Asset Point Outlines Significant Enhancements for 2019

NEW YORK/LONDON - June 3, 2019 – The Asset Point suite of products announce that significant improvements and additions for the 2019 release. Areas of note include:

Asset Point

Improved query builder data import

Active Directory group mapping

Asset model redirect functionality

Document pod on Asset Detail page

Improved bulk import process

Asset Scan

iOS 10, 11, 12 & 13 compatibility

Improved verify functionality

Empty floorplan management

Blackberry SDK and MI SDK upgrades

For more details on Asset Point 2019, contact Asset Point.

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Asset Point Rolls-Out Version 5.4 with Significant Enhancements

NEW YORK/LONDON - October 16, 2014 – The Asset Point suite of products announce that significant improvements and additions are now available in Version 5.4 of the core product. Areas of note include:

Asset Point Reconciliation Engine

Comparison of data feeds prior to loading into Asset Point

Matching items based on common fields, with matching items loaded

Non-matched items either “classified” with explanation or flagged for forensic research

Benefits are:

Enriched data

Identification (and resolution) of gaps in data

Improved data quality

Dashboards

Additional chart, graph types

Drill-down capabilities into detail records

Data extraction to Excel, and Adobe Acrobat (pdf)

Map-based search results

APData plugins for HP Asset manager, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, VMware vCenter

Launchpad for initializing external applications from within AssetPoint

Asset Scan

Encrypted iPad database with full authentication of upload/downloads

Enhanced security and logging functions

User filtering and package creation by geographic region (AP Security groups)

Verification of network, power connections

Asset Spectrum

Google Maps™ interface for collaboration and information management

Intuitive user interface focused on project, site and resource management

Permission-based access to information including images, documents, site assessment forms

Configurable by client, project as needed

Hyperlink access to core Asset Point repository.

For more details on Version 5.4, contact Asset Point.

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Asset Point and Align Partner to Deliver Data Center Audit & Inventory Projects for Key Global Clients

NEW YORK/LONDON - April 17, 2014 – Align & Asset Point were engaged by three separate clients to perform data center inventories for their global sites in Q1 2014, with each project operating under a compressed time schedule and across multiple continents.

Using Asset Point and the AssetScan application, Align audit teams were able to access a web-enabled version of the inventory applications from any location. This enabled them to quickly and efficiently perform the audits, while ensuring data accuracy and standards were enforced.

“Without using Asset Point as the focal point for information gathering and storage, the data center audit teams would have run into consistency issues,” said Bruce Gansler, Director of R&D at Align. “Having a single source for accurate information enabled us to execute the projects quickly and efficiently, as well as to provide our clients real-time, web-based access to their information as the projects progressed. Plus at the completion of all three projects, the handoff packages all exceeded our client’s expectations for quality and depth of content, and served as a key part for reporting on IT compliance requirements for each client.”

From this audit & inventory work, Align & Asset Point are jointly positioned to engage on additional inventory and site assessment projects later in 2014 and 2015.

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Introducing Asset Point 5.3: The Easiest Way to Manage Your IT Assets

NEW YORK – June 28, 2013 – Asset Point®, a leading enterprise software solution that enables organizations to proactively manage their IT assets and data center infrastructure, announced the release of Asset Point 5.3 today.

The release of Asset Point 5.3 includes updates to the core Asset Point system that improve performance and functionality, along with several new features including the Asset Point Dashboard and the iPad® Asset Scan inventory application.

“We’re excited about this latest release as Asset Point 5.3 utilizes today’s latest innovations in hardware, along with a new dashboard to provide key metrics at a single glance,” said Bruce Gansler, director of Asset Point. “IT change is a logistical and emotional challenge to businesses. With the latest version of Asset Point, we′re supporting organizations in their quest to better manage their operational risks.”

The new Asset Point Dashboard allows users to quickly discover key data center metrics through interactive screens. With custom charts and reports based on Asset Point core data, as well as data pulled from external sources, users can explore their environment at a high level or drill down to detailed information.

Also incorporated into the Asset Point Dashboard is an interactive floor plan. When more information is needed to resolve operational challenges, the interactive floor plan with cabinet KPIs can be displayed with user-defined values and color schemes. Even power distribution units (PDUs) and breaker panels are represented visually by clicking on them.

Additionally, inventory gathering and verification have been made more interactive and intuitive through the new iPad-based Asset Scan app. Available through the Apple App StoreSM to Asset Point 5.3 users, Asset Scan utilizes the graphics and power of the iPad platform for a new way of verifying and maintaining inventory information offline. A floor plan for the data center is the starting point to gather or verify inventory; tapping on a DC location will display a scaled image of the rack or cabinet showing all of the assets at that location. Using the Bluetooth® attached bar code scanner, asset tags can quickly be scanned and asset information verified in a simple, effective manner. Initial feedback indicates that using Asset Scan takes less than half the time of other inventory verification techniques, with higher accuracy levels.

For more details, contact Asset Point.

Apple, App Store, and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Bluetooth is a trademark of Bluetooth SIG. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Align and Asset Point To Participate at the 2013 DatacenterDynamics Conference and Expo in New York City March 12th

Align and its DCIM software Asset Point is participating in the Annual DatacenterDynamics Global Conference and Expo at the New York Marriott on March 12, 2013.

This event is the largest gathering of professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of 24/7 mission-critical information technology facilities. A primary source of information for data center specialists, this must-attend conference boasts 50 exhibitions and 30 presentations over the course of a full day from industry leaders.

During the show, Align will showcase its growing service offering of data center solutions, featuring data center design, build, and migrations services — as well as the release Asset Point 5.3, the latest version of the IT asset and DCIM software. We will be showcasing Asset Point's new iPad with Bluetooth scanning technology APScan — which dramatically reduces the effort and costs to conduct data center inventories and verifications.

Advance registration is required to DatacenterDynamics events — click here.

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Asset Point Celebrates a Record 2012 as IT Asset Management & DCIM Specialist

Asset Point, a leading enterprise software solution that enables organizations to proactively manage their IT assets and data center infrastructure, enjoyed a banner year in 2012. With major functional upgrades introduced and new client deployments completed, Asset Point customers now enjoy increased visibility across their IT enterprise, enabling informed decision making and proactive management of the environment.

Some highlights from 2012 include:

• • Asset Point clients now have more than 3.5 million IT assets under management, across 10,000 locations including offices, data centers and tech rooms.
• • Our graphical data store of over 100,000 scaled symbols encompasses 95% of the leading IT asset models in the market
• • AssetScan, our proprietary mobile inventory management system, is now available on Apple’s iPad platform. This larger format allows Asset Point users to select and move assets inside cabinets or around the data center with user-friendly drag-and-drop functionality as well as via traditional Bluetooth-attached bar code scanners.
• • Operational dashboards help to provide clients to visualize the many data elements in their data center environments, driving improvements in efficiency and cost optimization
• • We interface with many of the leading enterprise management software applications including InControl, Neebula, BMC ADDM, Tivoli, OpsWare, Asset Insight, Microsoft SMS/Dynamics, EMC ADM suite

2013 will bring the newest version of Asset Point – 5.3. This version will help managers challenged with ITAM/DCIM initiatives to improve baseline inventories, connect workflow tools with asset management systems, and offer custom dashboards and analytics that will provide intelligence to make critical business decisions.

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Asset Point® announces its ITMove℠ software for managing IT relocations with reduced cost and risk

July 27, 2010 – Asset-Point® www.asset-point.com announced today that it has released ITMove℠ – the latest version of the IT service migration software that allows organizations to quickly, efficiently and accurately manage the process of large-scale IT moves and migrations.

This package is ideal for IT organizations that are relocating or consolidating large amounts of data center equipment. Managed service providers (MSPs) can also leverage the application to relocate customers to a new data center or co-location facility as a value-added service.

The ITMove℠ software greatly reduces the cost and risk associated with large scale IT changes by:

• - Modeling changes and establishing a repeatable process
• - Tracking typically manual processes
• - Decreasing the time required to support the move
• - Ensuring the reliability of the changes

Additionally, the software provides valuable insight into server virtualization initiatives – achieving server reductions by as much as 20%.

“Asset Point has proven its ability to develop and implement innovative tools for managing data centers,” says Bruce Gansler, Product Director of Asset Point. “ITMove℠ has already performed well in several large-scale server migrations. The online console was quickly embraced by all involved as the focal point of the change event.”

Key features of the application include:

• - Web-based process dashboard
• - Rules-based server optimization and consolidation
• - Complete tracking of all application dependencies and interconnections
• - Ownership/department tracking
• - Full process/task management by stakeholders and key personnel
• - Complete mapping and modeling from current state to final location
• - Physical dependencies including power, cooling, space, network connections   and floor weight
• - Open MS-SQL database supporting bi-directional data integration
  
• - MS Outlook integration and task process management

ITMove℠ is easily extended to support other Asset Point products including Asset Point Enterprise Edition software and the associated handheld device scanner and barcode reader – an industry leader in mobile IT asset management.

For more information or to arrange a demonstration of ITMove, please contact ITMOVE@asset-point.com.

ABOUT ASSET POINT: Asset Point® is a global IT software and services company with more than 20 years of experience helping firms proactively manage change in their IT environments. The Asset Point software suite provides the most cost-effective and comprehensive solution for managing physical capacity in facilities, modeling IT changes and managing processes for IT transformations from the data center to the desktop.

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Align To Participate at the 2010 DatacenterDynamics Conference and Expo in New York City March 3rd

February 4, 2010 – Align, a global information technology solutions company, is participating in the 8th Annual DatacenterDynamics Global Conference and Expo at the New York Hilton on March 3, 2010.

This event is the largest gathering of professionals involved in the design, construction and operation of 24/7 mission-critical information technology facilities. A primary source of information for data center specialists, this must-attend conference boasts 40 exhibitions and 31 presentations over the course of a full day from industry leaders.

During the show, Align will showcase its growing service offering of data center solutions, featuring server moves and migrations as well as the release of the latest version of the IT asset management software Asset Point. Align´s subject-matter experts will be on site to discuss the challenges data center managers face and how to strategically plan for future needs and upgrades.

Advance registration is required to DatacenterDynamics events – click here.

EVENT DETAILS
New York City
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
New York Hilton
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

 

ABOUT ALIGN: Align is a global information technology (IT) solutions firm with key competencies in “Technology Optimization Initiatives” – designing, deploying, moving and consolidating technologies & advanced network infrastructures. For more than 20 years, the world's leading firms have relied on Align to Empower their IT – enabling business & IT to achieve alignment, and delivering solutions for business change and growth.

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Asset Point Announces Partnership with Redstone

November 2, 2009 – Asset Point®, a global IT software and services company, is pleased to announce its partnership with Redstone – a UK firm delivering integrated IT and communications solutions.

This relationship combines the capacity of Asset Point® as a tool for seizing control of IT assets with the intelligent infrastructure management systems (IIMS) knowledge and delivery capabilities of Redstone – creating an impressive platform for supporting client needs.

Asset Point® is a cost-effective and comprehensive IT asset management software solution that provides for the complete of management of IT processes and transformations from the data center to the desktop, as well as the ability to take charge of facilities and financial information. The Redstone arrangement supports Asset Point® projects within existing client accounts, specifically relating to site auditing/scanning and inventory works.

The planning, delivery and execution of services and solutions relating to the Asset Point®-Redstone offering has been successfully deployed to Deutsche Bank and RBS. New projects around this solution are currently being developed.

For more information about Asset Point® or its venture with Redstone, please contact Betsy Spain at 212-207-2649 or bspain@align.com.

Asset Point Releases Version 5.0 IT Asset Management Software

The Most Affordable Application for IT Transformation from Data Center to the Desktop

NEW YORK – June 25, 2009 — Asset Point, the only IT asset management software providing complete management of capacity, process, change, and financial information from data center to desktop — announced the release of Asset Point 5.0 today.

The latest version delivers the most advanced IT transformation tools, and allows organizations the ability to visualize, plan, track and manage change events from the Data Center to the Desktop. The Asset Point ITAM library consolidates typically federated information to provide a single view into dynamic IT environments. The advanced functionality in 5.0 is especially effective for organizations consolidating, merging, or divesting IT assets.
"We listened to both the marketplace and our users to enhance Asset Point 5.0. We are extremely pleased that this newest release provides greater value to organizations as well as the pricing flexibility to support their requirements during trying economic conditions," said Bruce Gansler, Director of Asset Point. "IT change is an expensive and risky proposition — and with 5.0, we′re helping organizations reduce cost while offering process controls necessary to assure success."

Asset Point 5.0 brings advanced functionality with new capabilities to meet changing IT demands:

Visualization and Documentation
A graphic rendering of IT infrastructure from the physical perspective provides the logistical requirements necessary to understand both where assets are located and the impacts of recent or planned changes.
Net Benefit: Assures that IT changes are carried out effectively, accurately, on-budget and on-time.

Enhanced Modeling and Planning
The 5.0 release brings extensive enhancements to Server Migration, Move Plan, and Finance functionality — providing users a comprehensive view into the status, process, planning, impacts and financial state of all IT changes. For data centers, power, cooling, and space capacities related to changes are completely modeled.
Net Benefit: With this advanced insight, organizations can dramatically reduce business risk prior to move, add, and change (MAC) events.

Information Portal
The newly designed Information Portal offers user-configurable dashboards, allowing reporting for current conditions, modeled changes, trends, risks and redundancies.
Net Benefit: Users can gather information "on demand", viewing data the way they want, when they want.

Scalable, Hosted Solutions
Using our new scalable, Hosted Solution, Asset Point 5.0 delivers all the features of our enterprise application — without having to install, load or maintain software.
Net Benefit: Asset Point 5.0 is the first IT Asset Management software that is scalable and cost-flexible — allowing you only pay for what you need, when you need it.

Improved Access, Usability and Performance
Asset Point′s new release takes advantage of the Microsoft′ .NET architecture to deliver improved access, usability and performance. Every user gains secure access to their unique user experience from any computer with a Web browser at the speed of the internet.
Net Benefit: A true Web-based application with easy access anywhere.

Administration
A complete renovation of the Administration module delivers a more intuitive interface and robust features, including the ability to interface to disparate systems such as service desk, monitoring, and enterprise management systems.
Net Benefit: Resources across every level of the enterprise can access the system with the appropriate restrictions in place. "We listened to both the marketplace and our users to enhance Asset Point 5.0. We are extremely pleased that this newest release provides greater value to organizations as well as the pricing flexibility to support their requirements during trying economic conditions," said Bruce Gansler, Director of Asset Point. "IT change is an expensive and risky proposition — and with 5.0, we′re helping organizations reduce cost while offering process controls necessary to assure success."

About Asset Point

Asset Point is a global IT Software and Services company that has spent more than 20 years helping firms proactively manage change in their IT environments. The Asset Point software suite provides the most cost-effective and comprehensive solution for managing physical capacity in facilities, modeling IT changes, and managing processes for IT transformations from the data center to the desktop — thereby lowering the cost and complexities of IT changes and mitigating risk for the business. Our blue-chip client list includes financial services, banking, healthcare, government, and technology companies. Asset Point has offices in NY, Chicago, London, and Toronto. Please contact us at info@asset-point.com for more information.

Asset Point & Align Presenting at the 2009 Data Center Dynamics Show, NYC

Asset Point® software profiled on how companies can successfully "Master Your Data Center Move"

February 19, 2009 – Align & Asset Point (www.align.com and www.asset-point.com) a global information technology solutions company, is participating in the 7th Annual Datacenter Dynamics conference at the New York Hilton March 4th, 2009.

The annual New York Datacenter Dynamics Conference and Expo is a must attend event where leading professionals in the field share their expertise with 800 attendees, 40 exhibitors, and 32 presentations over the course of a full day.

Align will be hosting a seminar entitled “Mastering Your Data Center Move” as well as exhibiting their Data Center Solutions. Align’s lead strategist Dean Evans and Server Migration Practice Leader Art Dooling will be presenting the 5 vital steps one needs to address when moving a data center.

During the exhibit Align will be showcasing their growing overall Data Center Solutions, including Server Moves and Migration Services, as well as the IT asset management software Asset Point.

About Align & Asset Point
Align is a global information technology solutions firm, helping businesses move, improve, integrate and manage their entire technology infrastructures. For 20 years, the world's leading firms have relied on Align to Empower their IT - enabling business & IT to achieve alignment, and delivering solutions for business change and growth. Our staff are subject matter experts in the leading technologies and project management processes - Project Management Institute (PMI), ITIL, Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare. Checkpoint, HP, EMC, and many others. With offices in New York, London, Chicago, Toronto and Princeton, Align supports clients of any size, location or marketplace. Combining project management skills, expert knowledge of technology systems, and a true team spirit, Align has successfully managed some of the most challenging IT projects. Please visit www.align.com & www.asset-point.com for more information.

Asset Point, Align & Metastorm Engage in OEM Agreement

Metastorm BPM® Software to be Part of Align's Asset Point® Platform for Technology Infrastructure Management

BALTIMORE/NEW YORK - October 21, 2008 - Asset Point, Align and Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced it has formed a strategic partnership. Under this agreement, Align has become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partner and has integrated Metastorm BPM into its Asset Point software platform.

Asset Point is a unique platform used by top-tier financial institutions and Global 2000 firms to enable the effective and efficient management of IT assets and infrastructures. Metastorm BPM technology has been embedded as the foundation of the Asset Point ProcessPoint module, establishing business process management and execution as key components of overall IT Service Management. With these capabilities, organizations can document how current IT asset management processes work, develop a plan to make them more efficient, reduce cycle times by enforcing rules, ensure compliance with best practices related to performance objectives, and expose IT assets and make them available for re-use.

“Align is pleased to bring together two leading software companies to deliver a more powerful tool for optimizing IT Service Management,” said Bruce Gansler, director of Implementation for Align’s Asset Point. “Using Metastorm BPM as the underlying foundation for the Asset Point ProcessPoint module provides our clients with the tools needed to better understand their mission-critical systems and processes and provide them with a structure to drive operational efficiencies.”

The Align ProcessPoint module is also available as a Metastorm Process Pod®, a packaged solution framework that enables firms to quickly deploy an automated process for managing the tasks associated with asset management when deploying Metastorm BPM in conjunction with Asset Point.

“Our partnership with Align clearly demonstrates that Metastorm is the platform of choice for companies seeking to quickly extend and enhance their solutions with value-producing, process management capabilities," says Janet Halma, senior vice president of Business Development at Metastorm. "We are excited about our OEM relationship with Align and Asset Point and our ability to continue to provide customers with industry leading tools that deliver significant results."

More information on the Align Asset Point solution and ProcessPoint module are available at www.asset-point.com/solutions/index.php.

About Metastorm Inc.
With a focus on enterprise visibility, optimization, and agility, Metastorm offers market-leading software for Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Process Management (BPM). As an integrated product portfolio, Metastorm Enterprise™ allows organizations to improve business results by unifying strategy, analysis and execution. Metastorm is bringing together these critical disciplines to enable an understanding of enterprise architecture and strategy, accurate impact and opportunity assessment, effective process execution, and accelerated value realization for organizations worldwide. For more information on powering strategic advantage with Metastorm Enterprise, visit www.metastorm.com.

About Align & Asset Point
Align is a global information technology solutions firm, helping businesses move, improve, integrate and manage their entire technology infrastructures. For 20 years, the world's leading firms have relied on Align to Empower their IT - enabling business & IT to achieve alignment, and delivering solutions for business change and growth. Our staff are subject matter experts in the leading technologies and project management processes - Project Management Institute (PMI), ITIL, Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), Cisco, Microsoft, VMWare. Checkpoint, HP, EMC, and many others. With offices in New York, London, Chicago, and Princeton, Align supports clients of any size, location or marketplace. Combining project management skills, expert knowledge of technology systems, and a true team spirit, Align has successfully managed some of the most challenging IT projects. Please visit www.align.com & www.asset-point.com for more information.

Asset Point Releases Updated Version 4.4.5 - Exhibiting at Data Center Dynamics, March 4th in New York City.

NEW YORK - February 1, 2008 - Asset Point & Align Communications, Inc., today announced the release of Asset Point Version 4.4.5, the most advanced IT Asset Management solution ever. Filled with upgraded features & functions, this new version offers businesses enhanced visibility, accuracy & standardization for effective IT Services Delivery.

A key focus for this release improves managing Data Center assets. Asset Point 4.4.5 deliver expanded space, power, cooling & connectivity planning, as well as the industry's most advanced Server Migration module - a "dashboard" control panel keyed to making the change in data centers easy to manage. Additional enhancements include Move Plan, Finance & AP Draw service enhancements. For a PDF of 4.4.5 release notes, visit the Asset Point Resource Center.

Asset Point & Align will also be exhibiting at the upcoming Data Center Dynamics 6th Annual conference, March 4th at the Hilton Hotel in NYC.

About Asset Point: Asset Point is a leading IT asset management software that enable companies to effectively & efficiently manage their IT infrastructure.

About Align Communications, Inc.: Align Communications, Inc. (www.align.com) is a global information technology solutions company. Since 1986, Align's professionals have used a proven Total Project Management(SM) method and the latest technologies to successfully resolve technology challenges for the world's leading firms. Headquartered in New York, Align Communications has offices in London, Chicago and Princeton.

SANpulse Technologies and Align Communications Partner to Enhance Storage and Server Migration Solutions

NEW YORK/LONDON - October 22, 2007 - SANpulse Technologies Inc., a leading Storage Area Network (SAN) optimization company and Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company have joined forces to present customers with a complete, end-to-end storage and server migration solution that offers seamless physical equipment relocation and logical data migrations.

This partnership enables Fortune 500 customers the ability to reduce the complexity, costs and risks associated with server migration projects. Customers can rely on SANpulse's deep data migration expertise; along with Align's 20 years of experience relocating complex technology environments for world-class businesses.

SANpulse and Align document and track their projects from beginning to end, and work with clients to administer the project plan, schedule and budget plus manage the various communications to their teams, including OEM vendors and subcontractors, ensuring that customers enjoy a seamless transition to their new environment.

"With our combined focus on delivering automation to the Storage Industry, we are uniquely positioned to deliver the most comprehensive suite of solutions available." said Peter Mehta, CEO of SANpulse Technologies.

"We are excited about this partnership with SANpulse," said James Dooling, President of Align Communications. "As we help customers with their Data Center Relocations and Server Migration projects, we're confident that the combination of Align and SANpulse's best practices and industry-leading migration and optimization tools will deliver valuable results and project efficiencies."

About Sanpulse Technologies Inc.: SANpulse Technologies Inc. is a dynamic organization with a core focus on delivering end-to-end Storage Area Network (SAN) optimization solutions. Their offerings leverage the patent-pending SAN Logics™ framework to provide a modular and dynamic mechanism that replaces the labor-intensive, error prone, delivery methods that exist today. SANpulse offers creative, proactive solutions by being the first to innovate a service delivery platform (SDP) that bridges people, process, and technology to provide actionable outputs to execute data migration projects flawlessly. SAN Logics™ demonstrates the power of simplicity for migrating very complex systems and offers a significant and immediate value proposition for enterprise customers. Headquartered in New Jersey, SANpulse has offices in Dallas, Boston, London and India. For more information, visit www.sanpulse.com

About Align Communications, Inc.: Align Communications, Inc. is a global information technology solutions company. Since 1986, Align's professionals have used a proven Total Project Management(SM) method and the latest technologies to successfully resolve technology challenges for the world's leading firms. Headquartered in New York, Align Communications has offices in London, Chicago and Princeton.

Align Communications and Future Facilities Enhance Data Center Solutions

NEW YORK/LONDON - September 20, 2007 - Align Communications, Inc., a global information technology (IT) solutions company, and Future Facilities, a leading supplier of simulation software and services to the IT/Facility management market, today announced enhancements to their industry leading data center solutions.

By partnering for over a year, Align and Future Facilities have delivered a new methodology for data center design and operations. With the recent distribution of Future Facilities, 6Sigma Release 3, Align Communications has enhanced the integration between its Asset Point, Infrastructure Management Platform and Future Facilities 6Sigma.

"The innovative capabilities within 6Sigma Release 3 have enabled us to offer even more extensive engineering services from our Data Center Practice," said James Dooling, President of Align Communications. "Many of our data center clients are benefiting from our ability to calculate detailed thermal and airflow predictions. With the enhanced integration of Asset Point and 6Sigma Release 3, we are able to quickly deliver tactical remediation recommendations for power and cooling challenges affecting our clients today - as well as comprehensive business continuity strategies that 'future-proof' our clients Data Centers." Click here for a sample Quicktime animation.

About Future Facilities: Future Facilities Ltd was formed in January 2004 with a view to develop new and groundbreaking methodology for the design and operation of mission critical data centers. Our unique approach consists of a suite of products and services enabling optimal design and operation of a facility during its entire lifetime. Our aim is to minimize the risk of thermally induced downtimes, and increase the overall manageability and performance of the data center. For more information, visit www.futurefacilities.com

VARBusiness named Align Communications to its Top 500 list

July 20, 2007 - VARBusiness named Align Communications to its top 500 list, which includes industry leaders such as IBM Global Services, EDS and Accenture. Companies selected by the business magazine for the list are North America's largest solution providers. They are culled from some 30,000 companies and evaluated through financial statements, Security and Exchange Commission documents, Internet searches and interviews with company executives and vendors.

"We are honored to be recognized by VARbusiness and to be included in this prestigious group," said Scott Mayers, Director of Converged Network Communications, "Align's clients benefit from our expertise with leading technology solutions."

About VARBusiness: For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.

About Align Communications, Inc.: Align Communications, Inc. is a global information technology (IT) solutions company. Since 1986, Align's professionals have used a proven Total Project ManagementSM method and the latest technologies to successfully resolve technology challenges for the world's leading firms. Headquartered in New York, Align Communications has offices in London, Chicago and Princeton. For more information, visit www.align.com.