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Serena Expands Compliance Solution OfferingNew Serena Authorized Compliance Partner Program Provides Industry’s Broadest and Most Flexible Approach for Fast and Cost Effective ComplianceSerena Xchange 2005, Washington, DC – September 19, 2005 –Serena Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNA), the world's largest company solely focused on managing change in the IT environment, today announced an expansion to its compliance solution offering. Building upon its compliance solution portfolio and enhanced partner program, Serena has created the "Authorized Compliance Partner Program" – a new ecosystem of partners that provides deep domain expertise in specific areas across the compliance spectrum. The program is designed to help customers minimize the time and cost of achieving compliance – including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others -- by coupling Serena technology with industry best practices to automate and streamline the compliance process. Only by automating this effort can customers ensure traceability, as well the enforceable and repeatable processes necessary for achieving compliance. "Many organizations are looking toward traditional SCM vendors to facilitate regulatory compliance initiatives. This is primarily because core software change and configuration management and version control functionality inherent in robust SCM products is also the same functionality needed to support key aspects of compliance," said Melinda Ballou, Program Director, Application Life-Cycle Management at IDC. "Without vigorous, thorough change management and version control, it's challenging for companies to maintain a detailed audit trail, let alone pass a compliance evaluation." Leveraging the domain knowledge and proven success each of its Authorized Compliance Partners bring, Serena provides the broadest and most flexible solution offering available. Based upon standard frameworks such as CMMi, CobiT and ITIL, Serena’s compliance solutions can be easily configured to an organization’s unique requirements to help it comply faster while creating a long-term solution that increases business process efficiency across the organization. Additionally, by automating the processes, Serena’s compliance solutions enable companies to redirect resources that would otherwise be dedicated to compliance projects – thereby eliminating the unnecessary overhead and error-prone methods typically associated with using a manual process. Change Dynamics, a company specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, is among the first partners to join Serena’s Authorized Compliance Partner Program. "When it comes to compliance, there is no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’ solution. Every organization is different, and the processes that might work for one company will not necessarily be applicable in another," said Charles Guevara, President of Change Dynamics. "Given the recent rise of regulatory mandates and pressure on companies to comply, there is significant demand for companies like Serena and Change Dynamics to provide ready-made, configurable solutions that help customers respond effectively to this challenge. With ‘Year Two’ SOX compliance deadlines approaching, we are seeing an upsurge in customer interest for the combined Serena and Change Dynamics solution." "There is no question that companies need to establish an automated and holistic approach in order to cost-effectively meet their compliance requirements long-term," said Matt DiMaria, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Serena Software, Inc. "Our solutions are helping customers do this today, and in turn, enabling them to also realize significant improvements in process and overall business efficiency. By partnering with companies that have proven expertise, we offer customers more options and unparalleled support for all of their compliance initiatives." Serena continues to add many more industry experts to the Authorized Partner program. As part of the program, partners will have reseller and services partner agreements with Serena as well as the ability to jointly develop product and services offerings that meet compliance mandates. About Serena 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. Copyright © 2005 Serena Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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