MasterBrand Cabinets Standardizes Application Development on Aldon; Multi-Platform Change Management Software Ensures Compliance, Streamlines IT.

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Aldon, the leading provider of application lifecycle management solutions for process-driven change management, today announced that MasterBrand Cabinets, one of the world's largest cabinetry manufacturers with more than $2 billion in cabinet sales volume, is using Aldon to manage the development of its mission-critical corporate applications, demonstrating the company's commitment to ensure its technology decisions align with key business goals. Aldon solutions have been an integral piece to MasterBrand Cabinets' improved procedures enterprise-wide, bringing new levels of visibility to each stage of the development processes, automating the change management and project tracking processes, all the while addressing today's Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance was a key driver for the company selecting Aldon as its auditing process is very complex and involves both the IT and business units. The company needs to submit an audit trail and documentation of workflow processes and was previously relying on an informal documentation process of checks and balances, which proved time consuming and plagued with errors. With Aldon in place, MasterBrand Cabinets now has an automated, structured, and repeatable software development process so the organization can successfully meet its SOX testing without any complications. The solution also allows the company to separate duties and store code in a centralized place, which maintains the integrity of the processes from start to finish.

MasterBrand Cabinets has developed and maintains several innovative applications that help it gain competitive advantage and run its business most efficiently. These key applications are running on multiple platforms and the company needed a change management solution that delivers superior process functionality for all its developers. With Aldon, MasterBrand Cabinets has a comprehensive, flexible solution that supports multiple platforms, centralizes development teams and automates processes across the complex IT environment. That means time-to-market for applications is smoother and faster and the company has the necessary agility to manage rapid change and make business decisions faster than competitors. Aldon is used across several key applications including payroll, data warehousing, order processing, corporate financials, etc. and will continue to expand within the growing IT organization.

Aldon Lifecycle Manager is a key component in enhancing MasterBrand Cabinets' application development processes, delivering greater visibility and management of IT business processes, people, and assets, while reducing complexities. Aldon allows developers to work in parallel, on different parts of an application or on the same part, supporting rapid, concurrent developer production while detecting and managing conflicting changes. Through its single point of observation and control, users can also develop, deploy and manage applications using automated development process control along with user role-based views. This all contributes to MasterBrand Cabinets' streamlined processes and rapid time-to-market for key applications.

MasterBrand Cabinets also uses Aldon Community Manager to automate all the "IT request" processes throughout the company supporting key business and IT initiatives such as application inception, application change requests, IT Help Desk troubleshooting, security requests, and IT service requests. Once an "IT request" ticket is made, Aldon Community Manager issues a notice for the right approvals, issues are discovered, and the task is assigned to the right managers or developers through a simple email notification, without ever disrupting the software development or business process going on around it. All requests are processed more efficiently and faster than ever and the MasterBrand Cabinets gains a traceability factor to help better manage resources and productivity.

"Delivering quality software is a top priority from both business and IT and Aldon has given us a powerful solution to make it happen. With Aldon, we have new levels of control over the application lifecycle that quickly spell out increased productivity across the business," said William Storey, Corporate IT Compliance Officer, MasterBrand Cabinets. "The best part is that we came to Aldon looking for a SOX remedy and what we found was that and so much more. It's a win-win. We're extremely pleased with our decision to select Aldon."

The Aldon Suite

The Aldon Suite provides IT business process automation, requirements management, software configuration management, multiple version management and software deployment 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.