Press Release Summary = More than 10 New MSPs Leverage CITTIO Product, Resources,
and Expertise to Build Sustainable Businesses Through Network Monitoring
Press Release Body =
CITTIO WATCHTOWER POWERS PROFITS FOR MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPS) DELIVERING
NETWORK MANAGEMENT ON DEMAND
More than 10 New MSPs Leverage CITTIO Product, Resources, and Expertise to Build
Sustainable Businesses
SAN FRANCISCO, November 4, 2005 –CITTIO Inc., the award-winning innovator in network
monitoring and operations software, announced that more than ten new systems
integrators and managed service providers have joined with it to deliver network
monitoring services on demand. These organizations, which operate in the U.S. and
Canada, are creating high-margin, high-value business with WatchTower™ and CITTIO’s
expertise in network operations management.
“Delivering on demand network monitoring is central to creating predictable revenues
through programs that bring value to our customers and increase the ‘stickiness’ of
our relationships with them,” said Robert Stants, president of C.A.S.S., Inc. “We
evaluated several vendors before deciding to partner with CITTIO. WatchTower’s ease
of use, its low starting cost, and lack of ‘gotcha’ add-ons made it a no-brainer.
And the fact that the CITTIO team will help work toward our success is a tremendous
added benefit.”
“Margins in the technology VAR business are notoriously thin as customers demand
deeper discounts on hardware they perceive as a commodity,” said Jamie Lerner, chief
executive officer of CITTIO. “In addition to our corporate client base, we are also
helping our partners create entirely new business models around network monitoring
for the equipment they sell, which in turn makes them strategic partners for their
end-customers. This is only possible because of the inherent ease of use, rapid
set-up, and cost-effective nature of WatchTower.”
Since launching the company, CITTIO has signed more than 30 VARs, including more
than ten in the last two months alone. Some of these include:
• Accipiter (Raleigh, NC; London, U.K.) – an online advertising technology leader
since 1996, empowering Web publishers, media networks and eTailers to maximize
revenue and reduce operating costs through innovative online ad management and
behavioral targeting technologies.
• Alliance Technologies (Toronto, Ontario) – leading high performance computing
vendor and Linux systems integrator with clients in the power and life sciences
industries, as well as academic and industrial research organizations.
• Computer Analyst Services and Support, Inc., (Detroit, MI) – provider of
technology systems integration, security protection, and network management.
C.A.S.S. Inc. provides premium IT support to the professional industry, specializing
in customer applications.
• Innovation Networks (British Columbia, Canada) – provides IT systems computer
networks and a wide range of services including Internet Presence
• iTegraNet (San Ramon, CA) – offers revolutionary telephony solutions for small,
medium and enterprise businesses.
• Itek Systems (Cleveland, OH) – is a full-service MSP and connectivity and security
integrator that provides service and support to LANs and WANs in addition to
complete managed and monitored network solutions.
• Noratek (British Columbia, Canada) – offers computing solutions including hardware
products, repair, consulting, implementation, and ongoing support of Linux and
Windows-based networks to organizations of all sizes.
• SourcePath Consulting (Farmington Hills, MI) – offers comprehensive IT consulting
sales and services to small businesses in Michigan. The company offers superior
client/server network consulting for small and medium-sized LANs and WANs.
• Triline Solutions (Holland, MI) – delivers complete hardware and software
solutions in support of local and wide area networks to the manufacturing,
healthcare, education, retail, and transportation industries, as well as to law
firms and government.
CITTIO’s flagship product, WatchTower™ simplifies network management, while
delivering the most cost-effective, easy-to-use enterprise monitoring software on
the market. Because WatchTower is optimized for large and mid-sized businesses,
organizations can monitor multiple networks with a single system, while allowing
user groups to view only the performance of their own networks. Some of CITTIO’s
most visionary partners are enriching their business models by offering WatchTower
as a remote network monitoring service to customers with substantial IT requirements
but smaller IT budgets and staff. By leveraging CITTIO’s platform-agnostic,
web-based architecture—along with its capabilities for agent-free discovery,
built-in alarms and notifications, automatic latency monitoring, graphing, and
thresholding—these resellers are helping small to mid-sized businesses operate their
networks with assurance.
I-Span of San Francisco, CA., has been a CITTIO customer since 2003. In addition to
offering business development, technical program management, and resource
outsourcing, I-Span offers IT management as a managed service. “The WatchTower
product has allowed us to significantly increase the MSP side of our business over
the past few months,” said Konstantin Vilk, co-founder of I-Span. “In addition,
because we were able to finance our WatchTower purchase, we are realizing steady
revenue stream even from the first month. From our customers’ perspective, they pay
a manageable sum each month and don’t have the full-time salary that goes with an
internal solution. CITTIO's vendor support and advanced design allows I-Span to
offer our clients a true value-added business solution.”
About CITTIO, Inc.
CITTIO, Inc. is the award-winning innovation leader in network monitoring and
operations software. Based on a 100 percent Java architecture, only WatchTower
delivers a fully bundled software solution, including a Web server, an embedded
database, and a management portal, providing complete functionality for operating a
network data center. The unique monitoring capabilities of WatchTower, coupled with
powerful automation technology, provide IT managers and network technicians alike
with a simple and complete solution for datacenter management. CITTIO’s customers
include industry-leading companies such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Hawaii, Capitol
Advantage, National Parks Conservation Association, Pacific Sunwear, The Gymboree
Corporation, and Truckee Meadows Water Authority. For more information, please visit
the CITTIO Web site www.cittio.com.
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