SERENA Enhances Industry Leading Comparison Solution for Application Testing; Comparex Ensures Software Quality; Now Provides Oracle Database Support

Business Wire, March 27, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000

SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of eBusiness infrastructure software change management solutions, today announced the availability of Comparex(R) 8.3.0 for MVS, VSE, and CMS. Comparex is the most comprehensive, accurate, and flexible comparison product available today. It quickly and accurately validates changes to data, text and database files in a single step, increasing testing productivity and improving the quality of application development. The enhanced functionality for validating software changes during testing allows businesses to develop software faster and more reliably to meet the accelerated demands of deploying critical applications.

"Comparex is an essential tool for improving software quality," said Steve Roth, Independent Consultant. "The ability to quickly and accurately validate changes significantly improves my productivity and helps me to guarantee the success of my clients' application development and maintenance projects."

"The new economy has accelerated the need for an infrastructure that can support eBusiness initiatives, speed application testing and time to market," said Tony Stayner, Vice President of Marketing for SERENA Software, Inc. "Comparex is a key component of SERENA's eBusiness infrastructure solutions and delivers testing confidence and ensures application quality."

Comparex 8.3.0 features support for the Oracle MVS database. Comparex can identify precise differences between files of like or dissimilar content, structure or record length.

Major enhancements to Comparex 8.3.0 include:

--   Oracle database interface enabling direct comparisons against
     other database files.
--   Copybook parsing for PL/1, DCLGEN, and Assembler simplifies data
     definition for comparison.
--   Shared comparison profiles allow multiple users to easily run the
     same comparison types.
--   Foreground compare limit sets the number of records to be
     compared in foreground mode before batch processing is required.

FULL.CYCLE(TM) Enterprise Solution

Comparex 8.3.0 is part of the SERENA FULL.CYCLE Enterprise Solution, an integrated set of industry-leading software products, an open cross-platform architecture, and comprehensive consulting services, which enable businesses to manage software changes across the enterprise at any phase of the application life cycle.

About SERENA Software, Inc.

SERENA Software is a global company providing software infrastructure products and consulting best practices that automate the management of enterprise software changes. SERENA is headquartered in Burlingame, California and maintains international offices in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. SERENA products are used at over 2,000 customer sites, including 80% of the Fortune 50. SERENA can be reached through the World Wide Web at www.serena.com.

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