CLOUDONE TO OFFER RAVEN IN IBM RATIONAL CLOUD SOLUTIONS

Emeryville, CA and Chicago, IL—June 7, 2010—Ravenflow, the leader in visual requirements and business process definition software, and CloudOne today announced that CloudOne will OEM RAVEN Visual Analyzer as part of its cloud-based deployments of the IBM Rational requirements platform.

"Our unique combination of SaaS or cloud-based delivery of software from our data center speeds the deployment of IBM Rational requirements solutions with no upfront capital investments, allowing customers to 'pay as you go' through a monthly subscription model. This saves money on infrastructure, staffing, and configuration costs, while facilitating the move to cutting-edge IBM Rational technology and distributed, collaborative development," said Jim Bentz, VP sales and marketing for CloudOne. "Ravenflow's award-winning RAVEN Visual Analyzer for IBM Rational Requirements Composer is a natural extension of the Rational toolset, adding advanced capabilities for requirements analysis and visualization."

We are very pleased that CloudOne is extending its cloud offerings of Rational Requirements Composer to include RAVEN Visual Analyzer for every user," said Susan Boers, president and CEO of Ravenflow. "This offers a more complete requirements solution by ensuring that use cases and process flows are clear, complete, and error-free before development begins."

"The new RAVEN Visual Analyzer plug-in to IBM Rational Requirements Composer provides customers with a well integrated and comprehensive requirements definition solution. We look forward to working with CloudOne and Ravenflow to help optimize the delivery of IBM Rational software as a service"" said Ashok Reddy, director, product delivery for requirements, quality and security, IBM Rational.

Based upon patented language processing technology, Ravenflow's RAVEN allows business people to describe their needs in plain English, then automatically identifies missing requirements while generating visual process and use case diagrams that all stakeholders can understand. With its distinctive business orientation and process-based approach to requirements definition, RAVEN is uniquely suited for use on both enterprise process improvement and application development projects.

About Ravenflow
Ravenflow is the leading provider of visual process and requirements definition software that allows companies to gain better insight, clarity, and quality in their process improvement and application development projects. Leveraging a patented natural language technology called RAVEN, Ravenflow transforms the way people analyze and visualize their business processes, application requirements, and system engineering needs. Ravenflow received the 2009 Jolt Productivity Award and the 2009 IBM Rational ISV Partner of the Year Award.

About CloudOne
Based in suburban Chicago, Illinois, CloudOne makes IBM Rational technology easy to deploy and affordable for everyone—particularly for small and medium-sized organizations. Their unique software-as-a-service license model, coupled with cloud-based delivery of software from their own data center, speeds up the deployment of Rational solutions with no upfront capital investments for hardware or software, allowing customers to "pay by the drink" on a monthly subscription model. This saves money on infrastructure, staffing, and configuration costs, while facilitating the move to cutting-edge IBM Rational technology and distributed, agile development.


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Ravenflow Media Contact
Adam Frankl, Vice President of Marketing
650-823-4057
adam.frankl@ravenflow.com

CloudOne Media Contact
Jim Bentz, Vice President, Sales and Marketing
312-752-6325
jim.bentz@cloudone.net