Danube Technologies Sees 60 Percent Increase in Demand and Registrations for Its...

Danube Technologies Sees 60 Percent Increase in Demand and Registrations for
Its Free ScrumWorks(R) Basic Tool for Managing Scrum

Tight times and continued adoption of Scrum lead to dramatic increase in
registered users' downloads - 10,000 in the first two months of 2009

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Danube Technologies, Inc.,
http://www.danube.com, the leader in software and training for the Scrum
method of agile software development, today announced demand and registrations
for its free Scrum management tool, ScrumWorks Basic, has spiked dramatically
since January 1, 2009. The company has seen more than 10,000 software
professionals and development teams register for ScrumWorks Basic during
January and February alone, marking a 60 percent increase in unique
registrations for Basic compared to the same time period last year. The free
download of ScrumWorks Basic is available at
http://www.danube.com/scrumworks/basic/download.

"Given the state of the economy, we're not surprised to see a sudden rise in
popularity of our free tool," said Laszlo Szalvay, president of Danube
Technologies, Inc. "This trend also signals the continued rise in Scrum
adoption and how incremental approaches to project management are helping
organizations weather tough times. As one of the first free Scrum tools made
available to the agile community, ScrumWorks Basic continues to provide value
to organizations looking to improve software development practices and the
overall efficiency of the business."

ScrumWorks, offered through the free Basic version and commercial Pro edition,
is the only software tool designed from the ground-up to be 100 percent
dedicated to Scrum success. Launched at XP Universe in August 2004, it allows
teams, product owners and stakeholders to manage every aspect of Scrum at the
program, product release and sprint levels. It offers role-based project
tracking, reporting and requirements traceability for building successful
Scrum projects based on best practices. ScrumWorks Basic provides the "basic"
functionality needed to run Scrum projects, including project management,
drag-and-drop prioritization of work, sprint tracking and management, basic
reporting and data accessibility.

About Danube Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Danube Technologies, Inc. provides software and training
exclusively focused on the Scrum method of agile software development. The
company's ScrumWorks(R) Pro and ScrumWorks Basic products are licensed to more
than 105,000 software professionals worldwide, making it the most widely used
software in the industry for managing Scrum projects. Danube complements its
software offering with a comprehensive schedule of ScrumCORE(TM) training
courses, which are taught globally by Danube's team of six Certified Scrum
Trainers. The company's on-site software delivery model makes it the leading
choice for enterprises of all types, including large corporate and government
organizations, which require the utmost in security, compliance, ease-of-use,
and customization. Danube's customers include Adobe, Amazon.com, AMD, F5,
General Electric, HP, Intel, Intuit, Kofax, LexisNexis, Microsoft, Motorola,
Oracle, QVC, Siemens, and Sun Microsystems. Danube is self-funded and has
achieved steady organic growth as Scrum has emerged as the preferred agile
method for developers and executives. The company is headquartered in
Bellevue, Wash. and has a sales office in Portland, Ore. Please visit
www.danube.com or call (503) 248-0800 for more information on Danube.

Danube Press Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Cell: 303-827-5164
cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

SOURCE Danube Technologies, Inc.

Christie Denniston of Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, ext. 13, Cell,
+1-303-827-5164, cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com, for Danube Technologies, Inc.