[December 03, 2008]

ManageSoft Launches Enterprise Compliance Manager 8.0

(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BOSTON, MA, December 3 / MARKET WIRE/ --

ManageSoft -- the leading provider of
desktop to datacenter software asset management (SAM) solutions --
announced today that its new Enterprise
Compliance Manager (TM) (ECM) version 8.0 software has been released.
This new edition will enable enterprises to achieve up to seven figure
savings on their IT spend within 90 days of implementing ECM. Aggregate
savings comes from three areas of concentration -- reducing new software
purchases, squeezing maintenance renewals, and compliance before audits.

Unlike software asset management tools that stop short at software
inventory and application recognition, ECM goes to the next level by
accounting for software publisher usage rights, importing purchase order
data, and measuring the actual use of applications. This superior
reconciliation allows license optimization across software publishers
-- where the money is hidden -- to uncover latent savings.

ECM's three-pronged attack on IT spend, starts with reconciling purchased
versus installed software in an IT estate to clean house on unlicensed
applications and eliminate shelfware. The second foray examines software
usage data to expose where purchased applications are installed, but
under-utilized. Licenses can then be reallocated to defer new license
purchases. The third and most powerful assault on over-spending is
optimization against the software publisher's license terms and conditions
to take full advantage of usage rights and eliminate over-licensing.

"In this challenging economic climate, companies need tools like ECM that
can reconcile many data streams and apply complex licensing rules to
dramatically reduce IT expenditures," noted Alan Swahn, ManageSoft's vice
president of marketing and business development. "The definition of
effective software asset management must be expanded to include license and
contract optimization, where ManageSoft uniquely stands out."

Technology Enablers

ECM 8.0 has several new options that are firsts in the SAM industry --
support for Oracle database license management, a VMware? server
virtualization option, and a 100,000+ purchase order Stock Keeping Unit
(SKU) library. The Oracle option provides discovery and inventory of Oracle
database instances and options across an estate to provide data to the ECM
license compliance engine. The VMware feature automates discovery and
inventory of VMware ESX and VirtualCenter servers, collects inventory for
all the related virtual machines, and applies license entitlement rules.
The SKU library normalizes purchase order data so that each line

item is recognized as a specific version and/or edition of a software
application or suite. It also automates the process of linking purchase
order data to software inventory data to determine purchased versus
installed compliance.

About ManageSoft

ManageSoft is the leading supplier
of Enterprise Software Management solutions for asset recognition, license
entitlement, contract management, 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 Microsoft (Gold Certified), and Siemens
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.

For more information, contact:
Alan Swahn
VP of Marketing and Business Development
ManageSoft Corporation
+1.617.532.1630alan.swahn@managesoft.com

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