| REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - January 28, | | | | staff and other business units in Credit Agricole |
| 2010) - Nimsoft Inc., the first provider of Unified | | | | Deveurope's organization. NMS reduces overhead and |
| Monitoring™ solutions, announced that Credit Agricole | | | | is more manageable than legacy or point solutions." |
| Deveurope has deployed the Nimsoft Monitoring | | | | Credit Agricole Deveurope is now working with |
| Solution (NMS) across its network infrastructure to | | | | Nimsoft to develop requirements for a new interface, |
| monitor systems and applications that serve more | | | | which can be used to monitor payment-processing |
| than 11,000 brokers. NMS allows Credit Agricole | | | | forms sent through an external clearing house. This |
| Deveurope to reduce response times to loan inquiries | | | | new interface will connect third-party suppliers with |
| and improve service levels to its customers with | | | | business processes in the Nimsoft environment. |
| around-the-clock, Unified Monitoring. | | | | About Credit Agricole Deveurope |
| Credit Agricole Deveurope is a Dutch subsidiary of the | | | | Crédit Agricole Deveurope is the market leader in |
| French bank Credit Agricole, one of the largest | | | | consumer finance in The Netherlands and a subsidiary |
| financial institutions in Europe. Credit Agricole | | | | of Crédit Agricole S.A.. The company strongly |
| Deveurope is one of the largest consumer finance | | | | believes in long-term relationships. This conviction is |
| institutions of the Netherlands with a history of almost | | | | emphasized by its sound and solid acceptance |
| 90 years. NMS is being used to monitor Credit Agricole | | | | procedure when it comes to supplying consumer |
| Deveurope's applications and dealer interface, as well | | | | credits, thereby guaranteeing both top quality business |
| as its virtual services in a mixed VMware and IBM IT | | | | and a strong market position. |
| environment. | | | | About Nimsoft |
| Credit Agricole Deveurope had been using IBM Tivoli | | | | Nimsoft is the first provider of Unified Monitoring™ |
| monitoring solutions, but found they were too | | | | solutions for virtualized datacenters, hosted and |
| complicated and did not provide a high-level business | | | | managed services, cloud platforms, and SaaS |
| view of system and application performance. Nimsoft | | | | resources. With a proven time to value measured in |
| proved easier to use and maintain and delivered the | | | | weeks, 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 essential | | | | to 80 percent compared to legacy systems |
| for selling our financial products and services," said | | | | management vendors, while scaling and extending to |
| Leon Schurgers, IT Manager at Credit Agricole | | | | places they just cannot go. The Nimsoft Unified |
| Deverurope. "Our brokers rely on our fully electronic | | | | Monitoring architecture eliminates the need to deploy a |
| business model. The network and applications must | | | | new monitoring solution for outsourced services, public |
| perform at optimal levels at all times to enable fast and | | | | or private clouds, or SaaS implementations. Nearly |
| efficient response to inquiries. NMS reporting and | | | | 1,000 customers use Nimsoft Unified Monitoring |
| dashboard features translate IT performance into a | | | | solutions, including both mid-market and global |
| clear view of business processes -- information that | | | | organizations 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 by | | | | hosting, 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 with | | | | information, visit To see Nimsoft Unified Monitoring in |
| Credit Agricole Deveurope's mixed-platform | | | | action, visit the beta version of the Nimsoft public portal |
| environment, allowing them to monitor all aspects of its | | | | at |
| business, from the network to the business | | | | Nimsoft and the Nimsoft logo are trademarks or |
| processes," said Gary Read, Nimsoft president and | | | | registered trademarks of Nimsoft Inc. All other |
| CEO. "NMS dashboards provide an easy-to-read, | | | | company and product names may be trademarks or |
| customizable interface that clearly displays key | | | | registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
| information and enhances communications between IT | | | | © 2010 Nimsoft Inc. all rights reserved. |