Campbell, CA, August 17, 2006 -- BitMover Inc., the provider of BitKeeper, the technology leader in peer-to-peer collaborative development tools, today announced the release of BitKeeper 4.0. This new release provides the foundation for an exciting package of features that will solidify BitKeeper as the developers tool of choice for years to come.

In building this foundation numerous stability enhancements and performance improvements have been implemented. Customers will also enjoy the powerful new license server technology which streamlines license management with virtually no extra administration. This release also includes a variety of enhancements and commands to conveniently support complex automated development processes.

"We have focused our resources on solving our customers toughest development challenges," said Bob Burres, VP of Operations, "BitKeeper is already far ahead of the field and this release provides the launching pad for the next generation of industry firsts."

Developers will find that standard operations have improved performance, release engineers will find the new multi-parent repositories a win for rolling up and building release candidates, and license administration and product upgrades will be even simpler than they have been in previous versions.

About BitMover

Founded in 1998, BitMover Inc. is a privately held Silicon Valley- based company that produces BitKeeper. BitKeeper shortens the software development life-cycle by providing the industry's only peer- to-peer collaborative development tool. Many of the world's largest independent software and hardware vendors have used BitKeeper to more effectively manage their development projects. Companies from startups to the Fortune 50 use BitKeeper to increase their productivity. BitKeeper enables best practices in software development through powerful workflow capabilities, gives managers enhanced control over their projects, and enables greater productivity in engineers through best-in-class merge technology. For more information, please see http://www.bitkeeper.com.