Lakeside Software Named "Cool Vendor" in Personal Computing by Leading Analyst Firm

Assessment, Planning and Systems Monitoring Tools Can Improve Productivity and Reduce Costs

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Jun 28, 2011, 01:13 ET

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeside Software, a leader in business Intelligence solutions for IT, has been named a "Cool Vendor " in Personal Computing* by Gartner.

"We appreciate Gartner's recognition and see it as important confirmation of our unique and innovative approach to empowering IT professionals with actionable data," said Michael Schumacher, CEO of Lakeside Software. "By providing unparalleled insight into user behavior on virtual and physical desktops, SysTrack® enables them to make better decisions, dramatically improve productivity and reduce costs."

SysTrack tools perform complex IT tasks like automated power management, user auditing, performance monitoring, change management, event management, latency and end-user experience management, application resource analysis, chargeback, virtualization assessment and planning, application pool design and many others. SysTrack integrates these management disciplines into a unique, comprehensive management console. For more information please visit www.lakesidesoftware.com.

*Gartner, Inc., Cool Vendors in Personal Computing, 2011, Mark A. Margevicius et al, April 20, 2011.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Lakeside Software

Lakeside Software is the leading provider of business intelligence solutions for IT. SysTrack solutions for Power Management, VDI Assessments, Real-Time Monitoring, Problem Diagnostics and User Experience Evaluation provide IT with the knowledge to dramatically improve productivity and reduce costs. The patented DataMine™ distributed database architecture aggregates node-level data unmatched in depth and quality, enabling SysTrack's sophisticated reporting intelligence to deliver an unprecedented level of insight into application usage and resource utilization. SysTrack is massively scalable to over one million nodes and has earned the Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) designation by the US Army and Department of Defense.

Lakeside Software, SysTrack, and DataMine are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Lakeside Software, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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