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Last update: 10/20/2018 GitLab users often ask us which GitLab version to select. No wonder: today there are essentially 12 (!) options (cloud, on-premise etc.), and the choice can be quite confusing. The purpose of this article is to help you to choose the right version of GitLab. So how do you choose? To make […]

During a recent GitLab live event, GitLab made several interesting  announcements: They presented their vision of “Complete DevOps”, and demonstrated capabilities that will soon be incorporated into their product. They announced that they had raised $20 million in new venture capital funding led by Google Ventures (GV). So far, the total amount of funding raised […]

Last week we hosted a GitLab event for R&D and DevOps managers. A satisfied GitLab user, Matan Keidar of Thomson Reuters, presented his work at the company, including GitLab, Jenkins and Slack. After receiving good feedback on this story, we decided to publish it here on the blog (text summary and a video recording). The […]

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We’d like to inform you that yesterday GitLab released important security fixes for versions 8.7.x to 8.17.x. These versions contain several security fixes, including an important security fix for a critical information disclosure vulnerability. GitLab strongly recommend that all affected GitLab installations be upgraded immediately. [chimpy_form forms=”2″]   If you need assistance to confidently upgrade […]

There are currently 5 different editions of GitLab, including free, paid, cloud and more. This variety confuses some users, so I wrote this article to explain the differences between the editions. I’m going to introduce the editions as different layers on top of each other. Each layer provides some additional functionality beyond the layer below […]

IBM InterConnect is around the corner! Below you can find the full list of upcoming ClearCase & ClearQuest sessions at IBM InterConnect 2017 taking place in Las Vegas on March 19-23. 2424A: IBM Rational ClearCase: Roadmap Review and Client Priorities. This session will provide users of IBM Rational ClearCase with an update on the latest product roadmap, […]

GitLab is sponsoring the DevOpsDays conference next week in Tel Aviv, and as their Israeli distributor we’ll be there too! If you attend the conference, be sure to drop by GitLab’s booth and say hello

2017 is coming, and to celebrate the end of the year, we are offering  a special 7% discount if you order licenses by 12/20/2016. For further details or to get a quote, please send an email to sales@almtoolbox.com We’re offering the following tools (we have developed over the years): Health checks solution for ClearCase VOBs […]

I’m happy to inform you that we now have a new release of our extension for ClearCase. This tool enables you to drill down into the history of any code line in a file. Download Visual Studio Extension If you suffer of slowness and awkwardness of the Version Tree of ClearCase, this extension can save […]

  This week we delivered a live webcast where Tamir Gefen (our CEO) and Zeev Tavor (our installer tools expert) discussed of the challenges of multiplatform installers which are important when you build a software tool for more than one operating system. Zeev demonstrated InstallBuilder and compared it to InstallAnywhere and InstallShield. The webcast was […]

  Our new performance monitoring tool is coming soon, and it’s better than ever! What’s new? New API that enables you to dynamically duplicate and remove monitored hosts New integration with ChatOp tools: Slack and Atlassian HipChat Easier installation More accurate email alerts (to avoid email burden) New thresholds New checks unique for Jenkins masters […]

This year’s Jenkins conference offers some interesting announcements related to Jenkins v2.0. You can watch them live at no charge: Wednesday, September 14 9:00 AM -10:00 AM PT Jenkins Community Keynote Address, Kohsuke Kawaguchi,Jenkins Founder and Chief Technology Officer, CloudBees 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT CloudBees Keynote Address, Sacha Labourey, CEO and Founder, CloudBees […]

Are you developing on Linux \ UNIX using ClearCase? Do you sometimes have to find out where a certain code line was really changed (and by whom) and feel like you’re looking for a needle in a haystack? We now have our “Get Real Change” utility available on Linux and UNIX! We got feedback by […]

As part of our recent release of the ALM Performance monitoring tool, we are offering two new charts: an Uptime chart and a network latency chart. We provide these charts embedded in a daily email you can get every morning right into your inbox, and it displays the availability of given hosts you’d like to […]