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ASG Software Group Completes Acquisition of PERFMAN

"PERFMAN offers proven cross-platform solutions for the most demanding IT infrastructures. Its solutions enable data center professionals across all industries to make better decisions, taking the guesswork out of planning and decision-making processes," said Arthur Allen, President and CEO of ASG. "By combining PERFMAN's solutions with ASG's Cloud Management offering and the ASG Enterprise Automation Management Suite (EAMS), our customers will be able to plan their cloud infrastructure and elasticity needs with full confidence."

For over 20 years, PERFMAN has helped businesses proactively plan, analyze, and optimize their IT environments and avoid fire-fighting mode. Its solutions allow companies to set realistic expectations, publish accurate and actionable information, and better align business objectives with IT performance.

The PERFMAN solutions for IT team collaboration, capacity planning and performance management will become part of the overall ASG family of solutions. In combination with ASG's cloud computing offering, ASG CloudFactory, and the ASG Enterprise Automation Management Suite (EAMS), companies can confidently plan their cloud infrastructure and elasticity needs.

"Organizations can save money by avoiding unnecessary hardware and software purchases as well as upgrades by leveraging PERFMAN's easy to use reporting and modeling tools. We look forward to bringing the benefits of the integrated product portfolio to our combined customer base," said Jim VanArtsdalen, Chairman, PERFMAN.

About ASG

ASG Software Solutions (ASG) is a global software solutions provider that helps more than 85 percent of the world's largest companies drive business success by managing complex IT operations across distributed, mainframe, and cloud environments.

More than 3,200 customers worldwide successfully reduce costs, improve business-service delivery, and reduce risks by using ASG's broad portfolio of solutions, including Cloud Management, Metadata Management, Information Management, Applications Management, Infrastructure Management, Operations Management, Performance Management, and Enterprise Automation Management (EAMS). To further capitalize on technology innovation, ASG's Cloud Orchestration Suite offers companies an easy on-ramp to the cloud by integrating cloud-based applications with existing applications and databases.

Founded in 1986 by Arthur L. Allen, ASG is a privately-held company based in Naples, Florida, USA, with approximately 1,100 employees and 74 Offices in 31 Countries. Learn more at www.asg.com.

About PERFMAN

PERFMAN provides high-powered capacity planning, performance management, and IT team collaboration solutions for the most demanding IT infrastructures on the planet. The company's decades-long focus on IT infrastructure management and proven cross-platform solutions boost IT service levels, lower costs and provide insights that allow data center professionals to make better decisions with clarity and confidence. PERFMAN takes the guesswork out of planning and decision-making, allowing companies to set realistic expectations, communicate accurate and actionable information, and align business objectives with IT performance. With PERFMAN, clients can rest assured that IT infrastructure optimization, IT business capacity planning, proactive problem avoidance, virtualization and cloud computing management, and Greener IT are easily and cost-effectively attainable. PERFMAN supports z/OS, VMware, Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX and Solaris. For more information about PERFMAN, visit www.perfman.com.

For ASG
Katja Schroeder, +1-917-652-6049
kschroeder@mangumconsulting.com