EANS-News: USU cooperates with IDS Scheer and uses ARIS MashZone technology to visualize IT key performance indicators

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Möglingen (euro adhoc) - On the basis of a Value Added Reseller
contract, USU will in future market the innovative software ARIS
MashZone made by IDS Scheer, a company in the Software AG Group and
will integrate this into the USU product platform Valuemation. With
this technology, users from specialist departments can bundle,
analyze and visualize all relevant IT data in the form of interactive
mashups themselves without any programming knowledge and based on
their own requirements. The consolidation of important IT key
performance indicators (KPIs) in helpful "dashboards" creates a
transparent overview of the current status of the respective IT and
its service levels. Via dynamic filter mechanisms the data can be
flexibly evaluated within a short time.

The strategic partnership with IDS Scheer was concluded as part of
this year´s USU World, which took place on 19 May at the
Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg. "As a Dashboard Composer, ARIS MashZone
is the ideal complement to the existing Valuemation Dashboard. It
enables our existing and potential customers to adapt their service
reportings quickly and flexibly - genuine added value in the dynamic
environment of knowledge-based service management", comments Peter
Nattermann, Chief Strategist of USU AG and product manager for
Valuemation.

USU - The Knowledge Business Company

USU is the leading European vendor of IT and Knowledge Management
software. Bridging the gap between the business and technical world,
USU applications monitor and control all IT systems and components
that support business processes. USU solutions enable more than 500
customers worldwide and in all sectors of the economy to apply the
added value of IT, to become more flexible, to save costs and to
minimize business risks.

With Valuemation®, USU offers a powerful and feature-rich integrated
suite of tools for Business Service Management all from one source,
This modular suite, which is recognized by leading international
analysts, comprehensively supports all ITIL® disciplines.

Customers use the USU KnowledgeCenter technology either in the form
of an integrated research and navigation system or as a portal
solution to activate all of an organization´s knowledge. With
KnowledgeCenter, call and service center solve more than 100,000
individual problems and questions every day.

USU was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Germany. Further
information is available at www.usu-ag.com

Contact:

USU AG
Dr. Thomas Gerick
Corporate Communications Manager
Phone: +49 7141 4867-440
Fax: +49 7141 4867-909
email: t.gerick@usu.de

Software AG
Bärbel Strothmann
Senior Manager Public Relations,
Corporate Communications
Global Technical Communication and D-A-CH
Phone: +49 6151 92-1502
Fax: +49 6151 92-1244
email: Baerbel.Strothmann@softwareag.com

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Gerick Thomas

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