Merant improves change management for Oracle APPS.

Merant (Nasdaq:MRNT) (LSE:MRN), a provider of software and services that deliver control of code, content and other business-critical assets, has announced availability of PVCS Change Manager for Oracle 3.7, the industry's only end-to-end solution for managing changes during development and implementation of Oracle Applications.

PVCS Change Manager for Oracle lowers the cost of ownership for Oracle environments by allowing development teams to easily identify, track and control modifications to their Oracle Applications, and dramatically simplify the upgrade and rollout of these applications in enterprise environments. The latest version, which includes numerous productivity and performance enhancements, enables customers to improve Oracle environment stability and security while speeding implementation of Oracle patches and upgrades by more than 40 percent.

"Oracle offers a powerful e-business environment, but modifying, enhancing, upgrading and implementing applications can be a complex and resource intensive process," noted James Rogers, Vice President of Product Marketing at Merant. "PVCS Change Manager for Oracle makes it easy to see, understand and manage changes to Oracle Applications, regardless of whether these changes are Oracle patches, third-party enhancements or custom modifications. We've literally saved companies hundreds of hours for a single development implementation, while at the same time improving the overall security and stability of their application, making Change Manager for Oracle a solution that can pay for itself almost immediately."

PVCS Change Manager for Oracle offers a compelling solution for anyone who develops in Oracle Developer or Oracle Applications, or is looking to implement or upgrade to Oracle 11i. PVCS Change Manager for Oracle significantly improves the stability of these environments because nothing can be added, deleted or modified without notification. It also provides automated processes to capture and track changes made within Oracle environments, saving time and enhancing security. Moreover, PVCS Change Manager for Oracle is the only product on the market to offer a thorough impact analysis of patches, new releases and development changes, clearly identifying every line of impacted code along with every application dependency to allow developers to plan and manage their change implementation strategies, speed deployment and avoid breaking customizations and extensions.

The new PVCS Change Manager for Oracle 3.7 offers a number of productivity and performance enhancements to this powerful tool. With full support for the current release of the Oracle 9i DBMS, the tool's Automated Versioning allows check-in/check-out capabilities as well as the ability to version database objects within Oracle 9i database. Email notifications have also been expanded, with the ability to use up to 20 predefined or customized messages regarding application modifications.

PVCS Change Manager for Oracle 3.7 supports Microsoft Windows 98/NT/2000/XP clients running Oracle's Developer software, and supports all platforms running Oracle Applications and/or Oracle databases. PVCS Change Manager for Oracle 3.7 must be installed with Developer 6i and the 8.1.7 or 9i database. PVCS Change Manager for Oracle still supports Developer versions 1.6.1, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and 6i, Oracle Databases 7.x, 8.x and 9i along with Oracle Applications 10.7 (SC or NCA), 11.0.3 and 11i.