Exadel Announces Exadel Studio 2.5, the Most Advanced Suite of Open Source Web Development Tools Now Free

Exadel, Inc., the leading provider of software, support, training and services for open source Web application development, today announced the availability of its new product line, Exadel Studio and Exadel Studio Pro 2.5. The new products combine the powerful functionality of previous Exadel products, JSF Studio, Struts Studio and Hibernate ORM Studio, while adding new features for the most advanced suite of Web development tools that are free in the marketplace today.

Exadel has already established itself as pioneer, by being the first producer of an industrial-strength visually oriented IDE for JSF (JavaServer Faces) and the first to incorporate automatic project consistency verification in its Web application IDE offerings. Furthering its leadership role, Exadel now packs a huge collection of features into a comprehensive Web application development environment for leveraging JSF, Struts, Hibernate and Spring technologies along with adding a great number of new productivity features.

"Exadel is a truly innovative company that finds solutions to overcome many of the limitations of traditional software integration and deployment,” said Cheryl DeRoche Johnson, first vice president of ABN AMRO Bank. “We have found their staff extremely qualified and their products easy to use, which allows us to lower our IT development and maintenance costs considerably."

Exadel Studio Overview
Exadel Studio is a powerful Web application development tool that extends Eclipse functionality allowing developers to fully utilize Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques. This cost-effective, simplified solution includes important new features:
• Project development support for JSF, Struts, Spring and Hibernate
• Code assist and code folding for XML and JSP files
• Full instant synchronization among editing modes
• Flexible and customizable project template management
• Design-time JSP preview

Exadel Studio Pro combines the power of Exadel Studio with an enhanced feature set to provide development teams with a full set of RAD tools to easily develop enterprise applications and work collaboratively. Additional key functionality includes:
• Advanced visual and graphical editing environment for JSF and Struts
• Extension of the Eclipse “Open On Selection”
• Visual designers for Hibernate, ORM and JSF files
• Dynamic validation, consistency checking and reference verification
• Visual designer for tiles editor

“Exadel Studio saves organizations time and reduces risk by streamlining the application development process," said Fima Katz, president and CEO of Exadel, Inc. “We are thrilled to be able to meet the rising demand from developers and corporate development teams who need an integrated toolset. With our solutions, corporations are able to create robust enterprise applications while harnessing the power of open source.”

Pricing and Availability
Exadel Studio and Exadel Studio Pro are available for trial, download and purchase at www.exadel.com. Exadel Studio is free and Exadel Studio is $99 SRP. Current Exadel customers who have purchased JSF, Struts and Hibernate annual support and maintenance are automatically entitled to Exadel Studio Pro as a free upgrade.

About Exadel Inc.
Founded in 1998, Exadel is a leading-edge software and services company specializing in developing advanced infrastructure software that leverages existing open source and standard Java technologies for creating adaptable services-oriented applications. Exadel offers tools, support, education, consulting and professional IT services to a diverse range of national and international clients including Exadel's impressive roster of clients includes ABN AMRO Bank (www.mortgage.com), AT&T, Bank of America, eBay, Echopass, GE, Honeywell, and Time Warner. Exadel is privately owned and located in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information about Exadel's full product line, please visit the Exadel Web site at http://www.exadel.com or call 925-363-9510.

Exadel is a registered trademark of Exadel, Inc. All other products and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:
Amy Cole
Exadel, Inc.
925.602.5571