Aldon Delivers Robust ALM Plug-in for Latest IBM WebSphere Development Studio client

Business Wire, April 29, 2007

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aldon, the leading provider of process-driven Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions, today announced Aldon Lifecycle Manager (System i Edition v7.5) plug-in support for the latest IBM WebSphere[R] Development Studio client (WDSc) 7.0. In line with the recent introduction of WDSc 7.0, Aldon's plug-in compatibility demonstrates the company's commitment to ensure customers get the most of their existing System i investments while providing increased interoperability between the best-of-breed technologies. In the complex WebSphere environment, Aldon ALM becomes the foundation which allows IT to consistently build, integrate and modernize high-quality applications, and better meet end-user requirements on time and within budget.

"We pride ourselves on being a company on the leading edge of enterprise software with a clearly differentiated and progressive vision for continued advancement of technology. This includes both the System i and the open system markets," said Daniel Magid, CEO and president, Aldon. "By ensuring we enhance our solutions in line with our technology partners, we help businesses protect their corporate assets while achieving efficiencies at the same time."

By combining the Aldon solution with IBM's latest Integrated Development Environment (IDE), IT departments gain the full functionality of application lifecycle management from IBM's most powerful IDE, bringing IT departments the automated processes and increased visibility they need to help achieve business goals.

Based on Eclipse 3.2, the Aldon Lifecycle Manager plug-ins enable sophisticated application lifecycle management from within the WDSc, RAD, and WDSc Lite development environments, allowing developers to work in their chosen IDE. Because Aldon uses WebSphere's "team repository" approach rather than the proprietary, vendor-based "perspective" approach, WebSphere Studio developers and project managers using Aldon can operate on objects for Microsoft[R] Windows[R], UNIX[R], Linux[R], i5/OST, OS/400T, OpenVMST and z/OS from within a single repository using the standard team repository right-click menu.

With the Aldon plug-ins, developers need no additional training to understand the user interface, views presented, or functionality. Even complex, multi-tier, cross platform projects, including those involving Web services or SOA applications, can be developed, tested and managed within the RAD and WDSc environments. Users are able to track all development and maintenance efforts, ensuring that everyone is aware of activity that might impact them.

The Aldon plug-ins are free for all Aldon customers and can be downloaded at the Aldon Customer Support Area.

The Aldon Suite

The Aldon ALM solution provides IT business process automation, requirements management, software configuration management, multiple version management and software deployment to companies worldwide. Built to address complex multi-platform environments as well as the needs of geographically distributed IT organizations, the Aldon Suite gives companies a defined, repeatable, measurable and traceable process for every stage of their application development. The integrated suite is comprised of Aldon Lifecycle Manager, Aldon Deployment Manager and Aldon Community Manager.

About Aldon

Aldon is the leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions bringing the benefits of process-driven application change management to IT and accelerating the delivery of mission-critical business applications. Aldon ALM solutions support today's agile organizations by enabling IT teams to greatly improve their products' time to market, reduce business disruptions, achieve regulatory compliance and increase return on investment. More than 1,300 companies, including 70 of the Fortune 100, rely on Aldon ALM solutions for enterprise software configuration and change management for their IT business processes. Established in 1979, Aldon is headquartered in Emeryville, California and maintains 14 offices worldwide serving more than 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.aldon.com.