CAST Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

NEW YORK, NY, Apr 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
CAST, the leader in software analysis and measurement, today announced
that it is highlighted in the "Cool Vendors in Application Services,
2011" report released by industry research firm Gartner, Inc. For this
report, Gartner selects vendors that "approach the application services
market with fresh ideas" and "have the potential to change or affect a
market in a significant way."

The companies highlighted in this report "leverage emerging technologies,
distinctive capabilities and proprietary intellectual capital to deliver
increased value to their clients." CAST has focused for over a decade of
R&D on advanced technology and benchmarking capabilities to help IT
managers continually analyze and measure their most sophisticated
business applications.

"We believe Gartner's acknowledgement that CAST measures have the
potential for significant impact in the Application Services market is
clear recognition of the tremendous value we bring with transparency and
objectivity in an application outsourcing context," said Vincent
Delaroche, CAST Chairman and CEO. "I would like to thank our key
enterprise customers for having paved the way for software measurement in
the IT industry."

About CAST Application Intelligence Platform
The CAST Application
Intelligence Platform is the only enterprise-grade software quality
assessment and performance measurement solution available in the market
today. Analyzing all tiers of a complex application at the source code
level, CAST measures adherence to architectural and coding standards,
while providing a bottom up view of development velocity and technical
debt. CAST is used by IT executives and systems integrators to help their
delivery teams achieve high quality for IT-intensive businesses.

About CAST
CAST is a pioneer and world leader in Software Analysis and
Measurement, with unique technology resulting from more than $90 million
in R&D investment. CAST provides IT and business executives with precise
analytics and automated software measurement to transform application
development into a management discipline. More than 650 companies across
all industry sectors and geographies rely on CAST to prevent business
disruption while reducing hard IT costs. CAST is an integral part of
software delivery and maintenance at the world's leading IT service
providers such as IBM and Capgemini.

Founded in 1990, CAST is listed on NYSE-Euronext (Euronext: CAS) and
serves IT intensive enterprises worldwide with a network of offices in
North America, Europe and India. For more information, visit
www.castsoftware.com.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process:
Gartner's listing does
not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology
area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative
vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any
warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or
solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't
do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just
technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's
interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

Contact:
Jon Bloom or Gary Thompson
Clarity Communications for CAST
Web site: www.claritycommunications.us
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/Perfect_Clarity
Email: cast@claritycomunications.us
Direct: +1-415-963-4082 x104

More Information about CAST:
Web site: www.castsoftware.com
Blog: http://blog.castsoftware.com
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/OnQuality

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