[February 28, 2007] Numara Software and AnythingIT Partner to Provide End-to-End IT Asset Lifecycle Management Tweet TAMPA, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Numara Software, Inc., a leader in service desk management solutions for IT professionals, announced today its partnership with AnythingIT, a global provider of technology asset management services. The companies will co-market their complementary IT management offerings, delivering customers' end-to-end IT asset solutions from discovery and inventory audits to retirement and disposal. The partnership is established to serve both commercial and public sector client in support of their specific corporate, government and/or industry regulations and requirements for IT asset tracking, retention and replacement. Recognizing the needs of companies to better understand and monitor the lifecycle of their technology assets, Numara Software and AnythingIT will leverage their combined industry knowledge and expertise to provide world-leading, proven solutions and best practices to help customers gain control of their IT property. Together, the companies bring more than 15 years of experience in IT asset management and specific vertical sector background to provide reliable and cost-efficient strategies and support to companies of all sizes and industries including Fortune 1000 companies, state and local governments, education and healthcare organizations and federal agencies. AnythingIT clients will benefit from Numara Software's award-winning suite of IT inventory and asset management, help desk and customer support solutions. Numara Track-It! and Numara FootPrints IT service desk solutions offer companies robust, affordable and easy-to-use products to identify, audit and track technology inventory and manage support requests with greater efficiency. Numara Software users gain the added value of AnythingIT's services to manage their assets and data destruction throughout the entire lifecycle, all the way through the storage, disposition and/or recycling as needed. "We are very excited about expanding our portfolio of services with Numara Software as our partner," said David Bernstein, President, AnythingIT. "Numara Software's trusted solutions for IT asset inventory, auditing and tracking give companies the foundation they need for sound IT infrastructure management. We are eager to collaborate with Numara Software in extending the value chain for our mutual customers with comprehensive lifecycle strategies that ensure improved productivity and security from start to finish." Together, Numara Software and AnythingIT help companies maximize the return on their IT investments. With a unified and efficient solution for managing the technology lifecycle, companies will be able to implement and plan for maintaining, retaining and retiring hardware and destruction of data. The companies offer proven testing, auditing, and processing services to determine the best solution for addressing an ever-increasing number of aging technology devices. Their asset reporting services assist clients in making proper decisions regarding the storage, disposition, resale, donation, environmentally-sound recycling of technology assets. Furthermore, the companies can help customers determine the cost of ownership, estimated cost of asset management implementation and expected ROI in an asset lifecycle review and analysis. "The partnership is a very logical move for our companies and our customers," said David Weiss, CEO, Numara Software. "With our common focus on bringing greater efficiency to IT management issues, Numara Software and AnythingIT are equally committed to equipping IT professionals with the solutions and guidance they need to address organizational procedures and employ sound governance practices. AnythingIT brings a depth of understanding and dedication to protecting an organization's liability and data security with sound IT recycling and disposal practices. They will give our customers the peace of mind that they are managing their IT assets in a responsible and efficient manner." About AnythingIT AnythingIT, www.anythingit.com, a privately held company founded in 1992, is a global organization, which employs experts in the area of technology asset management, asset tracking, data security, liability protection, recycling/de-manufacturing, and logistics support. With over 30 years of experience in end-to-end design, proprietary product valuations, and re-marketing, our technologists have managed learned best practices in IT asset disposition processing, data mining and warehouse systems for both Public Sector and global Fortune 1000 companies. AIT is a United States Government GSA Schedule Holder; SBA Approved, Pro-NET, and CCR Registered small business vendor for IT Asset Management, Forensic Data Scrubbing (Department of Defense certified 5220.22M), Trade-In (Exchange/Sale), Donation Processing, Disposal services, (with Congressional Recommendation), and Remarketing and Consignment services. About Numara Software, Inc. Founded in 1991, Numara Software, Inc. (formerly Blue Ocean Software) is a global provider of service desk management solutions for help desk and customer support professionals who need to simplify and gain control over their increasingly complex environments. Numara Software's trusted solutions address critical IT and support functions, such as customer service desk, IT help desk, asset management, software patch and deployment, and network monitoring. With its two flagship products, Numara Track-It! and Numara FootPrints, and more than 50,000 customer sites worldwide, Numara Software is the service desk management leader for small to mid-sized enterprises. To register for a one-on-one guided walkthrough, attend a webinar or download a trial, please call (800) 557-6970 or visit: www.numarasoftware.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]