Tally Systems Joins Management Service Provider -MSP- Association; Asset Management Pioneer Defines Standards For Management Service Provider Sector

Business Wire, Oct 6, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

LEBANON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2000

Tally Systems Corp., a pioneer of asset management and automated IT auto-discovery technology, announced that it has joined the MSP Association, an international consortium of companies that was formed to define, shape and promote the emerging Management Service Provider sector.

The Massachusetts-based MSP Association, launched in June at PC Expo in New York, will define and promote the management service provider industry by providing a forum for discussion of industry issues, creating market education programs, sponsoring industry research and defining standards and best practices.

Tally Systems is currently engaging the MSP sector to promote the development and application of its enterprise asset management expertise in the emerging MSP market. AMR Research forecasts the enterprise ASP market to swell to $4.7 billion in four years, with the areas with the biggest potential for growth including life-cycle management and enterprise asset management, both core-competencies for Tally Systems.

"Companies are looking for ways to maximize the value of implementing critical business disciplines like asset management without the headaches of doing it all themselves," says Mark Merchant, product manager for Tally Systems. "Our membership in the MSP Association will provide a vehicle for us to both influence the direction and stay connected with trends and developments in this exciting new business model."

MSP companies deliver information technology (IT) infrastructure management services over a network to multiple customers on a subscription basis. MSPs operate similarly to Application Service Providers (ASPs) in that they deliver services via a network that are billed to their clients. Unlike ASPs, which deliver business applications to end users, MSPs deliver system management services, such as resource monitoring and reporting, to IT departments and other customers who manage their own technology assets.

About the MSP Association

Founded in June 2000, the MSP Association is a consortium of companies that together will define and promote the emerging Management Service Provider sector. Founding members are 2ndWave, Inc.; Candle Corporation; Entuity, Inc.; HP Openview (NYSE: HWP); InteQ Corporation; iSharp; Luminate; Manage.Com; ManageIT; McAfee.com (NASDAQ: MCAF); NCMX, Inc.; Nuclio Corporation; SilverBack Technologies, Inc.; SiteLite, Inc.; siteROCK Corporation; Storability, Inc.; StorageNetworks, Inc.; TriActive, Inc.; and UP 7/24.

Information on the MSP Association is available on the web at www.mspassociation.org; from Association headquarters at 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, MA 01880; Tel: 781-876-8830; or by sending email to info@mspassociation.org.

About Tally Systems

Tally Systems Corp. is the world's leading supplier of innovative technology investment and technology delivery products, aligning distributed technology with business goals. Tally Systems' products - including TS.Asset, TS.Census, TS.Ready, and TS.Usage - are currently licensed on over 9,000,000 PCs at more than 12,000 client sites worldwide.

Creativity, entrepreneurship and proven expertise continue to keep Tally Systems at the forefront of developments in an industry where the only constant is change. Visit Tally Systems on the web at: http://www.tallysystems.com