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Segue Enhances SilkCentral Platform With New Features for Collaboration, Visibility, Quality Throughout the Application Lifecycle.


LEXINGTON, Mass. -- New Functionality Includes Support for Green Screen/Legacy Environments, Open APIs for Integration to Third-Party Solutions

Segue Software Segue Software Incorporated (NASDAQ: SEGU) is a leader in quality optimization solutions through their automated software testing products like SilkTest. Segue was founded in 1988. The company has 200 employees worldwide and over $30 million in annual revenue. , Inc. (NASDAQ-CM: SEGU), the leader in Software Quality Optimization(TM) (SQO SQO Software Quality Optimization
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(TM)), announced today the immediate availability of SilkCentral(TM) Test Manager 8.1, SilkCentral Issue Manager 4.0, SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.9 and SilkPerformer(R) 7.3. These new product versions provide enhanced functionality within Segue's SilkCentral software quality platform.

SilkCentral is an integrated platform to define, measure, manage and improve software quality throughout the entire application lifecycle. The platform enables collaboration between the various quality stakeholders--line of business managers, development, quality assurance and operations personnel--responsible for various aspects of software quality. SilkCentral provides a central point of control for quality activities and helps align application quality with business goals.

The new enhancements introduced by Segue(R) extend collaboration between quality stakeholders and facilitate the integration of all quality-related activities. For example, SilkCentral Test Manager 8.1 offers open application programming interfaces (APIs) for integration with requirements, defect tracking In engineering, defect tracking is the process of finding defects in a product, (by inspection, testing, or recording feedback from customers), and making new versions of the product that fix the defects.  and source control applications from other vendors. Key features in SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.9 include enhanced mainframe support for Telnet, TN3270, TN5250 and VT100 "green screen" environments. SilkCentral Performance Manager 2.9 also features an open API and improved Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term.  that enable third party tools to integrate with it, further enabling visibility into all quality and performance aspects of the production environment. New features in SilkPerformer 7.3 include the same high-level support for green screen applications as that introduced within SilkCentral Performance Manager.

SilkCentral is built upon the SilkCentral Common Architecture(TM) (SCA (Single Connector Attachment) An 80-pin plug and socket used to connect peripherals. With a SCSI drive, it rolls three cables (power, data channel and ID configuration) into one connector for fast installation and removal. (TM)). The SCA provides a series of core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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 such as a central data repository See repository. , collaboration services, integration services, user management services and workflow services for use by the various SilkCentral platform modules. Based on J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems.  and Web services standards, the SCA provides an open and highly extensible platform for integration with both Segue and third party tools and platforms.

With the latest developments in SilkCentral Test Manager, SilkCentral Issue Manager, SilkCentral Performance Manager and SilkPerformer, these releases provide the ability to:

--Foster collaboration between all quality stakeholders across the enterprise with new green screen support provided within SilkPerformer and SilkCentral Performance Manager. With a single platform, organizations can now cover all of the application lifecycle and optimize the quality of all of their enterprise environments from mainframe to distributed, Web, client/server as well as Service Oriented Architectures.

--Provide open APIs within SilkCentral Test Manager for integration with other lifecycle tools such as defect tracking, requirements management The administration and control of the information needs of users. In order to achieve business objectives within an organization via information systems, user requirements must be defined in a consistent manner, prioritized and monitored.  and source control applications. The integration capability provided through the APIs enables SilkCentral to be a single point of control for quality management activities and a central repository for all quality-related metrics.

--Additional specific integrations are included within SilkCentral Test Manager for Telelogic(R) DOORS(R) requirements management and CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file.  source control solutions. In addition, SilkCentral Test Manager already includes explicit support for Microsoft(R) Office, Borland(R) Caliber RM(TM), 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) (R) Rational(R) Requisite Pro(R), IBM Rational ClearQuest Rational ClearQuest is a work-flow automation tool (in particular bug tracking system) from the Rational Software division of IBM. The tool can be linked to Microsoft Project to create ordered steps for resources assigned to specific goals. (R), Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) is a source control software package oriented towards smaller software development projects. Overview
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(R) and Serena(TM) PVCS A popular system of version control and configuration management software from Serena Software, Inc., San Mateo, CA, that runs on DOS, Windows, OS/2 and various Unix platforms. It is widely used on PC-based LANs. .

"For many organizations, the state of the art in IT these days is distributed, multi-tiered systems and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records.

(2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability.
) with Web interfaces. Many times these architectures also incorporate mainframe systems--which are still the backbone of many business-critical, transaction intensive applications," said Andre Pino, chief marketing officer, Segue Software. "To date, quality-minded organizations haven't had an easy way to ensure overall quality in heterogeneous environments that include green screen applications. Now, with Segue's latest release of the SilkCentral platform, we can provide enhanced support for load testing and monitoring of green screen environments, ensuring quality from start-to-finish, throughout the entire business process."

About Segue Software

Segue Software, Inc. (NASDAQ-CM: SEGU) is a global expert in delivering solutions to define, measure, manage and improve software quality throughout the entire software application lifecycle. Segue's Software Quality Optimization(TM) (SQO(TM)) solutions help companies reduce business risk, ensure the deployment of high quality software and increase return on investment. Leading businesses around the world, including many of the Fortune 500, rely on Segue's innovative Silk family of products to protect their business service levels, competitive edge and brand reputation. Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., with offices across North America, Europe and Asia, Segue can be reached at +1.781.402.1000 or http://www.segue.com.

Segue, the Segue logo and SilkPerformer are registered trademarks and Software Quality Optimization, SQO, SilkCentral, SilkCentral Common Architecture and SCA are trademarks of Segue Software, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

This Press Release may contain statements that are "forward-looking" statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of the words "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "assume", "outlook", "will", "should", and other expressions which predict or indicate future events and trends and which do not relate to historical matters. You should not rely on forward-looking statements, because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the control of Segue. These risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Segue to be materially different from the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements were based on information, plans and estimates at the date of this press release, and we do not promise to update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.
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