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N-Able Signs Strategic Alliance With Shavlik Technologies to Deliver Patch Management Services on Demand

Posted on: Monday, 18 July 2005, 15:00 CDT

OTTAWA, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- N-able Technologies(R), the No. 1 provider of IT management software for resellers servicing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced today it has signed a strategic alliance with Shavlik Technologies, LLC. The agreement is followed by the immediate release of N-able OnDemand's PatchIT Online remote patch management service.

Leveraging the power of the Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) security patch management solution, N-able's PatchIT Online allows IT service organizations to protect distributed IT infrastructures against real and emerging threats for which patches and updates are available. The PatchIT Online solution allows managed service providers (MSPs) to proactively manage patches and software updates by automating the scanning, assessment, and remediation of patches throughout an organization.

"The timing is ideal for our market-leading solutions to join forces," said Mark Scott, president & CEO of N-able Technologies. "Like other N-able OnDemand services, PatchIT Online is fully integrated into our N-Central platform making it quick and easy for our MSP partners to provide comprehensive web-based patch management service to their SMB customers."

"Today's MSPs want and need an integrated patch management solution that serves as a proactive defense tool and helps protect and maintain their clients' networks and desktops," said Mark Shavlik, president and CEO of Shavlik Technologies. "The unique combination of N-able OnDemand and our NetChk technology creates the industry's first integrated solution for comprehensive patch management and remediation in a pay-as-you-grow model."

PatchIT Online informs technicians which systems need updating and allows them to patch and update these systems during normally scheduled maintenance windows automatically, rather than relying on manual processes, and costly, unscheduled downtime.

Key Benefits of PatchIT Online include: - Greater control over patch and security policies across the entire organization. - Decreased support costs associated with manual patch level detection and installation. - Decreased risk associated with the deployment of untested patches and updates. - Increased speed for updating critical systems when patches and updates are issued.

"Patch management can be a lengthy and inefficient process that includes researching what patches are available, testing them individually, figuring out which machines need them, deploying them manually and again testing to ensure they've been done correctly," said Laura Steward, managing member, Guardian Angel Computer Services, LLC. "We're eager to use N-able's PatchIT Online and help take the headache out of managing and deploying critical patches and enhance the proactive services offerings we provide to our customers on a daily basis."

N-able OnDemand is the industry's first Web-based suite of IT service automation tools targeted exclusively at MSPs who service SMBs. Designed to help IT service organizations protect and manage networks efficiently and cost-effectively, N-able OnDemand offers market-leading tools and represents a key driver within the company's "Software-as-a-Service" go-to-market sales strategy.

The N-able OnDemand(TM) suite currently includes: - MonITor Online(TM), which provides network and systems monitoring services to automate rudimentary support tasks from a central Web console. - ScanIT Online(TM), which provides vulnerability assessment services for IT administrators to evaluate the overall security environment, ranging from a single computer to an entire network, and uncover areas of weakness and recommend fixes. - AccessIT Online(TM), which provides remote access management services to reduce support costs from 20 to 70 percent by improving first-contact resolution and resolving complex calls more quickly. - PatchIT Online(TM), which provides market-leading patch management services by proactively scanning servers and desktops for security holes and patching them at the click of a mouse.

For more information about pricing and to subscribe to PatchIT Online or other N-able OnDemand service automation tools please visit http://www.n-ableondemand.com/ .

About N-able Technologies

N-able Technologies(R) is the leading provider of IT performance management software to improve operations, manage risk and measure business value. N-able's product line provides complete solutions to monitor, manage and optimize information technology and security from a business perspective. Founded in 2000, N-able's solutions are licensed to hundreds of partners servicing thousands of end-user customers around the globe to evolve IT services from reactive to proactive to managed.

About Shavlik

Shavlik Technologies helps information technology managers and administrators manage computer system security including policy based assessment, security scanning and remediation of security vulnerabilities due to missing patches, weak accounts and passwords. Shavlik's security solutions include Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM), the industry standard for security patch management, Shavlik Security Agents(TM), the company's new agent-based patch management solution, Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) for Linux and Solaris, the company's web-based interface for the Linux and Solaris environments, Shavlik EnterpriseInspector(TM), a powerful network inspection tool, and Shavlik AccountInspector(TM), an interactive account and password security tool.

Founded in 1993, Shavlik licenses its industry-leading technology to partners including BindView, BladeLogic, BMC Software, Endforce, Intuit, iPass, Microsoft, N-able, NetIQ, Quest Software, ScriptLogic, SuppportSoft and Symantec. Shavlik can be reached at http://www.shavlik.com/ .

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Source: PRNewswire

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