Aldon Expands Global Capabilities With Asia/Pacific Office Opening; Growing Demand for ALM Solutions Gives Rise to Four New Offices; Brings Aldon Closer to Customers.EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aldon, the leading provider of application lifecycle management The administration and control of an application from inception to its demise. It embraces requirements management, system design, software development and configuration management and implies an integrated set of tools for developing and controlling the project. solutions for process-driven change management, today announced it has opened a new office in Asia/Pacific and three domestic offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. 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The demand for application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions is increasing and Aldon has responded with new offices and staff to help organizations accelerate and better manage their business-critical application development. The expansion demonstrates the company's commitment to being a hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. solution provider to its growing customer base across the globe. Capturing the Asia/Pacific market represents a strategic initiative for Aldon. With rapidly growing economies in countries throughout the region, businesses are engaging in more and more IT initiatives and looking to vendors like Aldon to help them gain control over the application lifecycle and ensure the delivery of mission-critical business applications. Gartner (Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT, www.gartner.com) The largest information technology consulting firm that specializes in research and analysis. Founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner, it has grown through acquisitions, including Dataquest in 1995 and Techrepublic in 2000. forecasts that the Asia/Pacific license revenue for all application development software products will reach $425.8 million by 2009, as reported in Gartner's December 2005 report titled Forecast: Application Development Software, Asia/Pacific, 2004-2009. Gartner emphasizes that "tools that contribute to quality of software code -- requirements management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored. , software change, and configuration management and testing tools -- will grow faster than the market overall." Now with offices in Asia/Pacific, Aldon gains a better understanding of how the local businesses work, market pressures, and general IT challenges and opportunities. Asia/Pacific businesses in turn gain better access to strategic solutions like Aldon's ALM solution, from which they can get much-needed visibility and control into their key business processes and IT systems. That means technology decisions can be aligned with key business goals from the beginning as they build out or extend their technology infrastructures. "Aldon is committed to continued global expansion and we're looking forward to bringing our technology expertise to new regions at home and around the world," said Matthew Scholl, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Aldon. "Software application development has become one of the most strategic components of IT and doing it better is at the top of every CIO's wish list. That is what Aldon helps companies achieve. With Aldon ALM solutions, companies can develop, deploy, and manage their software applications with new levels of visibility, traceability and efficiency." Aldon's three new regional offices in New York, Austin, and Atlanta complement Aldon's headquarters in Emeryville, California Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California , in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. , and make it possible for Aldon's customers to get local assistance and expert training they need to elevate el·e·vate tr.v. ele·vat·ed, ele·vat·ing, ele·vates 1. To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. 2. To increase the amplitude, intensity, or volume of. 3. their business performance. The Aldon Suite The Aldon Suite provides IT business process automation, requirements management, software configuration management, multiple version management and software deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. to companies worldwide. Built to address the needs of geographically distributed IT organizations and complex multi-platform environments, 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 that brings the benefits of process-driven application change management to IT, 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. |
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