally
with the company's preferred development, test and build environments to
provide seamless collaboration and visibility across projects and teams.

Rally continues to add new functionality to its core technology platform
on a regular basis.  New enhancements to both Rally Agile Pro and Rally Agile
Team include:

    * New User Story requirement type - this lightweight requirement can stand
      alone or be a dependent to features or use cases

    * The ability to add custom fields to requirements, test cases and defects
      with enhanced custom views and filters that control information layout,
      grouping and ordering

    * New inline editing capabilities using Ajax technology is now available
      on requirements, test cases, defects and scheduling cards

New features that support integration for Rally Agile Pro only are:

    * Enhanced Web Services API for both SOAP & REST (Beta) integrates Rally
      with IDEs, automated test, build and SCM systems by allowing for the
      search, create, read, update and delete of Rally objects from these
      applications

"If you are moving your organization toward Agile development, Rally is a
great place to start.  Their blend of tools, support, training, reference
materials and consulting services provide everything you need for your
organization to be successful," said Skip Angel, vice president of
development/CTO for Integrated Systems, Inc.  "The launch of Rally Agile Team
and Agile Pro illustrate how responsive Rally is to our needs and how in-touch
they are to the realities of making Agile development a success for customers
of all types and sizes."

    Pricing and Availability
    Rally Agile Team and Rally Agile Pro are available immediately.  Pricing
for Rally Agile Pro is $65 per month, per user.  Rally Agile Team Edition can
be purchased on Rally's Web site for a special promotion price of $995 for
five users for six months.  Visit http://www.rallydev.com for details.

    About Rally's On-demand Solutions
    From small pilot projects to distributed, multi-team programs, Rally's
family of leading on-demand software life cycle management solutions give
teams the visibility and collaboration needed to formalize and scale Agile
development practices that deliver high-value software in rapid iterations.
Rally unites Agile project management with tracking of requirements, tests and
defects so everyone has a real-time picture of a project's features and
quality, priorities, roadblocks and risks.  Its deep support for all roles and
activities in the software development life cycle provides an alternative to
expensive and poorly integrated point tools.  Rally is delivered through a
highly secure, hosted Web service that starts fast and scales easily across
platforms and geographies for low-risk, low-cost deployment.

    About Rally Software Development
    Based in Boulder, Colo., Rally Software Development is helping change the
way companies around the globe define, develop and deliver software.  Rally's
family of on-demand solutions for Agile software life cycle management support
the mainstream adoption of Agile development practices, a fast-growing trend
that helps software organizations respond faster to changing customer needs.
The company's customers include thousands of subscribers from leading software
vendors, Internet companies and corporate development teams that are committed
to delivering high-value software that adapts quickly to new business
realities.  Rally's world-renown coaches and expert partners complement its
on-demand applications with training, mentoring and consulting services for
creating the Agile organization.  The company is privately held and backed by
Mobius Venture Capital and Boulder Ventures.  For more information about
Rally, visit the company's Web site at http://www.rallydev.com

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