Strategic Alliance to Help Asian Businesses Manage IT Assets

SMBEdge, 27th September

SINGAPORE – September 27, 2006 – Altiris, Inc., a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, last week announced a strategic alliance with Navigis, a leader in enterprise management solutions and business consultancy services. The initial stage of the partnership will see Altiris and Navigis widen their market presence in Asia. The partnership will also gradually extend to the rest of Asia Pacific.

The strategic alliance will immediately help Asian organizations fully maximize their Altiris’ asset management investments. Altiris solutions are built to help IT organizations elevate the role of IT within the business as a strategic partner focused on supporting corporate initiatives.

When technologies are implemented in silos, IT departments find it hard to justify return on investments (ROI) on their technology implementations. Navigis provides top-notch consultancy services in identifying organizational pain points to align business goals with IT strategies, integrated with IT infrastructure library (ITIL) best practices. With an in-depth understanding of their IT assets, organizations will be able to be compliant to external regulations, reduce costs and complexity of managing these assets, increase employee productivity and IT utilization rate, and have a visible ROI on IT investments.

“This alliance increases the value we bring to our customers,” said Tom Galantomos, Director of Channel and Alliances, Altiris Asia Pacific. “Together, Altiris, Navigis and our channel partners will be able to offer end-to-end solutions from consulting, software, and other infrastructure required to increase returns on investment (ROI), reduce risk, increase quality-of-service (QoS) and gain dynamic competitive edge.”

Philip Sidebottom, CEO of Navigis said, "We are pleased to enter this partnership with Altiris as we believe this alliance will help both companies expand our services to customers significantly, and allow us to leverage on our combined expertise to widen our market presence globally. The Altiris and Navigis alliance is built on the need to collaborate with partners who will offer best-in-class solutions to customers. Altiris is at the forefront of IT asset management, and its solutions will enhance our consulting services offerings.”

Altiris’ award-winning suites of service and asset management solutions have been named as one of the leading five IT asset management platforms, according to a recently published report in The Forrester Wave on IT Asset Management.