Enterprise Compliance Manager™ Now Integrated
with VMware ESX Server

Alleviates License Compliance Concerns for Virtualized Datacenters

February 26, 2008 Boston, MA, USA

ManageSoft—the leading supplier of Enterprise Software Management solutions—announced today it now supports VMware ESX Server with its Enterprise Compliance Manager™software that enables its customers to fill  the license compliance chasm created by the virtualization wave.  This software provides a path to resolution for companies embracing application and server virtualization, but concerned about software publishers’ licensing policies.

Vendors’ application licensing rules have gotten so complex in light of how/what/where software was purchased, upgrades/downgrades, datacenter/desktop/mobile installations, physical transfers, right of second use, Linux/Unix/Windows® operating systems, multi-core processors, multiprocessor systems, and even processor execution speed that most enterprise customers can expect to be out of license compliance without an automated tracking system.

“Virtualization of servers and applications has created a large productivity and efficiency leap, but by the same measure has grown into a viral license compliance liability that customers must address,” noted Steve Butler, president and CEO of ManageSoft. “ManageSoft is the cure to get customers back in the driver’s seat for enterprise license compliance.”

“Enterprise Compliance Manager’s license tracking now spans all corners of the physical and virtual enterprise from laptops, desktops, to the data center,” proclaimed Alan Swahn, ManageSoft's vice president of marketing and business development. “Proper license entitlement has always been our strength and our competitors’ weakness. We have built an even higher wall by seamlessly handling both physical and virtual systems.”

About ManageSoft

ManageSoft is the leading supplier of Enterprise Software Management solutions for asset recognition, license entitlement, purchase optimization, and software/OS deployment.  We enable a quick asset, contract, and entitlement baseline to be established, immediate notification of compliance drift from policies and terms, and recommendations for resolution.

Our products are based on open industry SAM, ISO and ITIL standards and ManageSoft contributes to defining future standards with membership in IBSMA, IAITAM, itSMF, BSA, and Microsoft SAM. ManageSoft has developed key business partner relationships with IBM, Microsoft (Gold Certified), and Siemens services. The company is headquartered at 101 Federal Street, Boston, MA. 02110. Telephone: +1.617.532.1600, Fax: +1.617.532.1605, Email: ITcompliance@managesoft.com, Websites: ManageSoft.com or ContinuousITCompliance.com