NetIQ Supports Adoption of VMware vSphere 4

HOUSTON, TX and LAS VEGAS, NV, May 19 (MARKET WIRE) --

NetIQ Corporation (Interop Booth #1119) today announced availability of
NetIQ(R) AppManager(R) for VMware 7.6. This latest iteration of NetIQ's
virtualization management technology extends support to VMware vSphere 4,
the industry's first cloud operating system that enables organizations to
transform their datacenters into internal and external clouds.
Additionally, NetIQ AppManager for VMware 7.6 supports more than three
times the number of virtual machines than that of previous releases so
that VMware administrators can aggressively pursue greater ratios of
guests to hosts, realize greater return on IT investments and improve
responsiveness to business needs.

NetIQ is among the first management providers to support VMware vSphere 4
adopters as they upgrade to this cloud computing foundation. By leveraging
NetIQ management capabilities, VMware vSphere 4 users will have the
freedom to leverage their applications, operating systems or hardware
within a single IT infrastructure. Not only does this enable IT to
dynamically increase capacity, but it improves internal allocation of IT
resources and collaboration, helping to dramatically reduce operating
costs and maximize enterprise productivity.

NetIQ AppManager for VMware 7.6 monitors and reports on the performance
and overall health of vCenter 2.5, VMware ESX 3.0.x and 3.5, VMware ESXi
3.5 and now VMware vSphere 4.0 (including ESX and ESXi 4.0 and vCenter
Server 4.0). By monitoring and correlating alerts across hybrid
infrastructure, as well as the OS and applications, administrators can
more rapidly diagnose issues and speed remediation.

As enterprises ultimately adopt VMware vSphere 4, NetIQ will immediately
deliver:

-- Event prioritization by correlating system, application and VMware
infrastructure events with end-user experience metrics so that
administrators can prioritize response efforts for service impacting
events.

-- Performance reporting of business applications, services, and the
VMware infrastructure to demonstrate satisfactory application service
levels to support a rapid adoption of VMware.

-- Automated management through IT Process Automation, supporting not
only the event management process, but also various VMware-related tasks
including load balancing between resource pools, controlling access to
the VMware consoles and more to provide consistency and eliminate human
error.

"The trends we are seeing within our customer base indicate that many
VMware adopters are ready to push the limits of their infrastructure to
achieve the cost benefits that virtualization technology provides,"
commented Criss Scruggs, senior product marketing manager at NetIQ.
"However, to do that successfully, you need the right management tools to
support the hybrid physical-virtual environment. As NetIQ customers adopt
VMware vSphere 4, they can scale their AppManager deployments to meet the
demands of the entire virtualized stack -- both the physical and virtual
components -- to truly maximize the cost, IT efficiency and enterprise
productivity benefits it promises."

Availability and Pricing

NetIQ AppManager for VMware 7.6 is available worldwide today. List pricing
starts at $1,795 per ESX server. For more information, visit www.netiq.com
or call NetIQ at (888) 323-6768.

About NetIQ

NetIQ, an Attachmate business, is a global leader in systems and security
management. With more than 12,000 customers in over 60 countries, NetIQ
solutions maximize technology investments and enable IT process
improvements to achieve measurable cost savings. For more information on
NetIQ's portfolio of award-winning products for IT Process Automation,
Systems Management, Security Management, Configuration Audit and
Control, Enterprise Administration and Unified Communications Management,
visit www.netiq.com.

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Liz Kuzma
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