Asia Pacific Open Source IT Management

Sydney, Australia—March 11, 2009—ICE Systems (www.icesystems.com.au), in conjunction with GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (www.groundworkopensource.com), today jointly announced a partnership to deliver the GroundWork Monitor family of open source network and systems management solutions to enterprises in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

APAC represents a large and rapidly growing market for IT operations management software, growing 14.7 percent to $845.8 million USD in 2007, excluding Japan. GroundWork Monitor is already in use within the APAC region at such leading institutions as National Australia Bank and University of Adelaide. The new partnership establishes ICE Systems as the first GroundWork Certified Reseller and Implementor dedicated to Australia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Tahiti, Thailand and Vietnam.

“GroundWork experienced 100 percent growth in the EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Africa) market between 2007 and 2008, despite challenging economic conditions,” said Alan Cooke, GroundWork VP of Worldwide Field and Channel Operations. “We believe the APAC region represents a similar opportunity and we’re happy to have an organization of ICE Systems’ stature spearhead that effort.”

“We value GroundWork’s deep understanding of open standards and operations management tools. By building on quality open source projects Groundwork is providing a cost effective, flexible and highly configurable alternative for IT infrastructure monitoring," said Lee Curtis, Business Development Manager, ICE Systems. "The integration of GroundWork Monitor into our portfolio puts ICE Systems in a unique position to offer the functionality APAC enterprises demand in an attractively priced model. And with the backing of a mission-critical provider of a broad of range of IT solutions – a combination of safety and savings that is critical these days."

ICE Systems provide a cost-effective solution that combines an executive dashboard with deep insights into IT operations. The partnership gives firms the capability to pro-actively identify faults, pinpoint bottlenecks, improve reliability and more fully utilise their existing server, storage and network infrastructure - as well as providing engineering and business managers with key performance indicators and reports.

“Having evaluated several vendors within the Open Source and Enterprise management market space, we felt GroundWork offered the most comprehensive solution for the Mid-tier and Enterprise environment within APAC,” said Neil Smith, Technical Director, ICE Systems. “Providing a highly stable and mature platform, backed with development and support for the product enables a powerful partnership to our client base.”

To Learn More

Contact Lee Curtis from ICE Systems on 02 8061 2812 or email:
[email protected]

For online briefing on ICE Systems' offering, visit:
http://www.icesystems.com.au/our_services/infrastructure_management.html

About ICE Systems Pty Ltd

ICE Systems Pty Ltd (http://www.icesystems.com.au) is one of Australia's premier systems integrators. Specialising in the design and implementation of high availability, storage, disaster recovery and backup solutions to the SME market. With extensive product knowledge ICE Systems delivers seamless solutions to meet challenging business needs. ICE Systems helps plan business IT strategy and implements the right infrastructure to enable complete confidence. By providing the best possible advice, products, installation, training and technical support ICE Systems ensures organizations can maximize the benefits of IT.

About GroundWork Open Source

San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (http://www.groundworkopensource.com) is the market leader in commercial open source network and systems management software, delivering enterprise-class network, system and application management solutions at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.

GroundWork's best of breed approach gives customers the flexibility to use diverse open source and proprietary technologies together under a unified interface, allowing users to leverage the advantages of open source while simultaneously preserving existing investments in legacy management tools. GroundWork’s solutions are in use at organizations like Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AOL, Crocs, National Australia Bank, Siemens, and World Bank.