ManageSoft® closes first quarter of FY 2006
with 74 percent growth worldwide
Enterprise software management leader sees 143 percent growth in North America license revenue while adding/expanding deployments for prestigious customers
November 21, 2005 Boston, MA, USA
ManageSoft®, a leading, privately held provider of intelligent solutions that help enterprises deploy, secure and manage their client software and hardware infrastructures, today announced results from its fiscal 2006 first quarter - a period that saw the company achieve strong worldwide revenue growth and impressive sales wins.
In its recently concluded fiscal first quarter, ManageSoft increased its total worldwide revenue (license, services, and maintenance) by 74 percent over its first quarter in the previous fiscal year. Pacing that growth was a 143 percent increase in license revenue in North America over Q105. European revenue grew 36 percent and overall international revenue grew by 58 percent from the previous year. The company also reported that the number of managed devices (computers that are controlled by ManageSoft solutions) - a key metric of its market penetration - has risen 50 percent over the previous year.
"We are delighted that ManageSoft continues to build on the strong successes we achieved last year," said Walter Elliot, chief executive officer of ManageSoft. "We are proud to welcome many new customers around the world and to expand our relationships with many of our long-time customers."
In the first quarter, ManageSoft signed new or expanded licensing agreements with a wide variety of customers, including:  Spirit Aero Systems (a former division of Boeing)
U.S. Army - Aberdeen Proving Ground
U.S. Postal Service - OIG
Debevoise & Plimpton
Melbourne Health
Talent2
Waz
IT Smeide
KEMA
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Siemens
European Postal Service
UPS Air Hub
Product Developments Continue At Rapid Clip
In the first quarter of fiscal 2006, ManageSoft continued its steady rollout of new products, upgrades, and enhancements.
Active Linux Distribution Server — In a continued effort to leverage existing infrastructures, ManageSoft has updated its Linux Distribution Server, allowing for even greater control, efficiencies, and flexibility in configuring an enterprise's PC management infrastructure. The Linux Distribution Server now provides functionality that ManageSoft customers have relied on for years, including bandwidth throttling, byte-level differencing, distribution time windows, and more. This enables existing Linux systems (as well as traditional Microsoft Windows-based systems) to distribute ManageSoft policies, packages, patches, and configuration management updates to Windows, Linux and Apple desktops, laptops and handheld devices.
ManageSoft Security Suite — The new release of ManageSoft Security Patch Management continues to provide the most comprehensive patch remediation on the market by adding support for the new MBSA 2.0 and WSUS to its list of existing Microsoft Security scanning tools, as well as its own Linux scanning tool providing patches for both Red Hat and Suse versions of Linux. In addition, new modules of the ManageSoft Security Manager provide for policy-based enforcement of corporate security standards along with vulnerability auditing and reporting; application blocking; local-device management; and scanning and remediation of malware, spyware, and adware.
During the first quarter, ManageSoft also earned a prestigious distinction, earning a position in the "Visionary" section of Gartner's respected "Magic Quadrant for PC Life Cycle Configuration Management" report. Gartner's Magic Quadrant reports are widely consulted by enterprise IT buyers seeking independent counsel during their evaluation and procurement cycles. Gartner describes companies in the Visionary quadrant as those that "reflect feature-complete products, show leadership in providing some life cycle management functions that users have just started requesting. A Visionary appears on shortlists because of its reputation in the market as a complete solution and a responsive vendor…"
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