Raynet and Comparex Partnering in License Management

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Raynet and Comparex now bundling recognition and compliance
catalog to provide a first class solution

Raynet GmbH, Europe's leading provider of
software packaging and life cycle management application products,
and Comparex, a global provider of cross-manufacturer software
catalogs in the licensing business, are announcing their partnership
to provide a lean, comprehensive solution for this market. This
partnership will give customers a high-synergy option.

RaySuite, an important part of the Raynet product family, includes
the RayVentory solution, which can be used to automatically create an
inventory that stores all installed software, computer devices,
VMware host systems, and Hyper-V and Oracle databases. RayVentory
uses agents and agentless technology as well as remote inventory to
realize these automatic inventories and does so across a company?s
entire IT infrastructure in order to gather and report the necessary
data to RayVentory.

Comparex manages a database with software that is available for
purchase worldwide. COMPAREX offers the world's must comprehensive,
daily updated software catalog and delivers unmatched data quality.
Comparex also offers SAM2GO, a solution for license management.

The two partners are able to create a license balance sheet, which
provides much greater transparency for the companies that buy
software and licenses and allows companies to prove which software is
in use if audited by the software manufacturers, by comparing
software licenses that have been purchased with the software that is
actually installed.

Unlike the traditional project-related SAM approach, the use of an
automated process allows for comprehensive compliance status
information to be generated. This allows companies to significantly
reduce the risk of facing enormous out-of-compliance penalties and
even potential fines when audited without having to purchase
additional hardware or software.

Costs can be reduced and are easier to calculate when planning for
the future and companies can do a better job of planning rollouts. It
also gives companies an affordable and reliable way of making sure
that they comply with legal regulations. Companies gain the
transparency that their controllers and tax advisors love to see.

Raynet and Comparex customers can rejoice: The two companies are
now partnering to create a solution that allows them to use each
other?s solutions for license management projects and achieve optimal
results in the very near future. "The days of expensive and
complicated license management solutions are pretty much over," says
Ragip Aydin, managing partner at Raynet GmbH. "What comapnies want
today are simple, practical solutions that enable them to quickly
count licenses and use catalogs like the one offered by Comparex so
that they can maintain a clean software DNA record. Comparex and
Raynet are meeting this need and offering a solution that is much
more affordable than traditional license management systems."

More information about Raynet and RayVentory available at
www.raynet.de

About Raynet

Raynet GmbH is an innovative, technology-based service and product
supplier for information technology and specialises in the
architecture, implementation and management of all tasks in the
application management life cycle, particularly in system and
software management, including software packaging, software
distribution, migration and client engineeringwww.raynet.de

Contact:

Raynet GmbH
Technologiepark 20
D-33100 Paderborn, Germany
Web: www.raynet.de

Herr Ragip Aydin
Phone: +49 5251 54009-0
Fax: +49 5251 54009-29
Email: presse@raynet.de