Troux Technologies Announces Exclusive Sponsorship of First COBIT User Convention; Event to Highlight Best Practices in IT Governance Through Application of COBIT

Business Wire, Oct 20, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas -- Troux(TM) Technologies, the leader in IT Governance software and solutions, today announced that it will be the exclusive corporate sponsor of the inaugural COBIT(R) User Convention to be held November 4-5, 2004, at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare in Rosemont, Ill.

The two-day event, presented by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association(R) (ISACA(R)) and the IT Governance Institute(R) (ITGI), is exclusively designed for organizations migrating to the adoption of COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) standards. The event will feature case studies and discussion groups to address how COBIT is employed from both an IT governance and assurance perspective.

About Troux Technologies

Troux Technologies (pronounced "True") is the leader in IT Governance software and solutions. Troux is the only company that provides a complete end-to-end baseline of both business and IT architectures, providing the visibility necessary for CIOs and executives to manage the business of IT. A well-established base of leading Fortune 500 customers in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing, consumer goods and pharmaceuticals are using the Troux platform and solutions to eliminate unnecessary costs, improve IT infrastructure/business alignment, minimize business and operational risk, and increase business value. For more information on the Troux platform and Troux solutions, please visit www.troux.com, or call Troux Technologies at 512-536-6258.

About COBIT

COBIT, issued by the IT Governance Institute and now in its third edition, is increasingly internationally accepted as good practice for control over information, IT and related risks. Its guidance enables an enterprise to implement effective governance over the IT that is pervasive and intrinsic throughout the enterprise. In particular, COBIT's Management Guidelines component contains a framework responding to management's need for control and measurability of IT by providing tools to assess and measure the enterprise's IT capability for the 34 COBIT IT processes. The tools include:

--Performance measurement elements (outcome measures and performance drivers for all IT processes)

--A list of critical success factors that provides succinct, nontechnical best practices for each IT process

--Maturity models to assist in benchmarking and decision-making for capability improvements

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