CollabNet, which enables collaborative software development, is partnering with Ohloh to provide project dashboards to more than 1 million users on the CollabNet platform and users of the Collabnet Subversion version control system. Ohloh offers intelligence on thousands of open source and public projects, CollabNet said. Software metrics are collected from a variety of sources such as source code. CollabNet pla CollabNet, which enables collaborative software development, is partnering with Ohloh to provide project dashboards to more than 1 million users on the CollabNet platform and users of the Collabnet Subversion version control system.Ohloh offers intelligence on thousands of open source and public projects, CollabNet said. Software metrics are collected from a variety of sources such as source code. CollabNet plans to make Ohloh development dashboards available within its collaborative platform. An announcement is being made this week.CollabNet said it hosts more than 25 public developer communities; the partnership with Ohloh gives customers more intelligence about the level of activity on their developer networks and the effectiveness of open source strategies. “Ohloh is the trusted provider of development metrics on thousands of open source projects,” said Scott Collison, CEO of Ohloh, in a statement released by CollabNet. “By offering our metrics directly through the CollabNet platform, we bring advanced project information to their users so they know what is happening with their projects and how they stack up against other open source projects.”Integrating Ohloh into CollabNet also benefits companies evaluating open source software for internal use, CollabNet said. Companies can evaluate the health of a project via the Ohloh dashboard. Users also can try Ohloh dashboards on openCollabNet, which is an extension to CollabNet accessible here. “CollabNet hosts thousands of projects for its customers and these communities add up to over 1 million users. CollabNet is building a network of partners around openCollabNet to add value for these users.” said Bill Portelli, president and CEO of CollabNet, in CollabNet’s statement. “The partnership with Ohloh is consistent with our value-add strategy because it provides advanced project metrics for these users which leverages 8 years of content built by the open source and developer communities of CollabNet’s customers.” Technology Industry