Serena Announces Enterprise Change Management Support for the Microsoft .NET Platform; Serena Streamlines XML Web Services Development Process and Secures Software Assets

Business Wire, Dec 14, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2001

SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of software that automates change to enterprise code and content, today announced that Serena(TM) ChangeMan(TM) DS will support the Microsoft .NET Platform. Upon the release of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, the combination of Serena ChangeMan DS and Visual Studio .NET will enable customers to achieve significant productivity gains in their development environments.

The seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET allows developers to meet stringent e-business requirements by ensuring the availability and security of mission-critical XML Web services' based applications throughout the development life cycle. The integration further maximizes productivity by allowing developers to utilize the robust enterprise change management capabilities inherent in Serena ChangeMan DS directly from within the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET development environment.

"Serena provides a valuable solution," said Robert Green, lead product manager of the Developer and Platform Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is excited to be working with Serena to offer customers a reliable, efficient change management solution, further streamlining and enhancing the software development and deployment process using the Microsoft .NET Platform."

Serena ChangeMan DS provides the change infrastructure necessary for companies to create XML Web services to leverage their legacy assets as they modernize their business applications. Serena ChangeMan DS gives organizations a proven solution to manage the frequent changes involved in building, deploying and maintaining software and XML Web services to secure e-business success. The Serena ChangeMan product family gives customers a single point of control to manage the development process for complex enterprise applications with components running across multiple platforms from the mainframe to the Web.

"Serena is ecstatic to join Microsoft at the forefront of the coming revolution in XML Web services," said Mark Woodward, president and chief executive officer of SERENA Software, Inc. "In this new business environment, companies require a powerful change management solution to optimize the opportunity to transform their businesses using the Microsoft .NET Framework."

About Serena

SERENA Software, Inc. is the Enterprise Change Management (ECM) industry leader. For over twenty years Serena has focused exclusively on providing application change management solutions to the world's leading enterprises, and today its products are in use at over 2,500 customer sites -- including 42 of the Fortune 50. Serena leads the way in ECM by providing a single point of control to manage software code and Web content changes throughout the enterprise, from the mainframe to the Web. This ensures application availability and speeds time to market -- while reducing development costs. With headquarters in Burlingame, California, Serena serves customers worldwide through local offices and an international network of distributors. www.serena.com.

Note to Editors: Serena and ChangeMan 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.