Managed Objects Names Vice President of Product Strategy

MCLEAN, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Managed Objects, the Business Service Management (BSM) Company,
today announced that it has named Abbas Haider Ali as Vice President
of Product Strategy. With extensive entrepreneurial experience in the
Network and Application Performance Management space - Haider Ali's
role at Managed Objects centers primarily on revenue generating
activities. He will help the company drive growth by providing
strategic direction to the sales team and advancing Managed Objects'
consultative and business-pain focused approach to sales.

"Managed Objects pioneered the concept of BSM - and the technology
we've developed over the last decade enables our customers to align IT
with their business," said Siki Giunta, President and CEO of Managed
Objects. "In a similar fashion, Abbas' strong background in both
technical sales and product development will better align our sales
approach with our customers needs. We are very pleased to welcome him
aboard."

Haider Ali joins Managed Objects, from OPNET Technologies Inc.
(NASDAQ:OPNT), where he served as assistant vice president for
pre-sales engineering, and also had advisory responsibilities for
channels sales, product management and product development. Prior to
OPNET, Ali worked for IBM Canada where he served as a technical
architect developing solutions for the education market.

"Managed Objects literally put the word "business" in business
service management. The company has a stellar reputation in the IT
management software industry - both for commercializing the concept of
BSM and maintaining its innovative product leadership," said Haider
Ali. "Few start-up companies can develop a product that not only
transforms an industry but continues to dominate the space in
subsequent years, despite the market encroachment by larger,
publicly-traded legacy networks and systems management vendors that
attempt to buy their way into the space. I'm thrilled to be part of
the Managed Objects team and relish the opportunity to contribute to
the future growth and innovations the company will inevitably
produce."

Ali is already a frequent contributor to Managed Objects' new
blog, the BSM Communique at www.wearebsm.com. He holds a Bachelor of
Applied Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

About Managed Objects

Managed Objects is the Business Service Management Company.
Companies use our solutions to more effectively monitor, manage, and
model their IT enterprise. Our unique service perspective overlays
existing management tools so complex IT infrastructures can be
managed, not as a set of components, but rather as the set of services
that IT delivers to the business - services like order processing,
e-commerce, online trading, or email. Companies that use Managed
Objects realize measurable improvements in IT service quality, cost
savings, and increased IT responsiveness.

A venture-backed company headquartered in McLean, Va., with
operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific, Managed Objects is
consistently acknowledged by leading industry analysts as well as
industry leaders like AIB, CSC, Credit Suisse, DISA, Fidelity
Investments, JPMorganChase, Progress Energy, Verizon and other global
organizations who rely on Managed Objects BSM technology. For more
information, visit www.managedobjects.com.

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Frank Strong, 703-770-7276
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or
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