SERENA SOFTWARE ACQUIRES PROJITY, BOOSTS PPM OFFERING

Bangalore
The Economic Times

Serena Software has acquired Projity, creators of OpenProj, the open source alternative to Microsoft Project. The buy would help Serena bolster its Serena Mariner Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) offering. Serena Mariner was rated by Forrester as a leader in the The Forrester Wave, Project Portfolio Management Tools, Q4 2007 (December 2007) with "top-of-the-line portfolio management software, rodust reporting, and a unique implementation road map process, a company statement said. Serene Mariner provides total visibility into project and portfolio status and metrics to ensure the right people are on the right projects at the right time, ultimately delivering more value to the business. With the addition of the Projity offerings, Serena Mariner gains a high fidelity bi-directional integration. OpenProj is a free, open source desktop project management software and project-on-demand as a Service (SaaS)-based project management software.