Curtiss-Wright Streamlines Application Change Management Processes with Quest Software; Quest Announces New Release of Stat ACM - Provides Greater Scalability and Usability to Administrators Managing Application Changes and Applying Patches

Business Wire, Sept 20, 2005

IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and infrastructure management solutions, today announced that Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corp. (EMD) has enhanced its application change and patch management process with the assistance of Quest Stat(R) Application Change Management (ACM) solution. As a diversified global provider of highly engineered products and services to the motion control, flow control and metal treatment industries, Curtiss-Wright selected Stat ACM to gain better control over its process for making changes and applying patches to critical Oracle E-Business Suite applications. The company also chose Stat ACM for its ability to report on those changes for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements.

"Before Stat ACM, we had a variety of change management systems, including an Access database to log change requests, a third-party patching tool and a manual process that we used to move application customizations into production," said Cary Pochek, Oracle E-Business Suite applications project lead, Curtiss-Wright EMD. "We were invited to a Stat ACM webcast and were drawn to the product because it combined all of the change management capabilities we required into a single tool."

As a Quest Toad(R) for Oracle user for several years, Curtiss-Wright EMD knew Quest Software as a provider of high-quality software solutions with a reliable support staff. As it evaluated Stat ACM for Oracle E-Business Suite applications, Curtiss-Wright EMD found that, unlike other products on the market, it integrated with their current system and provided advanced reporting capabilities. This resulted in significant time savings, both during the implementation as well as the ongoing management of the system.

"When implementing a new solution, you don't want to change the process to match your software or your software to match the process. We discovered that the two systems worked well together and were impressed with Stat ACM's tight integration capabilities," said Tim Guido, database administrator, Curtiss-Wright EMD. "Additionally, Stat ACM's version control capabilities help us reduce the risk of human error related to moving code into production. We now know with certainty what was tested is what's going into production."

Additionally, available today, the latest release of Stat ACM features greater scalability and versatility including the ability to upload and view attachments via both Web and Windows client, and multiple distributed environments on migration paths. Other key new features include:

--Single-Click Project Synchronization - Available in Stat ACM for PeopleSoft, this feature allows a developer to synchronize the objects on a Change/Service Request, streamlining the PeopleSoft development process and resulting in significant time savings.

--Setup Object Comparison - Available in Stat ACM for Oracle E-Business Suite applications, this feature allows a user to view the differences between two versions of a setup object, allowing administrators and auditors to see which objects were changed and how they were changed without having to rely on notes in the change request.

--Developer Object Comparison - Available in Stat ACM for Oracle E-Business Suite applications, this feature displays the differences between two versions of various forms, resulting in better visibility into code changes and their impact, which improves code reviews and auditing.

"We are excited to extend the depth of our change management offering with the new release of Stat ACM," said Larry Humphries, vice president, application management solutions, Quest Software. "By providing application support personnel with the necessary tools to visualize the change in their environments, Stat ACM delivers unprecedented visibility into the impact of that change to existing implementations - increasing application stability and reducing manual errors."

Pricing and Availability

Version 5.2 of Stat ACM will be available on Sept. 22, 2005, with pricing starting at $50,000 (USD) per server and $750 (USD) per user. Additional product information is available by visiting: http://www.quest.com/application_change_management/index.asp and via webcast: http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?ContentID=2224.

About Quest Application Management Solutions

Quest Software's proven application management products help organizations get more performance from both custom Java/.NET and packaged ERP applications. Covering the entire application lifecycle, Quest delivers innovative products that provide code quality and optimization, performance and availability, and change and configuration management. Quest Application Management solutions help IT reliably manage their application environments and access the information required to make informed business decisions while supporting business goals.

About Quest Software Inc.

Quest Software Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 18,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest Software, with headquarters in Irvine, can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.