EMERYVILLE, CA and RESTON, VA-- Aldon, the leading



provider of process-driven application lifecycle management (ALM)

solutions, today announced a strategic technology partnership with SQL

Farms, a leading provider of database management tools for large IT

environments with multiple Microsoft SQL databases. The partnership is

aimed at delivering change management to database administrators (DBAs)

and developers that will simplify code development across multiple

databases and applications, increase process automation and synchronize

IT departments. The database is one of the most critical corporate

assets for any organization and managing multiple ones can be very

challenging and time consuming. Even more challenging can be bringing

database objects to an application. Until now, that process has been

tedious and manual for both the DBAs and developers because the database

lifecycle lives completely separate from the application development

lifecycle. The Aldon and SQL Farms combined technology delivers a

solution that will seamlessly integrate the database with the

application -- eliminating manual issues while providing proper change

management to assure database integrity at each stage of development and

application administration. SQL Farms delivers a comprehensive database

management solution, SQL Farms Combine, which automates the development,

quality assurance, production change management and code release process

of database development, bringing best practices to database

development. Aldon delivers a powerful change management solution, Aldon

Lifecycle Manager, which provides automated and streamlined management

of software development with automated workflow and processes and full

multi-tier inventory management of source code, software development

artifacts, metadata, configurations and components. Most importantly,

Aldon Lifecycle Manager is able to integrate database development

straight into the application development lifecycle. With SQL Farms and

Aldon working together, DBAs and developers gain increased visibility,

better process management, integrity and predictability to the

development of a database bringing with it all benefits of an ALM

solution. Users will be able to manage and control development processes

across multiplatform applications and database objects, coordinate

deployment and changes to database servers in conjunction with code

changes to application servers, ensure code and database changes

integrity in different development environments (quality, integration,

production), as well as implement proper prioritization and workflow

process of incidents and change requests on database object changes."SQL

Farms is thrilled to work with Aldon. We share the same methodology of

lifecycle process automation which made this strategic partnership a

natural choice," said Dr. Omri Bahat, co-founder and director, SQL

Farms. "As a standalone, SQL Farms increases productivity and automation

for DBAs, but when you add Aldon to the mix the impact is tripled.

Together we can help IT departments better address rapid business change

and be a real asset to their organization." The partnership also

represents an opportunity for companies to synchronize developers and

DBAs into one core process-centric solution for better management

control. All too often DBAs are disconnected from the rest of the

development process and working without process automation, leaving CIOs

to manage many groups from many different systems despite a constant

cross-over of responsibilities. Aldon's process-driven ALM eliminates

that silo effect because it can automate and manage change to both the

application lifecycle and database objects. The integrated solution also

provides an automated, traceable audit trail, so management can ensure

that proper controls are in place to meet regulatory obligations. "For

Aldon, delivering continuous improvement and process management across

every facet of IT operations is our ultimate objective," said Matt

Scholl, president and COO, Aldon. "Partnering with a company like SQL

Farms helps us to deliver on that goal. We're truly impressed by SQL

Farm's technology and excited to bring it to the ALM world." For more

information on Aldon's database change management capabilities, please

visit http://www.aldon.com/solutions/standards/database.aspx. The Aldon

Suite The Aldon ALM solution provides IT business process automation,

requirements management, software configuration management, multiple

version management and software deployment to companies worldwide. Built

to address complex multi-platform environments as well as the needs of

geographically distributed IT organizations, the Aldon Suite gives

companies a defined, repeatable, measurable and traceable process for

every stage of their application and services development. The

integrated suite is comprised of Aldon Lifecycle Manager, Aldon

Deployment Manager and Aldon Community Manager. About Aldon Aldon is the

leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions,

bringing the benefits of process-driven application change management to

IT, and accelerating the delivery of mission-critical business

applications. Aldon ALM solutions support today's agile organizations by

enabling IT teams to greatly improve their products' time to market,

reduce business disruptions, achieve regulatory compliance and increase

return on investment. More than 1,300 companies, including 70 of the

Fortune 100, rely on Aldon ALM solutions for enterprise software

configuration and change management for their IT business processes.

Established in 1979, Aldon is headquartered in Emeryville, California

and maintains 16 offices worldwide serving more than 40 countries. For

more information, please visit www.aldon.com. About SQL Farms SQL Farms,

Inc develops agile change and configuration management, deployment

solutions, and distributed data collection capabilities for Microsoft

SQL Server environments and datacenters. SQL Farms' software tools

enable database administrators (DBAs) and developers to easily manage

and control SQL Server installations across the enterprise, move code

from Development to Test and to Production in both connected or

disconnected and secure networks, as well as easily collect data from

multiple SQL Servers and instances for monitoring and reporting

applications. For more information, please visit http://www.sqlfarms.com.