Serena Joins Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program to Facilitate Compatibility with Evolving Microsoft Technology.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001

Product Integration with Visual Studio.NET Improves Quality

and Reliability of Web Applications and Accelerates

Time to Market for Competitive Advantage

Serena(TM) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), an industry-leading supplier of software that automates change to enterprise code and content, today announced its membership in the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP). Serena provides customers access to superior enterprise change management computing solutions through its tight integration of Serena(TM) ChangeMan(TM) products with the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET development system.

"Using Visual Studio.NET to reduce time to market, while improving the quality and reliability for enterprise Web applications requires a superior process and change management solution," said Robert Green, lead product manager for Visual Studio.NET at Microsoft Corporation. "Serena delivers this through its comprehensive suite of leading-edge products, and is a key member of VSIP in providing an enhanced experience for joint customers."

Serena ChangeMan is designed to help organizations automate application changes enterprise-wide, and includes products that operate in mainframe, distributed and Web environments to provide an integrated and complete solution. Serena ChangeMan DS, Software Change Manager for Distributed Systems, Serena ChangeMan ALM, Application Lifecycle Manager, and Serena ChangeMan WCM, Serena's new innovative Web Code and Content Manager, are now tightly integrated with the Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro and C# development systems to deliver rich functionality and improved productivity to customers. Serena, through its eBusiness Infrastructure Change Management strategy and framework, is the only company that provides a single point of control for managing change throughout the eBusiness application life cycle across the entire enterprise from the mainframe to the Web.

The Microsoft Visual Studio Integration Program (VSIP) was created to provide developer tool and language vendors the opportunity to deeply integrate and take advantage of Visual Studio.NET. VSIP enables these vendors to integrate their products into the Visual Studio.NET development environment through the Visual Studio.NET Integration SDK. VSIP is open to vendors providing products for all stages of the life cycle. In conjunction with VSIP members, Visual Studio.NET becomes an Open Tools Platform designed to increase developer productivity.

"We continuously strive to give customers greater access to leading change management tools that accelerate eBusiness success," said Mark Woodward, president and chief executive officer, Serena Software, Inc. "Our integration with Microsoft Visual Studio.NET will ultimately help companies speed time to market, enhance reliability and reduce cost for enterprise Web application development."

About Serena Software

Serena(TM) Software, Inc. is an industry leading provider of software infrastructure products and consulting best practices that automate change to enterprise code and content. Serena's eBusiness Infrastructure Change Management strategy 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.

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