BRISBANE, Calif., September 12, 2005 - CollabNet, the leading provider of on-demand (SaaS) distributed software development solutions, today launched the next generation of the company’s flagship software development platform, CollabNet® Enterprise Edition 4.0. The new version features the CollabNet Application Lifecycle Manager, a codified yet flexible set of process templates containing content, artifacts, and tools that guide project members through the application lifecycle to help organizations overcome their distributed software development challenges. The CollabNet Application Lifecycle Manager helps corporations create a sustainable advantage in a new era in which applications are developed by decentralized teams collaborating over the Internet. CollabNet Application Lifecycle Manager builds upon the process knowledge gained from CollabNet’s six years of industry-leading experience helping 500,000 software developers worldwide build applications in a distributed manner.