SERENA Software Announces SERNET Enterprise; Innovative Architecture Enables the First Complete End-to-End Software Change Management Solution

Business Wire, April 6, 1999

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of enterprise software change management solutions, today announced SERNET(TM) Enterprise, providing the architectural foundation for its FULL.CYCLE(TM) Enterprise Solution (see related press release "SERENA Software Introduces FULL.CYCLE Enterprise").

"With SERNET Enterprise, we are delivering a software backbone that provides mainframe to desktop connectivity and interoperability," said Douglas D. Troxel, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Board of SERENA Software. "SERNET provides our customers with a fast, reliable and secure connection for their end-to-end software change management needs."

SERNET Enterprise consists of mainframe and desktop reusable software components joined together through SERNET Connect. This is an innovative, high performance, high bandwidth pipeline for cross-platform interoperability. SERNET Enterprise encapsulates each of SERENA's core technologies to provide a proven underlying software infrastructure for the FULL.CYCLE Enterprise Solution.

The open architecture provides unprecedented access to mainframe data for software vendors, systems integrators and SERENA's customers. This enables SERENA to facilitate an extensive range of proven solutions on increasingly critical cross-platform technology issues. SERNET Enterprise provides the pivotal technology for SERENA's FULL.CYCLE Enterprise Solution. This architecture's technological leadership is the basis for SERENA to offer the first complete end-to-end software change management solution across the enterprise.

Availability and Pricing

Availability and pricing of the full SERNET Enterprise suite is targeted for May 1999.

About SERENA Software

SERENA Software, Inc. is a global software and services company providing enterprise software change management to manage and control change throughout the software application life cycle. SERENA is headquartered in Burlingame, California and maintains international offices in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Note to Editors: FULL.CYCLE and SERNET are trademarks of SERENA Software, Inc. All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.