BitMover Employees Embrace the Holiday Spirit

Campbell, CA, January 18, 2007 -- The employees at BitMover have a long history of being active in their communities and 2006 was no exception. In addition to donating their time they also opened their pocketbooks in a big way, with employees donating in excess of $25,000 during 2006. BitMover launched a new charitable matching program and more than doubled those contributions, bring the total contributions to more than $50,000 during 2006.

"Our employees have always been active in a variety of good causes, and when I realized the magnitude of their donations I wanted a way that we could do more as a company." said Larry McVoy, BitMover CEO, "The corporate matching program seemed like a logical way to support our employees efforts."

The employees at BitMover are supporting a variety of great causes. Many contributions went to groups that feed, clothe, and house the less fortunate. Other contributions went to groups that are working to cure disease. Still others went to groups focused on environmental and social issues. A sampling of those groups include:

  • Coalition for the Homeless
  • Alameda County Community Food bank
  • KQED Public Television
  • Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church
  • Bay Area Non-Violent Communication
  • Nature Conservancy
  • Sacred Heart Community Service
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Mercy Corps
  • Wilderness Society
  • American Rivers
  • Sierra Club
  • National Audubon Society
  • Loma Prieta Education Fund
  • American Cancer Society
  • Project Open Hand

BitMover believes in being a good corporate citizen both in the local community and the global community. Its employees agree and it shows in their donation trends which range from local food banks to global relief efforts.

"There are so many organizations doing great work out there, it feels good to support making the world a better place," said Amy Graf, BitMover Sales.

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.

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