An HGGC portfolio company, Serena Software Inc. develops release management solutions for the world’s leading companies. The majority of Fortune 100 companies depend on Serena for their application lifecycle management needs. Recently, the company announced Dimensions CM 14, a premier software change and configuration management product. Serena relied on 150 of its existing customers to provide feedback during preview, special interest, and beta stages in order to produce a product tailored to the needs of today’s companies.

2. An HGGC portfolio company, Serena Software Inc.
develops release management solutions for the
world’s leading companies. The majority of Fortune
100 companies depend on Serena for their
application lifecycle management needs. Recently,
the company announced Dimensions CM 14, a
premier software change and configuration
management product. Serena relied on 150 of its
existing customers to provide feedback during
preview, special interest, and beta stages in order
to produce a product tailored to the needs of
today’s companies.

3. Dimensions CM 14 introduces a new visual user
interface, Pulse, that provides direct, illustrated
insight into the development process. By visualizing
change and code branches across several projects
in different locations, teams can streamline their
efforts. A new, web-based collaborative peer review
capability makes this process even easier.
Developers thrive on collaboration, and Serena’s
new product offers more ways than ever for
developers to share their ideas and communicate
about the progress of projects no matter where they
are in the world.

4. Other key features of the new release
include a secure local cache to speed up
access to files and delta file transfers that
enhance network performance by
transferring only changed sections of text
and binary files.