AlarmPoint Systems Delivers 177% Growth, Exceeds Ambitious Plans.Worldwide AlarmPoint Sales Booked Exceed Expectations; Deliver Record Growth PLEASANTON, Calif. -- AlarmPoint Systems announced today that the company achieved significant growth in its second quarter of the fiscal year, with year-to-date bookings up 134 percent over the same period last year, and a 177 percent increase in year-over-year quarterly bookings compared to July - September 2005. Continued sales performance from worldwide channel partners, including HP and BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. , contributed to new customer acquisitions in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe, as well as upgrades of several existing customers to the next-generation platform products, AlarmPoint Professional and AlarmPoint Enterprise. Software license bookings for the second quarter were a particularly strong achievement with license revenue tripling in comparison to same quarter 2005 results. "From the beginning of 2006, AlarmPoint Systems has focused on developing the relationships with our channel partners and customers, and delivering products and services that improve event resolution processes because the business need in IT systems management is very clear," noted Troy McAlpin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AlarmPoint Systems. "Many progressive IT service management organizations are realizing the value of automating the event notification and resolutions process as an important way to deliver IT service availability. Managing critical events can be the low-hanging fruit of ensuring IT service availability, and it is definitely a place where our customers are putting AlarmPoint products to work." Examples of AlarmPoint customer acquisitions Throughout the U.S. and Europe, new or upgraded AlarmPoint customers were represented in several vertical markets, including telecommunications providers, a fortune 100 U.S. energy company, hospitality, defense, banking and financial services, and a major U.S.-based motorcycle manufacturer. Sales performance from U.S.-based channel partners such as Pepperweed Consulting, Column Technologies and Prosys Information Systems, and European channel partners such as DaraSoft, ITConcepts, and Partners in IT, was particularly well-represented in new customer growth and product upgrades. About AlarmPoint AlarmPoint is an enterprise-wide notification and event resolution platform that centralizes all system events through easily scalable, repeatable processes. The AlarmPoint product suite is built to automate event resolution by managing the needs of today's mobile workforce - roles, skills, location, language, schedule, contact details, groups and more -- with self-service personalization, event assignment and subscription for any and all users. Designed to filter, suppress and enrich important events, route those events to the right person on any communication device and give the person the ability to solve, escalate or enlist others to resolve, AlarmPoint bridges the gap between business-critical IT services and relevant human resources. About AlarmPoint Systems Founded in 2000, AlarmPoint Systems enables leading enterprises to maximize their investment in IT service management, intelligently manage the operational realities that affect business continuity, and ensure availability and compliance with reporting on service exceptions, rather than routinely monitoring systems. With a network of partner relationships such as HP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ), BMC Software (NYSE: BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. ) and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE: IBM), AlarmPoint tools are now managing complex notification and resolution installations globally, including AT&T, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Barclays Global Investors Barclays Global Investors is a subsidiary of British-based Barclays Bank which is in the investment management industry. It is the largest corporate money manager in the world, with over £936 billion (US$1.77 trillion) under management as of March 2006[1]. , British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, Consumers Energy, Deutsche Bank, McKesson, and the U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. . AlarmPoint Systems is headquartered in Pleasanton, California with European operations based in Richmond, Surrey, U.K. |
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