Serena Enters Reseller Training Agreement with MVS Training.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002

Serena Extends Value of its Education Offering by Strengthening

its Class Schedule to Provide Mainframe Customers

with Critical IT Training

SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of software that automates change to enterprise code and content, today announced that it has entered into a reseller training agreement with MVS Training, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Serena will host a series of customized hands-on training courses provided by MVS Training and aimed at mainframe customers. The courses, which cover a broad range of critical IT topics, are designed to meet an individual company's professional needs and work environment. By signing this agreement, Serena is able to extend the value of its education offering with additional classes that help mainframe customers improve not only their own, but their organization's, technical savvy and business success.

"Serena's expertise in Enterprise Change Management and solid mainframe customer base coupled with MVS Training's leadership in mainframe education makes this an ideal partnership," said Olivia Carmandi, Founder and President of MVS Training, Inc. "Together we provide individuals involved in mainframe development with powerful building blocks that enable them to learn new, or enhance existing skills. Upon completion of a course, customers walk away with valuable knowledge and the technical training needed to maintain a competitive market advantage."

Several courses spanning beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, will be offered through the partnership. Programming and computing environments covered among the list of courses include Assembler, CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, REXX, TSO-ISPF, Linux for zSeries, VM/CMS, as well as several other special custom programs. All courses take a hands-on, interactive approach and include "real time training" and "team challenges," geared towards helping participants work on completing current projects and solving common development problems.

"The mainframe remains a cornerstone of many organizations' computing infrastructure," said Tim Polito, Vice President of Professional Services, SERENA Software, Inc. "With the number of skilled and available mainframe developers declining, it is critical for companies to ensure that other technical staff members obtain the knowledge and experience necessary to optimize mainframe technology to support new IT and business models. Our joint offering with MVS Training helps customers achieve this."

Course Information

For a list of public course descriptions, dates and locations, or to request a custom on-site class, contact: 1 [phone] or [e-mail].

About Serena

SERENA Software, Inc. is the Enterprise Change Management (ECM) industry leader. For over twenty years Serena has focused exclusively on providing application change management solutions to the world's leading enterprises, and today its products are in use at over 2,750 customer sites -- including 42 of the Fortune 50. Serena leads the way in ECM by providing a single point of control to manage software code and Web content changes throughout the enterprise, from the mainframe to the Web. This ensures application availability and speeds time to market -- while reducing development costs. With headquarters in San Mateo, California, Serena serves customers worldwide through local offices and an international network of distributors. www.serena.com.

Serena is a trademark of SERENA Software, Inc. All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.