Burlington, MA – April 24, 2006 –mValent, Inc., a leader in automated application configuration management software, today announced that technology leader David Litwack has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Best known as the Founder of PowerSoft, Litwack brings more than 25 years of technology leadership to mValent’s Board and will be instrumental in helping to drive the company’s continued growth and implementation of its strategic vision.

"I’ve built my career on helping enterprises overcome significant business challenges through the adoption of next-generation application development and deployment technologies,” Litwack said. “I believe mValent is solving an extremely significant problem for enterprise IT organizations – automating the management of complex application configurations. Through use of mValent Integrity software, IT departments can eliminate the problems caused by error-prone manual configuration processes and stop the epidemic of application outages, performance problems and compliance violations plaguing IT departments today.”

"David is among the most experienced and highly respected executives in the software industry, having built and driven the creation of several new industry segments," said Joe Forgione, President and CEO of mValent, Inc. "David’s incredible track record, strategic breadth and operational experience will be invaluable for mValent as we continue to drive significant advancements in the way leading enterprises automate the mission-critical management of their application infrastructure configurations.”

Litwack most recently held senior executive positions at Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) where he was responsible for the development and advancement of the company’s identity-driven computing strategy. He joined Novell in 2002 following its acquisition of SilverStream Software, where he served as President and CEO since 1997. Prior to joining SilverStream, he served as Executive Vice President at Sybase following the company’s acquisition of PowerSoft Corporation in 1995. Litwack was Founder and President of PowerSoft, where he drove the client/server revolution with PowerBuilder, one of the most popular development tools of all time. He is a graduate of Brandeis University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Boston University.

About mValent
mValent’s software automates application configuration management and is used by leading organizations to manage the building and maintenance of complex application configurations throughout their entire lifecycle – from development to production. mValent is located in Burlington, Massachusetts. The privately held company is backed by top-tier venture capital firms, including Charles River Ventures, IDG Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. For more information, visit mValent at http://www.mvalent.com.

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