ManageSoft Leads the Way in Delivering Hosted Software Asset Management Across Europe and Australia

New Service Offers Hosted SAM to Companies of All Sizes and Reduces Costs Associated with Onsite Installation

BOSTON, MA, March 23, 2009 – ManageSoft, the leading provider of desktop to datacenter software asset management solutions, announced today that several key partners in Europe and Australia will host ManageSoft’s Enterprise Compliance Manager™ (ECM) in their datacenters to provide the most efficient delivery of services to their customers. Targeted at businesses of all sizes, these services include hardware and software asset recognition, software license entitlement, and contract management.

ManageSoft’s first EMEA Partner is PC-Ware Information Technologies AG, while ZettaServe Pty Ltd is leading the way in Australia. Their asset and license management expertise coupled with ECM will enable their clients to reduce on-going license and maintenance costs by 30 per cent or more. In addition, their clients will dramatically reduce the risks of non-compliance, including vendor audit costs and unbudgeted license true-up expenses.

“The hosted software model excellently complements our comprehensive Software Asset Management service portfolio,” says Leo Meijer, EMEA director software & IT asset management, for PC-WARE. “The partnership with ManageSoft significantly improves the quality of our offerings to a broad market that includes large enterprises, as well as the SMB market. Each of our SAM competence centers in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Leipzig will provide the services for this solution that can be provided throughout our EMEA subsidiaries. This model offloads the burden of onsite installation and training, while spreading the datacenter expense over a larger user base. Now, many companies can quickly receive the benefits of Enterprise Compliance Manager.”

“Hosted ECM will enable us to rapidly assess license compliance positions across our customer base, with minimal infrastructure investment by the customer," added Nicki Pereira of ZettaServe. “By knowing their license position for any given software publisher, our customers will be able to greatly reduce their maintenance bills by ensuring that they are only paying for what they need.”

“We are pleased to be working with our strategic partners in EMEA and AP to provide this new services delivery model through hosted ECM,” said Alan Swahn, ManageSoft's vice president of marketing and business development. “To win in the marketplace, ManageSoft must not only make the best software, but also understand how the software is used to deliver value. Our partners are now armed to deliver their services efficiently and economically via the Internet to a large audience.”

About ManageSoft
ManageSoft is the leading supplier of Enterprise Software Management solutions for software asset recognition, license entitlement, and contract management. ManageSoft’s Enterprise Compliance Manager™ solution enables organizations to reduce software license and maintenance costs while improving IT operational efficiency and maintaining license compliance.

Our products support open industry ISO and ITIL software asset management (SAM) standards and ManageSoft contributes to defining future standards with participation in the ISO 19770 working groups. ManageSoft has developed key business partner relationships with Microsoft (Gold Certified), and Siemens IT Solutions and Services.

The company is headquartered at 100 North Washington Street, Boston, MA. 02114. Telephone: +1.617.532.1600, Fax: +1.617.532.1605, and has offices in United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. Email: ITcompliance@managesoft.com, Websites: ManageSoft.com or Desktop2Datacenter.com.

ManageSoft and Enterprise Compliance Manager are trademarks or registered trademarks of ManageSoft, Incorporated. All other companies and products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.