Product Launch

    Monday 2 June 2003: Embargoed for 1.00pm

For further information please contact:

Merant                        Merant                           Financial Dynamics      
                                                                                       
Gerald Perkel                 Jan Ohman                        Giles Sanderson         
                                                                                       
Chief Executive Officer       Director Public Relations        Harriet Keen            
                                                                                       
[phone]             [phone]                [phone]    
                                                                                       
[e-mail]       [e-mail]                                     
                                                                                       

Merant Unveils DimensionsTM Enterprise Edition: Industry's First Comprehensive 
      Change Management Solution for Mainframe and Distributed Platforms       

- Enables Organizations to Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Productivity by 

            Consolidating on a Single Change Management Framework -            

St. ALBANS, UK and HILLSBORO, OREGON, US - 2 June 2003 - Merant (London Stock
Exchange (LSE): MRN; Nasdaq National Market (NNM): MRNT), a leading provider of
software and services that deliver flexible control of code, content and other
business-critical assets, announces the introduction of Dimensions Enterprise
Edition, the first comprehensive enterprise change management solution capable
of supporting mainframe and distributed platforms with a single,
enterprise-wide repository.

Comprised of Dimensions 8 and two new offerings, Dimensions for z/OS and Merant
Build, Dimensions Enterprise Edition gives CIOs and IT and development managers
a powerful, flexible framework for automating and controlling development
processes, business rules and asset change practices across all enterprise
platforms.

By capturing - within a single repository - all meta-data associated with
electronic assets, processes, issues, and relationships across mainframe and
distributed platforms, Dimensions Enterprise Editionoffers customers
unprecedented power and flexibility. Authorized users can view and manage
assets, processes and issues from anywhere in the organization, at any time,
with a uniform user experience on all platforms. Not only does this reduce the
need for platform-specific training and administration, it facilitates advanced
reporting and comprehensive, real-time impact analysis of changes to products,
programs and infrastructure.

"The introduction of this outstanding solution is a significant milestone for
us, and the industry as a whole. This is an excellent start to our new fiscal
year," commented Gerald Perkel, Merant's president and chief executive officer.

Dimensions Enterprise Edition is the only solution that delivers the
scalability, broad application integration, multi-database support, and
powerful management capabilities required for organizations to consolidate on a
single change management framework, regardless of platform. As a result, it
delivers a higher return on investment and lower cost of ownership and
administration than any other solution, while helping improve the overall
quality and manageability of technology initiatives.  In addition, its robust
process engine and ability to lock and secure assets uniquely suit it to help
organizations meet regulatory or audit requirements.

Dimensions Enterprise Edition specifically addresses the needs of organizations
with development projects that encompass mainframe, application and web-server
components. These companies have traditionally relied on a variety of
third-party and in-house developed solutions to manage asset changes across
diverse environments. However, the high costs of administration and maintenance
associated with point solutions, as well as the inherent issues with reporting,
auditing, referencing and sharing baseline assets across disparate platforms,
have proven to be problematic for these organizations.

"Until now, coordinated mainframe and client-server functionality has been weak
in change management products, driving many development organizations to rely
on a combination of third-party and home-grown technologies," said Jim Duggan,
vice president, research, at Gartner.  "Unfortunately, this approach leaves
organizations vulnerable to many problems, not the least of which is the high
probability of missing or 'unprotected' assets."

"The capabilities of Dimensions Enterprise Edition position us to succeed in a
number of key areas, including lucrative vertical industries such as Life
Sciences. Moreover, they pave the way for other intriguing applications of the
technology, such as true closed-loop change management throughout the entire IT
production lifecycle," added Stephen King, Merant's senior vice president and
general manager.

Availability

Dimensions Enterprise Edition is available now. For more information, visit 
www.merant.com.

About Merant

Merant delivers the industry's most flexible and comprehensive enterprise
change management solutions. Already in use at more than 16,000 organizations
across the globe, including more than 90 of the Fortune 100, Merant's products
and services dramatically enhance the productivity, quality and ROI of
customers' technology initiatives by allowing them to quickly and
cost-effectively track, manage and control modifications in business-critical
information assets. For more information, please visit www.merant.com.

Dimensions and Merant are trademarks of Merant. Other product or service names
mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.



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