Eracent and ECPweb.com Announce Cooperative Software Asset Management Program

Eracent, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a joint program with ECPWeb.com, whereby Eracent customers and referred companies will receive a significant discount on ECPs SAM Manager software. This advanced planning tool is an easy to use software asset management (SAM) project plan that many IT managers currently use to launch, expand or fine tune a SAM program. Developed in Microsoft Project, this comprehensive project plan contains over 100 discrete work steps and includes notes to the user and concise descriptions of the work activities.

(PRWEB) July 28, 2004 -- Eracent, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a joint program with ECPWeb.com, whereby Eracent customers and referred companies will receive a significant discount on ECPs SAM Manager software. This advanced planning tool is an easy to use software asset management (SAM) project plan that many IT managers currently use to launch, expand or fine tune a SAM program. Developed in Microsoft Project, this comprehensive project plan contains over 100 discrete work steps and includes notes to the user and concise descriptions of the work activities.

Commenting on the alliance, Ed Cartier, Eracents VP of Marketing said that, We feel this is an excellent opportunity for our customers, and potential customers, to acquire a proven and indispensable tool that will help them efficiently and cost effectively implement a software asset management system. Software management now plays a key role in both regulatory and license compliance, and Eracent and ECP help organizations more effectively manage their software assets." Steven Russman, founding partner of ECP and publisher of Technology Asset Manager, added: "ECP is proud to collaborate with Eracent and welcomes its support for our vision that software asset management is good for business."

Through its publications and national series of conferences and seminars, ECP focuses on providing IT managers with the most up-to-date information and techniques for managing their entire IT asset infrastructure. Earlier this year ECP partnered with Eracent in bringing subject matter experts together in a series of educational seminars focused on driving value from IT asset management initiatives.

Eracent customers and referred companies can visit www.ecpweb.com to purchase the SAM Manager software. To receive the Eracent discount interested parties should log onto the Eracent website (www.eracent.com), and click the ECPWeb Special Offer button on the home page.

About EnterpriseAM
Eracents EnterpriseAM technology enables large enterprises and government organizations to effectively manage their IT assets quickly and efficiently from a single location. Using patented technology, EnterpriseAM can be deployed in days and can begin to provide accurate and easy to use information almost immediately. Identifying software to the title, version, file-type, patch, hot-fix and language level, and hardware to the component level, EnterpriseAM sets a new threshold for IT asset inventory accuracy. Major corporations and government agencies rely on EnterpriseAM to provide up-to-date software and hardware data, as well as software license compliance information and notification of the existence of unauthorized or malicious code. Data from EnterpriseAM inventories is accepted by the SIIA as for purposes of demonstrating software license compliance. Eracent is a member of SIIA , is an SIIA CASP partner and a member of FAST and participates in the FAST Asset Management Group. EnterpriseAM has is Microsoft Certified and was named as a Codie Award Finalist for the 2004 Codie Award.

About Eracent
Eracent Inc. is a provider of IT asset and software management solutions for enterprise level organizations. Serving all industries in both domestic and international markets, Eracents core business strategy has been, and continues to be, to develop a suite of technologies that provide a rapid return, ease of use and full access to highly accurate data needed by IT managers in large organizations. To learn more about Eracent, visit www.eracent.com, or call 1-631-271-3335.

About ECPWeb.com
ECP is the innovative leader in news and reviews of technology asset, service and software management issues, practices and tools. With a worldwide network of independent consultants, research analysts and practitioners, ECP is second-to-none in its coverage of timely, business-focused IT strategies. For more information, or to subscribe to Technology Asset Manager, visit www.ECPweb.com.

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