MERANT Enters Into Reseller Agreement With Macromedia; PVCS Content Manager 2.0 Integrated With Latest Versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev.

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HILLSBORO, OR--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 15, 2001

MERANT (NASDAQ: MRNT; LSE: MRN), a leader in enterprise change management (ECM), today announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Macromedia, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, MERANT will bundle Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 or Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 with MERANT PVCS Content Manager(TM) 2.0. Through Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) support, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) integration, and convenient "drag-and-drop" access to more than 40 pre-built Content Manager components and objects within Dreamweaver, PVCS Content Manager 2.0 underscores MERANT's commitment to providing customers with a dynamic content management solution in their preferred environment.

Dreamweaver is the market-leading Web authoring solution for professional Web developers. Dreamweaver UltraDev builds on the core Dreamweaver architecture and enables developers to visually design Web applications using ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), and Sun Microsystems JavaServer Pages (JSP).

Offering open standards-based integration, MERANT is providing customers with innovative tools to manage change. The latest release of PVCS Content Manger ensures tight integration with Dreamweaver through product extensions including pre-built components such as authentication, syndication, personalization and dynamic date and document contribution. The pre-built components enable Web sites to be up and running quickly, providing immediate value to Web teams throughout the enterprise. This integration means Web designers can remain in the Dreamweaver environment and check assets in and out directly.

"In evaluating Web content management tools, we specifically explored products that would easily integrate with our existing applications and tools in order to protect our IT investments," said Steve Young, Assistant Director, Network Support, Educational Technology for the North East Independent School District. "MERANT PVCS Content Manager was the ideal tool. The easy, seamless integration with our Macromedia Dreamweaver applications allowed more flexibility in our Web page design. Our designers can use an authoring tool that is powerful and familiar to them. The designer can remain in the Dreamweaver environment and check assets in and out directly. Additionally, the pre-built Java components will enable our Intranet and Web site development to be up and running in virtually no time."

PVCS Content Manager 2.0 raises the bar for competing vendors by providing a truly open, out-of-box product that fully addresses both enterprise and departmental content management requirements with one robust product. PVCS Content Manager 2.0 offers an enterprise-class solution that can be quickly and easily deployed, providing rapid ROI to an organization.

"We're thrilled to have entered into this relationship with Macromedia," said Andrew Weiss, MERANT chief technology officer. "In addition to our product offerings, which provide our customers with the best tools to manage change in their Web development environments, we've taken steps to offer extensions built specifically for Dreamweaver, and are now delivering that to customers in a way that best meets their specific needs."

Offering WebDAV and FTP integration with Macromedia Dreamweaver(R) in PVCS Content Manager 2.0(TM), MERANT offers the premier, 100% browser-based, out-of-box, scalable enterprise content management platform for managing digital assets, the Web content lifecycle and distributed content contributors.

About MERANT

With over 25 years of experience, MERANT helps customers at over 30,000 sites worldwide, including all of the Fortune 100 and a majority of the Global 2000, improve their ability to manage change to enterprise digital assets -- applications, code and content. Delivering the broadest coverage of digital assets, unsurpassed scalability and end-to-end change management, MERANT PVCS is the comprehensive enterprise change management platform customers use to make change a competitive advantage. For additional information, visit www.merant.com.

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