<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
tool	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
continuous	O
integration	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
automates	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
building	O
code	O
into	O
software	O
projects	O
and	O
testing	O
it	O
to	O
verify	O
that	O
project	O
quality	O
has	O
been	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developers	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
identify	O
bugs	O
and	O
errors	O
earlier	O
by	O
using	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
to	O
track	O
,	O
collate	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
changes	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
to	O
a	O
collectively	O
maintained	O
body	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
computer	I-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
expanded	O
into	O
an	O
enterprise	O
integration	O
and	O
delivery	O
automation	O
platform	O
supporting	O
continuous	O
integration	O
,	O
deployment	O
automation	O
,	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
emerging	O
DevOps	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
supports	O
distributed	O
and	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
builds	O
in	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
and	O
other	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
had	O
over	O
400	O
enterprise	O
customers	O
worldwide	O
as	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UrbanCode	B-Application
was	O
bought	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
is	O
being	O
retired	O
and	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
supported	O
after	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
replaced	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
by	O
IBM	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
Build	O
and	O
IBM	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
Deploy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
software	O
development	O
organizations	O
that	O
use	O
Source	B-Architecture
Configuration	I-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
,	O
developers	O
first	O
analyze	O
and	O
remove	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
main	O
code	O
line	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
body	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
CruiseControl	B-Language
,	O
Anthill	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
standard	O
tools	O
for	O
continuous	O
integration	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
typical	O
release	O
cycle	O
for	O
applications	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
was	O
12	O
to	O
24	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
multi-tier	O
architectures	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
and	O
progressing	O
to	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
,	O
a	O
build	O
became	O
much	O
more	O
complex	O
than	O
simply	O
compiling	O
and	O
linking	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Builds	O
included	O
many	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
activities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
applying	O
database	O
changes	O
,	O
loading	O
static	O
content	O
from	O
a	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
,	O
configuring	O
software	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
deploying	O
all	O
or	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UrbanCode	B-Application
released	O
the	O
original	O
Anthill	O
OS	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
tool	O
intended	O
for	O
build	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Anthill	O
OS	O
,	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
created	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UrbanCode	B-Application
released	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
edition	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
CruiseControl	B-Language
,	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
focused	O
purely	O
on	O
providing	O
developers	O
feedback	O
about	O
the	O
health	O
of	O
their	O
builds	O
,	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
was	O
focused	O
on	O
build	O
management	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
one	O
project	O
's	O
build	O
as	O
a	O
dependency	O
for	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
supports	O
such	O
methodologies	O
by	O
monitoring	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
various	O
source	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	O
and	O
triggering	O
a	O
build	O
when	O
a	O
developer	O
commits	O
to	O
a	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
build	O
is	O
complete	O
,	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
captures	O
the	O
build	O
product	O
for	O
further	O
testing	O
and	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
released	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
that	O
extended	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
beyond	O
continuous	O
integration	O
into	O
automated	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
CI	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
build-centric	O
,	O
this	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
used	O
the	O
build	O
only	O
as	O
an	O
initial	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
build	O
was	O
complete	O
,	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
created	O
binary	O
artifacts	O
that	O
were	O
then	O
tested	O
,	O
deployed	O
and	O
promoted	O
through	O
a	O
lifecycle	O
on	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
production	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
included	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
enriched	O
reporting	O
,	O
release	O
management	O
,	O
enhanced	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
execute	O
workflow	O
steps	O
in	O
remote	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
can	O
gather	O
any	O
reports	O
generated	O
by	O
a	O
build	O
or	O
test	O
process	O
and	O
display	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
server	O
's	O
web	O
interface	O
for	O
review	O
by	O
developers	O
,	O
testers	O
or	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
release	O
management	O
team	O
's	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
provides	O
an	O
audit	O
trail	O
linking	O
a	O
build	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
to	O
every	O
deployment	O
and	O
test	O
executed	O
against	O
that	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
encourages	O
teams	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
similar	O
automated	O
process	O
for	O
production	O
deployments	O
,	O
thus	O
lowering	O
the	O
risk	O
in	O
a	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
supports	O
automated	O
deployment	O
of	O
a	O
build	O
to	O
a	O
user-configured	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
transitioned	O
from	O
a	O
continuous	O
integration	O
server	O
to	O
an	O
automation	O
framework	O
capable	O
of	O
complex	O
deployments	O
,	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
began	O
expanding	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
's	O
capability	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
third-party	O
tools	O
straight	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
version	O
3.8	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
integrates	O
with	O
over	O
sixty	O
third-party	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
J2EE	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
databases	O
,	O
build	O
systems	O
,	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
supports	O
external	O
plugins	O
that	O
extend	O
its	O
automation	O
framework	O
to	O
accommodate	O
virtually	O
any	O
software	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
driven	O
from	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
released	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
edition	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
UrbanCode	B-Application
released	O
the	O
third	O
generation	O
of	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
,	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
distributed	O
builds	O
and	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
post-build	O
lifecycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
version	O
3.6	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
)	O
extended	O
the	O
tool-set	O
to	O
Application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
ALM	O
)	O
using	O
centrally-managed	O
automation	O
for	O
build	O
,	O
deploy	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
added	O
integration	O
for	O
numerous	O
third	O
party	O
ALM	O
point	O
solutions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
artifact	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
,	O
SCM	O
,	O
issue-tracking	O
,	O
test-automation	O
,	O
change	O
management	O
systems	O
and	O
project	O
management	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnthillPro	B-Application
version	O
3.7	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
)	O
increased	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
's	O
ability	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
other	O
point	O
tools	O
in	O
continuous	O
integration	O
,	O
build	O
automation	O
,	O
and	O
ALM	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
AHP	O
Tool	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
script	O
actions	O
from	O
the	O
command	O
line	O
and	O
access	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
AnthillPro	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
;	O
and	O
it	O
introduced	O
Agent	O
User	O
Impersonation	O
,	O
which	O
gives	O
administrators	O
greater	O
control	O
over	O
scripts	O
run	O
by	O
agents	O
.	O
</s>
