SERENA Software Announces eChange Man 5.3, Enhanced Capabilities for Managing eBusiness Infrastructure.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 Enhanced Solution Extends Centralized, Stable Control Over Dynamic eBusiness Applications SERENA SERENA Steam Explosion Resolution for Nuclear Applications Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA sRNA abbr. soluble RNA ), an industry-leading supplier of eBusiness infrastructure change management solutions, today announced eChange Man(TM) 5.3, an update of the company's robust solution that speeds development time to market, improves application reliability, and protects software assets by automating the software life cycle to streamline development and deployment. eChange Man 5.3 provides a single point of control to manage software change throughout the eBusiness application life cycle across Windows, Web and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environments, offering the broadest Software Change Management support in the industry and the only framework to support all IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) eBusiness platforms. eChange Man 5.3 enhancements include support for DB2 UDB (DB2 Universal DataBase) An enhanced and very popular version of DB2 that combines relational and object database technology as well as various query optimization techniques for parallel processing. databases, support for Windows 2000, and enhanced build management procedures. This broadened functionality and extended platform support upgrades SERENA's eBusiness infrastructure change management solution by addressing critical enterprise requirements. "The lightning pace of eBusiness initiatives requires organizations to find and utilize solutions that can manage change across the enterprise simply, quickly and from a central point of control," said Perry Harris, director of management strategies with the Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. . "SERENA continues to show its leadership position by providing support for multiple databases and the broad platform support needed for an enterprise solution." SERENA delivers the only Software Change Management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) solution to support enterprise development consistently from MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. on the mainframe to multi-platform environments across the Web. SERENA's Change Man(R) provides the automated Software Change Management infrastructure for OS/390 MVS applications. eChange Man provides SCM support for Windows, NT, Web, UNIX (e.g., Sun Solaris, IBM AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , OS/390 USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine , and Linux), and MPE/iX environments. ChangeXpress(TM) provides a single point of control for software change reporting and approvals for platforms supported by Change Man and eChange Man. ChangeXpress is scheduled for delivery in the next quarter. "SERENA is unmatched in its capabilities to enable customers to gain control over the increasingly unwieldy technology infrastructures that make or break new eBusiness initiatives," said Tony Stayner, vice president of marketing for SERENA. "eChange Man delivers business critical solutions by speeding time to market and improving quality to provide a competitive advantage for eBusiness companies." eChange Man is an integral part of the SERENA's eFull.Cycle(TM) strategy and framework for providing a single point of control to manage change throughout the eBusiness application life cycle across the entire enterprise from the mainframe to the Web. SERENA, through its eFull.Cycle framework, is the only company that combines an integrated suite of industry-leading software products, an open cross-platform architecture, comprehensive consulting services, and industry partnerships to offer a complete, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. . The eChange Man 5.3 update is scheduled for general availability in the next quarter. About SERENA Software SERENA Software, Inc. is an industry leading provider of software infrastructure products and consulting best practices that automate enterprise software and Web content changes. SERENA's eFull.Cycle(TM) manages the change process throughout the entire eBusiness lifecycle, across multiple platforms -- from the mainframe to the Web. SERENA maintains a global presence with headquarters in Burlingame, California, international offices in Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and a network of international distributors for local support and service. SERENA products are used at over 2,500 customer sites, including 84% of the Fortune 50. SERENA can be reached through the World Wide Web at www.serena.com. Note to Editors: Change Man is a registered trademark of SERENA Software, Inc. eFull.Cycle, eChange Man and ChangeXpress are trademarks of SERENA Software, Inc. 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