Tek-Tools, Inc. Announces Siemens Business Services Has Chosen Profiler Rx as Part of Its Server Consolidation Service Offering

Business Wire, May 25, 2004

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004

Storage Management Solution Facilitates Server Consolidation

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Tek-Tools, Inc., the leader in the storage and backup resource management market, announced today that Siemens Business Services, a leading provider of consulting, systems integration and managed IT solutions, has chosen Tek-Tools' storage and backup monitoring and reporting solution, Profiler Rx, for use in its Server Consolidation Services offering.

Siemens Server Consolidation Services address the issue of server proliferation in IT environments that result in overly complex, costly infrastructures and increased costs due to extensive administration and management. Tek-Tools' Profiler Rx provides the Siemens Business Services team with a valuable tool to audit and assess customer environments, quickly providing granular details and giving visibility at the server, user and file levels for usage, performance and sizing. Profiler Rx identifies candidates for consolidation among servers, storage and applications in order to align resources to business goals.

"Tek-Tools is thrilled to partner with Siemens Business services," said Ken Barth, President and CEO of Tek-Tools, Inc. With a quick audit and assessment, Profiler Rx immediately begins reporting on the IT infrastructure and Siemens Business Services uses that information for consolidation initiatives.

Siemens Business Services' infrastructure optimization and server consolidation services help organizations optimize their infrastructure with greater efficiency leading to cost savings, while achieving greater availability, scalability, and value. "With Profiler Rx supporting the goal of operational efficiency, we're able to quickly and easily analyze a customer's environment and begin making recommendations for consolidation to improve efficiency and lower costs," said Tim Branham, Director of Consulting Services Portfolio Management at Siemens Business Services.

Siemens Business Services is one of the world's leading IT service providers. In 2003, Siemens Business Services achieved sales of $6.1 billion. The company has more than 34,000 employees in 44 countries. For more information, please visit Siemens Business Services on the Web at www.usa.siemens.com/sbs.> About Tek-Tools

Tek-Tools, Inc. is the recognized leader in storage/server/backup resource management. Tek-Tools' Profiler Rx Suite, which began shipping in 2001 as Storage Profiler, is high-performance, modular, Web-based, real-time and historical resource reporting application targeting DAS, NAS, SAN, database and backup pain in customer environments. With the Profiler RX suite, you choose solution modules that allow your organization to monitor the entire storage enterprise. The Profiler suite installs quickly with only one download and easily integrates with existing storage systems and applications offering immediate payback. Tek-Tools' mission is to address "where storage and networking meet" by delivering easy-to-use, quality products that provide organizations with tangible economic return. Headquarters are located at 4020 McEwen Dr., Suite 105, in Dallas, Texas 75244, (972) 980-2890, and on the web at www.tek-tools.com.