CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 July 2008
Product News
New Serena Mariner Makes Project and Portfolio Management More Intuitive, Accessible, and Secure
The second release of Serena Software's on-demand Project and Portfolio Management tool is now available as Software as a Service (SaaS). Serena® Mariner® 2008 R2 gives IT and business users a way to manage their entire project portfolio quickly and easily without creating unwieldy spreadsheets in Excel. The improved interface makes common tasks more intuitive and project data more accessible and secure, helping companies (and individual departments within them) of every size – from small- and mid-size businesses to the enterprise – benefit from the SaaS advantage.
Serena Mariner provides total visibility into project status and metrics to ensure the right people are on the right projects at the right time, ultimately delivering more value to the business. Delivered as a service, Mariner further benefits companies large and small by eliminating the need to manage infrastructure or install software, while also providing faster time to value and simple subscription pricing.
"Serena's commitment to SaaS means we are always looking for better ways to deliver software to our customers. We also look to our customers for ways to make our software better," said René Bonvanie, senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, partners & online services. “Customers made these Mariner enhancements real, from retuning the user interface around the workflow needs of their businesses, to the specific tasks rolled up into the summary views on the datasheets."
Like all Serena products delivered via SaaS, Mariner has published pricing and discount schedules. Mariner prices are as low as $18 per user per month, bringing the power of enterprise IT tools within reach of every business, regardless of size.
WHAT'S NEW IN MARINER 2008 R2
Enhancements include:
Improved user experience
• The new Mariner interface is Web 2.0-like to make it easier for users to read and quickly discover important information.
• Widget Space extends the project workspace by adding reports, data, and other content from outside of Mariner.
More accessible platform for all project-related data
• Mariner Xcelerator™ To jumpstart working with Mariner, users can now import resource and project data directly from Excel – a convenient and familiar tool. Using the Xcelerator template, users can quickly and easily add resource teams, roles, rates, and individual team members.
• Updated Microsoft Project Connector: Mariner provides native project scheduling capabilities as well as the option to integrate with Microsoft Project.
• Custom Reporting: Now users can download out-of-the-box report templates, customize them and upload new or customized report templates into Mariner.
Mariner 2008 R2 can be freely trialed here.
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