For Immediate Release

Read this press release online at: 
http://www.activestate.com/company/newsroom/press/2007_03_26_0

6th Sense Analytics and ActiveState Announce Partnership: 6th Sense 
Analytics Automates Individual and Aggregated Metrics for Users of 
Komodo IDE 4.0

Morrisville, NC and Vancouver, BC, March 26, 2007 â?? 6th Sense Analytics, 
a pioneer in improving software development metrics, and ActiveState, 
the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic languages, today 
jointly announced a co-marketing and distribution partnership. Under the 
terms of the agreement, ActiveState will distribute 6th Sense Analytics' 
automated software development metrics solution from its Komodo 
community website.

Komodo users will have immediate access to 6th Sense Analytics Personal 
Edition, which provides visibility into individual work patterns and 
productivity, and reveals specifically how a developer�s effort is 
expended. It also allows developers to compare their work patterns to 
the developer community at large. Komodo users will also have the option 
of upgrading to 6th Sense Analytics Team Edition, which aggregates data 
across distributed teams and provides a basis for more effectively 
managing software development projects, whether they�re in-house or 
outsourced, onshore or offshore.

"Komodo is one of the most popular developer tools for dynamic 
languages," said Jake Sorofman, vice president of products and marketing 
for 6th Sense Analytics. "6th Sense offers the Komodo community an 
automated and unobtrusive way to gather metrics about their software 
development activity, which will allow developers to self-assess and 
improve their own work patterns. It also borrows from the spirit of open 
source by bringing openness and transparency to distributed development 
environments."

"We're constantly working with our community and partners to broaden the 
value and usefulness of Komodo. The new Firefox-like extensibility, 
which enables integration of 6th Sense Analytics' automated software 
development metrics solution, is key to making that happen," said Matt 
Herdon, director of product management for ActiveState. "We're excited 
about the 6th Sense Analytics solution, as we see it as a compelling 
value-added capability for programmers and the teams they work in. It's 
cool what you can learn about your coding habits in a short space of 
time. This partnership is about delivering powerful specialized 
solutions to development shops using dynamic languages."

6th Sense Analytics Solution
6th Sense Analytics is a powerful and unique software-as-a-service 
solution for achieving accurate and consistent visibility across 
distributed software development projects. 6th Sense automatically and 
unobtrusively collects activity-based data from developer tools and 
delivers on-demand analytics to individuals and teams. This delivers 
insight into the time spent on specific activities, and provides a basis 
for understanding team effort, productivity and overall project 
velocity; ensuring software development projects are on time, on budget 
and on target with business goals. All of this allows software 
development teams to improve their ability to deliver successful project 
outcomes, critical to the overall success of a globally distributed 
software development effort.

Komodo IDE 4.0 and Komodo Edit 4.0
Komodo IDE 4.0 is the first unified workspace for end-to-end development 
of dynamic web applications. A rich feature set for client-side Ajax 
languages such as CSS, HTML, JavaScript and XML, coupled with advanced 
support for dynamic languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl, 
enables developers to quickly and easily create robust web apps. Komodo 
IDE 4.0 licenses are $295 US and a single license covers you across 
Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Learn more at 
http://www.activestate.com/komodo_ide.

Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE 4.0, Komodo Edit 4.0 is a free, 
feature-rich editor for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic 
languages (Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl) and platforms (Linux, Mac 
OS X, and Windows). Like Komodo IDE 4.0, Komodo Edit 4.0 also supports 
client-side languages and Ajax technologies, including JavaScript, CSS, 
HTML, and XML. Learn more at http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of tools and services for dynamic 
languages such as JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl. Millions 
of developers rely on ActiveState's cross-platform professional 
development tools, high-quality language distributions and enterprise 
services. ActiveState is owned by its employees and Pender Financial 
Group, a publicly traded investment company focused on technology and 
healthcare sectors in British Columbia.

About 6th Sense Analytics
6th Sense Analytics, a pioneer in improving software development 
metrics, gives developers and managers deep insight into their software 
development process by delivering accurate metrics without interrupting 
the software development lifecycle or changing the tools used. The 
company uses an open and independent architecture that provides 
visibility into the status of distributed software projects. Founded in 
2004 by a team of experienced software development executives, 6th Sense 
Analytics is a privately held company based near Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina.

For media and analyst inquiries and access to the ActiveState Media
Center, please contact
Erin Williams
Communication Manager, ActiveState
1.778.786.1105
erinw@[...].com

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