Enterprise Application Management Opportunities Draw TRUE Software to London; Richard Moseley Appointed Director of European Operations.

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--TRUE Software, a leading vendor of application management solutions, has established the company's first facility outside the U.S., in London. The company also announced that Richard Moseley has joined TRUE Software as Director of European Operations.

Bob Torino, president and CEO at TRUE Software, said, "Research from analysts such as the Gartner Group, the Hurwitz Group, and IDC reveals a huge market for Enterprise Application Management worldwide. We are excited about the immediate impact and long-term potential created by our direct presence in the UK. Richard's skills and experience will be invaluable in developing TRUE Software's business throughout Europe, and in developing a network of European partners."

Moseley has over 10 years of successful software sales and business development experience at companies such as Comshare, where he was responsible for sales to the commercial sector throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and at Borland and Bonsai.

Moseley said, "IT organizations deploying mission critical applications in a distributed environment are searching for the same levels of control they are familiar with in the mainframe. Our direct presence in Europe will enable us not only to grow our existing customer base, but equally important to offer even more responsive support and consulting services."

The new office is at 1/11 Harbour Yard, Chelsea Harbour, London, England SW10 0XD (Tel.: [phone]).

Improving Application Availability

The cost of downtime for an organization's mission critical systems directly affects the bottom line at an average tune of $530,000 per year per 100 users, according to International Data Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts. IT infrastructures grow ever more complex with even desktop tools such as Email playing a vital role not only in the productivity, but in the actual functioning of businesses. IT managers are continually wondering how, in a distributed environment, they can retain control over application change and deployment.

Enterprise Application Management products help increase application availability and recoverability. TRUE Software provides an end-to-end solution, bridging the gap between development and operations to ensure complete control of the software life cycle. The company's products include TRUErelease, TRUEchange, and TRUEtrack.

TRUErelease detects potential conflicts among application components prior to release and distribution. TRUErelease documents all applications affected by such a change before the change is deployed. In addition, it creates complete and concise release packages that are formatted for leading software distribution tools. By improving the predictability of successful application deployment, IT can meet service level agreements, increase application availability and reduce total cost of ownership.

TRUEchange uses unique patent-pending Change-Set technology, which deals with bug-fixes and enhancements as single objects regardless of the number of components affected. Using Change-Sets eliminates the to manage application changes file by file. Thus, IT can manage the promotion of changes to production, can more easily perform emergency fixes & support code re-use faster, more confidently and securely.

TRUEtrack supplies the underlying workflow and change approval process. TRUEtrack provides IT with a way to track every task or change within their software development process to accelerate deployment, ensure visibility, and eliminate duplication of efforts.

About True Software

TRUE Software Inc., based in Waltham, MA, is a leading provider of Enterprise Application Management solutions for the Information Technology market. Its products help customers ensure the non-disruptive management and rollout of software application changes across heterogeneous, distributed networks comprising all major platforms. It sells its products and services through direct sales offices in North America and the UK, and distributors in other countries. More information about TRUE Software is available at http://www.truesoft.com.

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