Evident Software Launches New Service Offering; Usage Baseline Takes Advantage of Cisco NetFlow to Right-Size the Data Center

Business Wire, June 20, 2005

LAS VEGAS -- (Networkers 2005) - June 20, 2005 - Evident Software, the leading provider of IT Service Intelligence solutions, today announced a new quick-start service called the Usage Baseline, which enables enterprises to get a handle on the IT assets actually in use in their data center, understand their true capacity requirements, and provide the foundation for accurate service pricing.

The Usage Baseline is delivered by Evident's Professional Services organization and applies the Evident Enterprise platform to provide insight and analysis into which applications and locations are driving usage and costs in the data center. The service will take advantage of a client's existing Cisco IOS NetFlow infrastructure to collect, correlate, and rate network usage data. It provides tangible value in as little as four weeks, to:

--Mitigate risk associated with unknown assets and reconcile the asset inventory

--Reduce zero-value demand and free capacity

--Gain IT cost visibility and better communicate with business and finance peers

AMR Research characterizes this type of analysis for IT as a critical component of IT Resource Planning (ITRP). According to AMR, ITRP is an emerging market category designed to provide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - like functionality to the IT organization.

"IT organizations are spending too much time trying to pull together information from disparate systems in order to make planning decisions," explained Dennis Gaughan, Research Director at AMR. "This collection of technology will provide the visibility that CIOs are demanding." (Source: AMR Research Alert, IT Resource Planning (ITRP): The ERP System for IT Arrives, March 9, 2005). 95% of companies surveyed plan to maintain or increase their spending in analytics in 2005, according to a study done by AMR Research.(1)

"An extensive customer research study done earlier this year validates that Evident's solutions are giving enterprises a new level of visibility into their IT operations," said Roger Boyce, president and CEO of Evident Software. "CIOs are clamoring for better utilization of current IT resources and infrastructure cost transparency. This service delivers the insight required for them to truly manage the business of IT."

The Usage Baseline is available immediately for $150,000, to assess a single data center in a period of 4-8 weeks.

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Evident Software's IT Service Intelligence platform drives IT value. Our software makes IT usage, costs, and their business drivers evident, so our clients can manage IT as an investment and our partners can optimize service delivery. Evident's global reach and patented technology are helping some of the world's largest organizations, including IBM, Fidelity Investments, and British Telecommunications, fuel innovation by optimizing their infrastructure, right-sizing and accurately accounting for IT spend. For more information, visit us on the web at www.evidentsoftware.com.

(1) EPM Spending, 2004-2005: Enterprise Performance Management Grows Up, "Bigger budgets on tap for EPM in 2005": http://www.amrresearch.com/Content/View.asp?pmillid=17799 &logBH=yes&onyxid=151826 (Due to the lengths of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.)