iQuate announces strategic partnership with Optimal2

Nov. 27, 2012 - PRLog -- Today iQuate announced a strategic partnership with Swedish company Optimal2.

“We provide the enabling technology for an accurate, detailed view of all hardware and software deployed across an IT estate, no matter how vast. The expertise that Optimal2 brings to datacenter license optimization and software asset management gives enterprises a fast track to license optimization and reduced costs,” says Shane McDermott, Director of Alliances at iQuate.

“iQuate’s solution for IT discovery, inventory and measurement is the perfect tool for us to help clients facing audits from Oracle and other major enterprise software vendors,” says Johan Westerholm, Sales Manager at Optimal2. “Also, in general, we aim to help our customers achieve the best ROI possible on their IT investments, and this technology gives us the sort of rapid IT information we need.”

iQuate’s solution is deployed agentlessly (it does not require software to be installed on individual machines) across an enterprise’s network from a server installed on the company premises. Actionable results about the IT configuration are delivered within hours of implementation, which is why some companies engage with iQuate and its partners when faced with unexpected license audits. However, iQuate’s solution is designed to support constant clarity and forward planning for the IT infrastructure and license position across the entire hardware and software lifecycle. This strategy fits with the aim of Optimal2, which is to equip enterprises with the tools and processes to maintain compliance, cost control, and ROI.

Companies can engage in the joint services of iQuate and Optimal2 by contacting either company.

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About iQuate:

iQuate helps customers reduce IT spend and improve IT compliance by gathering and analyzing information on software and hardware configurations in highly complex physical, virtual and cloud environments. iQuate works closely with customers, consultancy partners and major vendors such as Microsoft, Vmware, Oracle and IBM to ensure the inventory and measurement data provided is as complete and accurate as possible, and is acceptable to the software vendors.

Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, iQuate also operates from local offices in Paris, France; Sydney, Australia; and San Francisco, US.

For more information contact:

Tania O’Connor

Director of Corporate Marketing

Tania.oconnor@iquate.com

Mobile: +353 (0)86 026 6814

www.iquate.com

About Optimal2:

Optimal2 operates in the Software Asset Management and Information Management fields. We help clients in the most efficient manner possible to benefit from the information flowing through corporate IT systems.

This enables customers to reduce resource requirements, both in terms of investment and time.

We help our clients with processes that reduce costs for licenses, and we also implement and manage complex solutions for license management in datacenters and databases.

To solve these complex IT issues, we work with a number of strategic partners.

For more information contact:

Johan Westerholm

Sales Manager

Johan.westerholm@optimal2.se

+46 (0)8-51 01 06 20

www.optimal2.se