Systar’s OmniVision Wins "Products of the Year” Award

Systar (ISIN: FR0000052854-SAR), a leading provider of performance management software, today announced its OmniVision capacity management software received the Bronze Award within a competitive Systems Management category of TechTarget’s "SearchDataCenter.com 2008 Products of the Year” awards. OmniVision 5.9.3 was the only capacity management software selected as an award finalist.

The awards were judged by the SearchDataCenter.com editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants. The winners were selected according to six criteria: innovation, performance, ease of integration, ease of use, functionality and value.

In the SearchDataCenter.com award announcement, Bern Harzog, CEO of Applications Performance Management Experts, states: "Systar OmniVision is the only capacity management tool for virtualized servers that combines comprehensive frequent data collection at both the hypervisor layer and the guest OS layer with pre-packaged analytics that filter out false alarms and focus attention on both capacity issues that need to be addressed and their root cause.”

OmniVision delivers proactive capacity and performance management across virtual and physical server environments to reduce infrastructure costs while improving quality of service. Its action-ready analyses and automated reports allow organizations to reach the full potential of server virtualization.

"As the only capacity management vendor honored, Systar is delighted to receive this award,” said Bertrand Bouhour, Systar’s chief operating officer. "Our customers rely on OmniVision’s intelligent insight to maximize the return on their virtualization investments.”

About Systar:

Over 180 clients worldwide, including 10 of the world’s 15 largest banks, rely on Systar’s performance management software to maximize the efficiency of their business operations and IT infrastructure. Systar is widely regarded as the leading provider of Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) solutions and offers innovative capacity management software for both physical and virtual server environments. Systar is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000052854-SAR), and has offices in North America and Europe. More information about Systar is available at www.systar.com.

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