QAD Partners With Tugboat Software To Offer Software Configuration Management To Its Customers

Sept. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- QAD Inc. (NASDAQ- QADA. QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, and Tugboat Software, a change management solutions provider, announced today a partnership agreement to offer Tugboat’s Roundtable® Total Software Management System (TSMS), a software configuration management (SCM) solution, to QAD customers.

Tugboat’s Roundtable TSMS helps QAD customers deliver enhancements to QAD Enterprise Applications in shorter development and deployment cycles, while also managing the cost, quality and compliance of their customizations over the entire application lifecycle. Additionally, customers are better able to audit and demonstrate control of their internal IT systems, to meet compliance requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).

“We’re pleased to offer this solution to our customers,” noted Gordon Fleming, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for QAD. “In today’s economy, many manufacturing companies are operating with fewer IT resources. This solution aligns with QAD Enterprise Applications to help our customers focus more on their core business and less on their software.”

Tugboat’s Roundtable SCM solution enables QAD enterprise customers to set a clear, standardized structure for the development and deployment process, maximize efficiencies in this process (with change and impact analysis), and manage each change in the process to ensure compliance with operating procedures.

“We are very excited about this partnership,” said Patricia Schilling, president of Tugboat Software. “Roundtable TSMS is a natural fit for QAD customers and complement to QAD Enterprise Applications. Both products are built using the Progress® OpenEdge® enterprise technology, giving QAD customers a competitive advantage by delivering greater efficiency, precision, and control over the development and deployment of customized applications.”

To learn more, visit QAD’s Tugboat Roundtable TSMS informational page.

About Tugboat Software
Tugboat Software has proven itself a leader in developing and supporting software applications for the demanding world of enterprise manufacturers and software development. Tugboat Software’s products include Roundtable TSMS, a software configuration management solution for OpenEdge software development; Roundtable Team, a version control solution for managing ongoing changes to development projects; and SOS, a workforce scheduling solution. For more inforamtion about Tugboat Software, telephone +1 800-777-3581 or visit www.tugboatsoftware.com.

About QAD
QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for global manufacturing companies specializing in automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life science products. QAD applications provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and deliver the right product, at the right cost and at the right time. For more information about QAD, telephone +1 805-566-6000, or visit the QAD web site at www.qad.com.

Note to Investors:

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, evolving demand for the company's software products and products that operate with the company's products; the company's ability to sustain license and service demand; the company's ability to leverage changes in technology; the company's ability to sustain customer renewal rates at current levels; the publication of opinions by industry and financial analysts about the company, its products and technology; the reliability of estimates of transaction and integration costs and benefits; the entry of new competitors or new offerings by existing competitors and the associated announcement of new products and technological advances by them; delays in localizing the company's products for new or existing markets; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; delays in sales as a result of lengthy sales cycles; changes in operating expenses, pricing, timing of new product releases, the method of product distribution or product mix; timely and effective integration of newly acquired businesses; general economic conditions; exchange rate fluctuations; and, the global political environment. In addition, revenue and earnings in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software industry are subject to fluctuations. Software license revenue, in particular, is subject to variability with a significant proportion of revenue earned in the last month of each quarter. Given the high margins associated with license revenue, modest fluctuations can have a substantial impact on net income. Investors should not use any one quarter's results as a benchmark for future performance. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the company and the industries in which it operates, please refer to the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2011 ended January 31, 2011.

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Founded in 1979, QAD has been recognized as a leading provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software applications for global manufacturing companies. Today, QAD enterprise applications leverage advances in Internet and enabling technologies to provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners to make and deliver the right product, at the right cost and at the right time.

QAD enterprise applications are focused and optimized for select manufacturing industry segments: automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial and life sciences.