07/25/08 - AlignSync Partners with Leading Multi-Domain Configuration Management Company

AlignSync, LLC announced today that it has joined the N(i)² Solutions Partner Program.  More and more businesses have moved beyond thinking of IT as a tool to support the business; now they seek to leverage their IT to drive the business.

"Committed to helping customers streamline IT operations while ensuring the reliability of their ICT infrastructures, N(i)² is continuously forming partnerships with best-in-class business and technology partners to effectively deliver all elements of an ICT infrastructure management solution," said Ken Ballou, Vice President of Sales.  "We have chosen to partner with AlignSync, because we believe they bring a fresh approach to the market.

"AlignSync is extremely excited about the value the N(i)² Suite can bring to our customers, said Charla Michalojko, CEO & President of AlignSync.  The N(i)² Suite offers our customers a fresh, better approach to centralizing the Common Operating Picture complex IT environments need to maintain control as they grow, merge, downsize, outsource, etc."

The N(i)² Suite is entirely designed to support 3rd party solutions for unprecedented integration capabilities, offering joint customers with efficient implementation time and higher return on investment on IT management technologies. which fits nicely with the AlignSync solutions.  And with the release of The N(i)² Suite Version 4, the product has just grown significantly stronger.

With enormous and growing demands for improved efficiencies and resource optimization, IT operations require superior technology to create optimal designs. This need is increasingly evident in the growing gap between IT Service Management and Facilities Management.

The N(i)² Suite Version 4 bridges this gap with several new enhancements to improve Planning and Design capabilities on ICT infrastructure:

• Design support for all the OSI layers
• Virtualization design
• Power & cooling support
• Multi-sided rack modeling
• Domain-specific impact analysis
• Domain-specific change reconciliation

The N(i)² Suite Version 4 has been architected to comprehensively manage the most massive, complex and diverse of ICT infrastructures. It includes an enhanced framework to bring added flexibility and expandability, with such new features as:

• Enhanced API for SOA
• Customizable reporting capabilities
• Support for LDAP authentication
• Thematic views

“In talking with our customers and industry analysts,” N(i)² CTO Toufik Abdallah says, “we realized that the design concepts and management approach we pioneered, and the innovations we continually develop, meet the unique needs of very mature IT operations – those that are leveraging technology to drive business.

“As their IT operations mature, companies require equally mature software to manage that dynamic infrastructure. They find they have amassed a great deal of IT resources, and now they need the right tools to optimize them. We are confident The N(i)² Suite Version 4 is precisely the tool needed for today’s ICT infrastructure management needs.”

This release further consolidates N(i)²’s position as a premier provider of high performance solutions for the expanding and dynamic needs of ICT infrastructure management.

About N(i)²®

N(i)² provides software solutions designed to improve visibility and control over the increasingly complex IT infrastructures that businesses rely on for effective and profitable operations. By consolidating and sharing knowledge across organizational silos - and by adding certainty to change management processes - N(i)² solutions enable improved resource optimization, more dependable business continuity and enhanced IT governance practices.

For more information on N(i)², please e-mail: information@ni2.com

About AlignSync, LLC

Alignsync, LLC is a professional services solution provider that specializes in offering services and products to improve the Enterprise Management operation within IT.  AlignSync offers consulting engagements ahd products that bridge the gap between different vendor systems while improving the operational flow and decision reporting capability. Through a highly skilled team of management and technical consultants wtih indepth experience across an extensive array of platforms, AlignSync can increase the value of existing IT investments and provide significant financial and operational improvements.