Serena Dominates Ratings in New Industry Report on Configuration Manag

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2005--SERENA Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:SRNA), the largest company solely focused on managing change in the IT environment, today announced that its enterprise-class solutions for software change management, Serena(R) ChangeMan(R) Dimensions(TM) and Serena(R) ChangeMan(R) ZMF, received the highest ratings in Ovum's latest in-depth report on configuration management tools. The company's team-based development suite, Serena(R) ChangeMan(R) Professional(TM), was also cited.
    Industry analyst firm Ovum recently reviewed and rated 14 configuration management tools in nine categories for its January 2005 report, Ovum Evaluates: Configuration Management. "The highest rankings are awarded to products with the broadest range of functionality, accompanied by strong flexibility and simplicity of use," wrote Ovum research directors Clive Burrows and Ian Wesley. "Serena's products have consistently scored extremely high across all areas of our tests and continue to do so. Companies that are seeking to put processes in place for managing change should place Serena's offerings at the top of their list."
    ChangeMan Dimensions received top ratings in five categories, and was the only product that scored a nine rating in the configuration management and process management categories. As cited in Ovum's report, "Dimensions is an established product with strong all-round, process-based configuration management capability to manage the development of software projects over a wider range of platforms."
    Specifically, the analyst firm commented on the Dimensions product's wide range of configuration specification features, and "strong support for complex lifecycle, and structures of user roles, backed by a good graphical display of individual lifecycles." In addition, Dimensions earned top ratings in the categories of change management, project support and administration.
    Ovum's report also awarded ChangeMan ZMF the highest rating among mainframe solutions in all eight applicable categories, including configuration management, change management, process management, build and release support, team support, project support, usability and administration. In addition, Ovum described ChangeMan Professional, the world's most popular team-based development suite, as " ... simple, easy to use, and has had long-term success."
    "Serena is delighted by the stellar performance of our enterprise- and team-based change management solutions in this influential report from a top IT industry research organization," said Matt DiMaria, vice president of worldwide marketing at Serena. "Such recognition, combined with the continuing confidence of our customers, solidifies our global leadership position in automating business processes and managing change across the IT environment."
    A copy of the new Ovum evaluation of ChangeMan Dimensions can be downloaded at http://www.serena.com/Products/dimensions/oreport_request.asp. A summary report of the rankings of ChangeMan Dimensions, ChangeMan ZMF, and ChangeMan Professional is available at http://www.serena.com/News/industry_analysts.asp.

    About Serena

    SERENA Software (NASDAQ:SRNA) is the largest company solely focused on managing change in the IT environment. Serena's products and services automate process and control change for teams managing development, web content, and IT infrastructure. Based on 25 years of innovation in process and configuration management, Serena's SAFE(TM) (Serena's Application Framework for Enterprises) solutions enable customers at more than 15,000 sites worldwide, including 98 of the Fortune 100, to improve IT governance, mitigate risks, support regulatory compliance, and boost productivity and quality. Serena is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.serena.com.

    Serena and ChangeMan are registered trademarks of SERENA Software, Inc. Dimensions, Professional and SAFE are trademarks of SERENA Software, Inc. All other products or company names are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
    Copyright (C) 2005 SERENA Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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CONTACT: SERENA Software, Inc. Jan Ohman, 503-617-2766 johman@serena.com or Horn Group, Inc. Marianna Vyridi, 415-905-4021 mvyridi@horngroup.com

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