Micro Focus Appoints Michael Steinharter as President, Global Testing Division

- New Division Established to Address $2 billion Testing Market -

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, June 12, 2009-- Micro Focus (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, today announced the appointment of Michael Steinharter as President, Global Testing Division.  Steinharter’s appointment follows Micro Focus’ strategic and logical market extension into Testing and Automated Software Quality (ASQ). Micro Focus’ existing ASQ offering is greatly expanded, particularly with the recent acquisition of Compuware’s assets in this area.  Micro Focus plans for further market share gain through its stated growth strategy, both organic and through acquisition.

In this role, Steinharter leads Micro Focus’ global testing operations, overseeing all business activities including the integration of acquisitions, customer and product development strategies, and heading growth plans for Micro Focus’ newest operations.  He is based in Micro Focus’ Rockville, Maryland, office and reports to Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Micro Focus.

“Micro Focus has begun the next phase in its growth trajectory, targeting the fragmented and growing testing market.  I am delighted to welcome Mike to lead our newly created testing division,” said Marc Andrews, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing for Micro Focus. “Mike’s experience and results-driven approach are a perfect fit as we complement our established leadership in applications management with growth in the logically adjacent testing space.”

Steinharter most recently served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at Serena Software, where he oversaw the day-to-day global operations of the business. In prior roles, he held leadership positions at Thomson Reuters and IBM, living and working across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. His management experience spans sales, marketing and product development responsibilities at international technology corporations for more than two decades.

“Micro Focus enjoys all the ingredients for continued growth – a market leading position, an established and large customer base, a strong management team, and outstanding products and services.  The new Global Testing Division represents an exciting opportunity to add to Micro Focus’ growth story and I am thrilled to lead this effort,” said Michael Steinharter.

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com

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