CAST Announces Application Intelligence Platform 6.1

NEW YORK, NY, Mar 04 (MARKET WIRE) --
CAST, the worldwide leader in Automated Application Intelligence, today
announced
the availability of Application Intelligence Platform (AIP) 6.1. This new
version offers greater customization of the CAST dashboard and a more in-depth
look into the quality of an organization's application development.

AIP 6.1 offers a new Graphic-User Interface with an underlying role-based
approach.
Each stakeholder in the application development process now has easier and
quicker use of important application intelligence information for their specific
needs.

"AIP 6.1 is the only solution which provides support for what are
currentlysome of the most business-critical application development problems
today,"said Olivier Bonsignour, CAST VP of Product Development. "Our new
dashboardis the culmination of nearly one year of research and customer
feedback, compiled
into a product that can better serve the customer's individual needs."

According to a recent Forrester Research Total Economic Impact report, "IT
organizations face increasing demands to provide new applications and
functionality immediately to meet competitive pressures and comply with
governance and regulatory requirements. Most IT organizations spend the
majority of their energy maintaining and building upon existing applications
software rather than creating new applications. Delays in identifying code
problems during the software development cycle drive higher costs and late
delivery due to rework requirements."

Other improvements in version 6.1 is the support of Hibernate 3.2, which
includes JPA (Java Persistence API) and an expanded rules knowledge base that
helps identify architecture related defects as well as expanded coverage into
J2EE
architectures. AIP 6.1 also expands the coverage of SAP ABAP including
ABAP-specific quality rules. Finally, the new version also integrates the
AIP dashboard with CAST's Discovery Portal highlighting critical application
quality
information alongside existing customer technical information, therefore adding
greater visibility into current development practices.

"By identifying, prioritizing and eliminating software defects, we help
ourcustomers mitigate their critical business risks," said Vincent Delaroche,
CAST
Chairman and CEO. "The end-user improvements in AIP 6.1, and other
enterprise-level enhancements in the CAST solution, are from paying close
attention to our customer's needs and CAST's corporate goal of constant
improvement."

About CAST

CAST is the world leader and pioneer in Application Intelligence software,
providing the metrics and information IT executives must have to measure,
monitor
and improve the quality of business applications and the performance of
development teams around the globe. Founded in 1990, CAST has helped more than
600 organizations worldwide speed delivery to the business, mitigate risks in
production, improve the customer experience, and reduce the total cost of
application
ownership. CAST is listed on NYSE-Euronext (Euronext: CAS) and serves Global
2000 organizations worldwide with a network of offices in the US and Europe. For
more
information visit www.castsoftware.com.

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