Animus Solutions Announces Implementation Services for the Avocent® LANDesk® Asset Lifecycle Manager Solution

Animus Solutions signs on to offer implementation services for exciting new product for IT Asset Management from Avocent Corporation.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) November 6, 2008 -- Animus Solutions, a provider of IT asset management and service management consulting, announced today that implementation and business consulting services for the LANDesk® Asset Lifecycle Manager solution are a new addition to Animus' catalog of services. Avocent Corporation (NASDA: AVCT) a global leader in IT Operations Management, announced the new solution LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager in October.

The Avocent LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager is an asset management product designed to deliver automation of asset lifecycle tightly tied to process and best practices for IT asset management.

"As a vendor-neutral company, Animus has the opportunity to work with many products as clients choose the right solution for their needs. I am excited by the advantages that LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager offers their clients with built-in best practices and a strong graphical component that integrates and automates workflows," stated Phara McLachlan, CEO of Animus Solutions. "Our mission is to deliver services that are practical, real world and best practice-driven. This product offers strong automation that makes it easier to achieve our clients' IT asset management goals."

"LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager has been a much anticipated addition to our suite of solutions. The same can be said of Animus Solutions as they bring years of targeted experience in IT asset management consulting and implementation," stated Ben Grimes, Avocent Chief Technology Officer.

Animus Solutions is offering a suite of services for the Avocent LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Manager including pre-implementation business consulting, tactical services during the implementation and ongoing health checks to help clients expand their use of and value received from the product.

About Animus Solutions, Inc.

Animus Solutions provides IT service management, IT security and IT asset management business consulting and implementations. As a vendor-neutral organization experienced with many of the premier automation solutions, Animus offers flexible and practical services to build software license compliance, incorporate ISO/IEC 19770-1, ISO/IEC 17799 standards and utilize ITIL effectively. To learn more about Animus Solutions, a WMBE business, visit www.animussolutions.com.

About Avocent Corporation

Avocent delivers IT operations management solutions that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase the availability of critical IT environments 24/7 via integrated, centralized software. Additional information is available at www.avocent.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements about new hardware and software products and sales growth from these products and the Company's transformation in becoming a leader in IT Operations Management. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including the risks associated with general economic conditions, risks attributable to management changes and transition, risks attributable to future product demand, sales, and expenses, risks associated with reliance on a limited number of customers, component suppliers, and single source components, risks associated with acquisitions and acquisition integration, risks associated with product design efforts and the introduction of new products and technologies, and risks associated with obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights. These factors are described in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2008. Other risks may be detailed from time to time in reports to be filed with the SEC. Avocent does not undertake any obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof.

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