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Eclipse Foundation and Serena Software Announce Approval of <br> | |
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<P><b>OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA and SAN MATEO, CA - July 27, 2005</b> - The | |
Eclipse Foundation, an open source community committed to the implementation | |
of a universal development platform, and Serena Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: | |
SRNA), the world's largest company solely focused on managing change in | |
the IT environment, today announced that the Application Lifecycle Framework | |
(ALF) project, an Eclipse technology project and proposed by Serena on | |
April 30 of this year, has been approved by the Eclipse. The ALF project | |
will address the universal problem of integrating Application Lifecycle | |
Management (ALM) technologies so that they provide full inter-operability, | |
including shared ownership of business processes and data transformation | |
from domain to domain. Traditionally tools have integrated to the Eclipse | |
framework as Eclipse plug-ins; this project extends the framework to become | |
the fundamental infrastructure for tool to tool interoperability. </p> | |
<P>"The goal of Eclipse is to create a universal development platform | |
to enable global enterprises to develop software more efficiently," | |
said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. | |
"Projects such as this one enable vendors and users alike to provide | |
the vision, innovation and resources to enhance the Eclipse platform. | |
We are looking forward to watching this technology project develop, mature | |
and create even more opportunities for users to further support their | |
ALM development initiatives."</p> | |
<p>The Eclipse Platform provides a universal development platform, component | |
model and extensibility framework for tools integration. The Eclipse Application | |
Lifecycle Framework will extend the Eclipse platform to enable meta-data | |
interoperability and tool choreography that span the entire application | |
development lifecycle. The result will be an Eclipse open source framework | |
that allows ISVs to tightly integrate entire ALM suites or individual | |
ALM products on the widely deployed Eclipse platform, making it easier | |
for developers to manage application changes across the lifecycle, easily | |
and cost-effectively. </p> | |
<p>Serena is leading a growing community of technology vendors and ALM users | |
that have collaborated on the definition, planning and implementation | |
of this project and are now beginning its implementation. As the ALF project | |
matures, other entities are encouraged to participate as committers, users | |
and developers to assist in the architecture, planning, requirements and | |
testing of ALF and further increase the value proposition of Eclipse for | |
application developers.</p> | |
<p>"Serena is committed to creating solutions that help organizations | |
manage IT change across the application lifecycle," said Kevin Parker, | |
Vice President of Market Development at Serena. "By leading and driving | |
this effort, Serena is helping to form and shape the outcome of the ALF | |
project and thus the future of the industry, through a framework that | |
allows vendors and customers to maximize productivity from their chosen | |
ALM technologies. We aim to eliminate the shortcomings of point-to-point | |
integrations and provide the interoperability needed to successfully manage | |
customer application lifecycles."</p> | |
<p>Kevin Kernan, CEO of Secure Software commented, "Developers have | |
been long seeking an ALM infrastructure that can assure interoperability | |
among the technologies used to create applications. The ALF project will | |
enable developers to use a broader set of ALM tools that are more integrated | |
and collaborative than ever to improve the quality of the solutions developed. | |
Serena's leading role in the ALF project will help drive additional participation | |
from companies with a unique value proposition to the project, to truly | |
deliver on ALM's promise to its customers." </p> | |
<p>The ALF project is now forming Architecture, Requirements and Planning | |
committees and is seeking vendors and customers to participate. The project | |
timeline is being developed and the initial plan would see a prototype | |
version of the framework being made available for testing by customers | |
and vendors around the end of the calendar year. The first full version | |
will be delivered in 2006 by which time a rich ecosystem of partners and | |
vendors will have formed around the project. For more information on the | |
Eclipse ALF project, please visit: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/alf/" target="_top">http://www.eclipse.org/alf</a>. | |
Anyone who wishes to express interest in participating in the project | |
should contact the newsgroup at news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.technology.alf. | |
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<P> Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused | |
on providing an extensible development platform and application | |
frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools | |
and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including | |
support for modeling, language development environments for Java, | |
C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, | |
rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant | |
ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities | |
and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and | |
support the Eclipse Platform.</p> | |
<P> The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation | |
that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the | |
Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/" target="_top">www.eclipse.org</a> | |
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Serena </font></b></td> | |
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<P> 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 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 <a href="http://www.serena.com" target="_blank">www.serena.com</a>.</p> | |
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<div align="center">Kelly Clarke <br> | |
SERENA Software, Inc. <br> | |
(650) 522-6542 <br> | |
<a href="mailto:kclarke@serena.com">kclarke@serena.com</a><br> | |
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<div align="center">Marianna Vyridi<br> | |
Horn Group, Inc. <br> | |
(415) 905-4021<br> | |
<a href="mailto:mvyridi@horngroup.com">mvyridi@horngroup.com</a></div> | |
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<p>Chantal Yang for Eclipse<br> | |
Schwartz Communications<br> | |
781-684-0770<br> | |
<a href="mailto:eclipse@schwartz-pr.com">eclipse@schwartz-pr.com</a><br> | |
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<P>Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their | |
respective holders. Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse Foundation Inc. | |
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks | |
of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. <br> | |
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<p>Serena is a registered trademark of SERENA Software, Inc. SAFE 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.</p> | |
<p>Copyright 2005 SERENA Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved </p> | |
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