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Serena Software Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms Magic Quadrant
Serena Dimensions Evaluated on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
SAN MATEO, Calif. — January 29, 2008 — Serena Software today announced that its product, Serena® Dimensions® CM, has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms, 2008" report.
Virtually any commercial-grade software engineering project needs a Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) solution. SCCM is fundamental to ensuring that project objectives are met, including requirements for time to market, quality, and functionality that justify the investment in those projects.
Enterprise software development organizations following industry best practice normally define their software processes first and then deploy lifecycle tools that manifest and enforce that process. Serena's SCCM solutions are designed to be flexible enough to address nearly any development process methodology, whether a traditional waterfall-style methodology or a more leading-edge Agile framework, and to simply and easily change as the company's methodology matures.
In its report, Gartner evaluated Serena Dimensions CM. Dimensions CM is an end-to-end, process-centric solution that automates the full application lifecycle with visibility and traceability from inception to deployment. Dimensions integrates requirements with configuration management based on a single repository, which is key to delivering business-changing software.
"We believe Gartner's report shows that Serena continues to lead the market by providing a single, integrated SCCM solution for application lifecycle automation," said René Bonvanie, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, partner programs, and online services at Serena. "Companies are looking to eliminate the barriers between application development, the Project Management Office, IT operations and the lines of business. To achieve this, disparate applications must work together in a composite. This kind of composite application is a form of a mashup – an ALM mashup. With Serena Business Mashups, we've made significant investments in this area, and it plays directly into our vision for SCCM. With Serena Mashup Composer, even less technical users can tie together applications that tie together development and business workflows and applications across the organization."
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted January 23, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Serena Software, Inc.
Serena Software, Inc. is the leading global independent software company focused on Business Mashups and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). More than 15,000 organizations around the world, including 96 of the Fortune 100, rely on Serena solutions to automate the application development process and effectively manage their IT portfolio. Serena is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has offices throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information on Serena solutions and services, visit www.serena.com.
Serena and Dimensions are registered trademarks of Serena Software, Inc. All other product or company names may be trademarks of their respective owners, and their use is intended for identification purposes only and not in association with or as sponsorship or endorsement by such owners. Copyright © 2008 Serena Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
