Welcome to the Hericus Software Blog. We will be using this blog as a way to share a window into the activities that are going on within Hericus Software and as a way for us to talk about the technology behind Zed Builds and Bugs Manager.

Hericus Software was started in early 2008 with the vision to produce a single product that addressed a large number of the day-to-day needs of the software development community. There is a common subset of tools every software development group needs and uses. It has been our experience, these tools rarely work as well as they could, and they almost never work together. There is only one other company that we know of that has the integration philosophy that we do, and that's FogBugz. They also get it: everything a developer needs should be in a single tool and work out of the box. The one piece they are missing, though, is Continuous Integration.

Enter Hericus Software. We provide out of the box support for:

• Continuous Integration with automated software builds
• Bug and task tracking
• Discussion forums
• Wiki collaboration

There is no need to buy 4 separate applications to get all of this functionality. You do not have to install 4 applications on your desktop to interact with our product. In fact, chances are you will not have to install anything. A one time installation of our standard server by your IT department or project lead will make the whole suite available to everyone on your team.

Using our advanced web workspace, you have access to all applications from your favorite browser. Features such as drag and drop, tabbed views, and flexible workspaces allow you to work the way that you are most comfortable. Our goal is for the application to adapt to you rather than forcing you to adapt to the application.

Check out our demo system, which is fully functional and gives you an immediate feel for how the application suite can work for you in your environment.

Browse through our documentation, and you will see the rich content that will help you feel at ease while you are learning the system.

Coming soon: video tutorials, common use-cases, and how-to guides to help you follow best practices for your development setup.