Consolidation of IT Configuration Management and Asset Inventory Point Products Creates New Breed of Asset Management Solution.

HOUSTON -- Convergence Affirms Scalable Software's Survey Suite As Leading Solution Driving Value; Offers Closed-loop IT Asset Management Integrating With SMS 2003, Remedy, Peregrine

The Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) acquisition of Tally Systems and Opsware's (NASDAQ:OPSW) purchase of Tangram Enterprise Solutions confirms the trend toward convergence of configuration management and asset inventory point products creating a new breed of solution aimed at closing-the-loop on IT asset management. Scalable Software, Inc., a leader in usage-powered solutions that help organizations make better IT asset decisions, rolled out this combined functionality earlier this year through its Survey integration packages.

Scalable has taken this a step further by introducing policy compliance giving IT the ability to automate compliance with configuration policy and closing the loop on IT asset management. "Unlike other solutions in the market, Scalable seamlessly integrates all phases of the IT asset discovery, usage, configuration, and compliance cycle," according to Frank Ginac, Vice President of Engineering and Services at Scalable Software.

With Survey's capabilities today, enterprises can leverage their current systems management investments to deliver substantial value in optimizing their IT assets, reducing software costs, and managing corporate standards and security policies. Survey integrates with Microsoft SMS to execute smarter asset management actions every day.

"Microsoft is pleased to be working with Scalable Software to give SMS 2003 customers enhanced visibility into their IT assets with complementary solutions like Survey," said David Hamilton, Director of the Enterprise Management Division at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). "Now that Scalable Software supports SMS 2003, customers can begin to take advantage of the Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) to dramatically simplify and automate how their business designs, deploys and operates distributed systems."

"We're always striving to bring more value to our customers so they can make better IT asset decisions," said Marvin Newell, CEO for Scalable Software. "Survey offers a complete standalone solution for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of end user computing across all platforms in the enterprise. Management can be certain that their IT budgets will be spent on resources that are essential to achieving business goals."

About Scalable Software

Scalable Software is the leader of usage-powered solutions that reduce software costs, increase asset utilization, and mitigate enterprise risk through desktop security and standards enforcement. By correlating enterprise hardware, software, thin clients, and printers with detailed usage measurements, the Survey Suite of products provides a comprehensive solution for asset lifecycle and IT portfolio management methodologies. For more information visit www.scalable.com.

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