Redwood Software Certified for SAP NetWeaver Platform; Cronacle for SAP Solutions Becomes Fully Certified under the Powered by SAP NetWeaver Program

Business Wire, Oct 5, 2004

SAN DIEGO -- Redwood Software, Inc., a leading provider of event-driven job scheduling, infrastructure automation and electronic document archive and delivery solutions, today announced that Cronacle(TM) for SAP(R) solutions has achieved certification under the Powered by SAP NetWeaver(TM) program, taking integration with the SAP solution-based environment to the next level. By achieving this level of integration certification, Redwood Software illustrates its ongoing commitment to delivering solutions compatible with the latest technology from SAP and enables customers to fully exploit the benefits provided by the SAP NetWeaver platform.

Cronacle for SAP solutions provides customers with the ability to manage SAP solutions across the extended enterprise efficiently and cost effectively through automated process and workload management from a single control dashboard. The combination of Cronacle for SAP solutions and SAP NetWeaver integrates business applications into a single platform, providing powerful centralized management for environments based on solutions from SAP and other vendors.

As an SAP Software Partner and with Cronacle certified under the Powered by SAP NetWeaver program, Redwood enhances the job scheduling capabilities of SAP solutions. Cronacle for SAP solutions includes support for ABAP process automation, JAVA process automation, SAP Business Information Warehouse scheduling, integration with the SAP Solution Manager tool and the SAP Enterprise Portal component.

"The Powered by SAP NetWeaver certification demonstrates Redwood's continuing commitment to SAP and its customers by providing a single point of administration for the SAP NetWeaver technology stack," said Anjo de Heus, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Redwood. "Our customers can be confident that they will be investing in a scheduling solution with an integration based on the latest SAP technologies, thus fully leveraging the efficiency and productivity gains of SAP NetWeaver as a development platform for business success."

Using the certified Business Package for Cronacle for SAP solutions, users are able to monitor background processes of solutions from SAP and other vendors submitted by or on behalf of them directly through the portal. Delivering this integration allows customers to derive further value from their investments in the SAP NetWeaver platform and Redwood Software.

About Redwood Software

Founded in 1993, Redwood Software (www.Redwood.com) enables organizations to maximize the value of their IT infrastructure and business information through effective, event-driven job scheduling and enterprise report management solutions. Redwood products such as Cronacle and Report2Web produce proven return-on-investment (ROI) within as little as a few weeks by optimizing IT resource utilization and improving the global availability and timeliness of information delivery. Redwood customers number more than 700 organizations worldwide and range from retail, manufacturing and financial giants listed on Fortune's global list of the worlds 50 largest companies to community hospitals, universities and other regionally run businesses. Redwood is a global organization with offices in the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany.

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