Credit Agricole Replaces Ibm Tivoli With Nimsoft Monitoring Solution

REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - January 28,staff and other business units in Credit Agricole
2010) - Nimsoft Inc., the first provider of UnifiedDeveurope's organization. NMS reduces overhead and
Monitoring™ solutions, announced that Credit Agricoleis more manageable than legacy or point solutions."
Deveurope has deployed the Nimsoft MonitoringCredit Agricole Deveurope is now working with
Solution (NMS) across its network infrastructure toNimsoft to develop requirements for a new interface,
monitor systems and applications that serve morewhich can be used to monitor payment-processing
than 11,000 brokers. NMS allows Credit Agricoleforms sent through an external clearing house. This
Deveurope to reduce response times to loan inquiriesnew interface will connect third-party suppliers with
and improve service levels to its customers withbusiness processes in the Nimsoft environment.
around-the-clock, Unified Monitoring.About Credit Agricole Deveurope
Credit Agricole Deveurope is a Dutch subsidiary of theCrédit Agricole Deveurope is the market leader in
French bank Credit Agricole, one of the largestconsumer finance in The Netherlands and a subsidiary
financial institutions in Europe. Credit Agricoleof Crédit Agricole S.A.. The company strongly
Deveurope is one of the largest consumer financebelieves in long-term relationships. This conviction is
institutions of the Netherlands with a history of almostemphasized by its sound and solid acceptance
90 years. NMS is being used to monitor Credit Agricoleprocedure when it comes to supplying consumer
Deveurope's applications and dealer interface, as wellcredits, thereby guaranteeing both top quality business
as its virtual services in a mixed VMware and IBM ITand a strong market position.
environment.About Nimsoft
Credit Agricole Deveurope had been using IBM TivoliNimsoft is the first provider of Unified Monitoring™
monitoring solutions, but found they were toosolutions for virtualized datacenters, hosted and
complicated and did not provide a high-level businessmanaged services, cloud platforms, and SaaS
view of system and application performance. Nimsoftresources. With a proven time to value measured in
proved easier to use and maintain and delivered theweeks, the Nimsoft Monitoring Solution™ (NMS)
features needed in a single solution.reduces an enterprise's total cost of ownership by up
"In the Dutch market, fast response times are essentialto 80 percent compared to legacy systems
for selling our financial products and services," saidmanagement vendors, while scaling and extending to
Leon Schurgers, IT Manager at Credit Agricoleplaces they just cannot go. The Nimsoft Unified
Deverurope. "Our brokers rely on our fully electronicMonitoring architecture eliminates the need to deploy a
business model. The network and applications mustnew monitoring solution for outsourced services, public
perform at optimal levels at all times to enable fast andor private clouds, or SaaS implementations. Nearly
efficient response to inquiries. NMS reporting and1,000 customers use Nimsoft Unified Monitoring
dashboard features translate IT performance into asolutions, including both mid-market and global
clear view of business processes -- information thatorganizations such as Amway Corporation, Barclays
we use to improve service levels."Capital, Casual Male, European Medicines Agency
Nimsoft is also helping Credit Agricole Devereurope's(EMEA), Ladbrokes, TriNet, and hundreds of leading
IT department improve internal service levels byhosting, cloud and managed service providers such as
communicating better with various business units.1&1, CDW, Hitachi, and Rackspace. For more
"NMS is a comprehensive, solution that fits well withinformation, visit  To see Nimsoft Unified Monitoring in
Credit Agricole Deveurope's mixed-platformaction, visit the beta version of the Nimsoft public portal
environment, allowing them to monitor all aspects of itsat 
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