Paris, France, and Herndon, VA – November 6, 2008 – InfoVista (Euronext IFV - FR0004031649), the leading provider of proven solutions for proactive service assurance, today announced its inclusion in the Software 500
Software Magazine’s ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers. The Software 500 ranking, in its 26
th year, is based on total worldwide software and service revenue for 2007. InfoVista ranked 257 with software revenue of $53.7 million, highlighting the growing demand for proactive application development, maintenance, and management services. The rankings, which include both private and public companies, are published in
Software Magazine’s October online print journal,
www.softwaremag.com targeted to buyers and influencers of high technology products and services for medium to large organizations.
“Outsourcing was seen as a prevalent trend as systems integrators surged in 2007. More companies list system integration services/IT consulting as their primary business sector,” said John P. Desmond, editor of Software Magazine and softwaremag.com. “The Software 500 helps CIOs, senior IT managers, and IT staff research and create a short list of business partners,” said Desmond. “It is a quick reference of vendor viability options available to help them address their business challenges.”
InfoVista’s proactive network service assurance solutions for both service providers and enterprises ensure the optimal delivery of mission-critical networked services, applications, and infrastructures. InfoVista’s robust solutions make it possible for service providers and enterprises to detect performance issues and service degradations early, allowing these organizations to resolve problems before their end users are impacted. This is highly important in a world where consolidation—encompassing mobile, broadband, and business service networks—is a reality and the focus is on treating applications with the highest competence to ensure a true quality of experience for the end user.
Companies on InfoVista’s impressive client list include Bell Canada, Bharti, BNP Paribas, British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, CitiGroup, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Deutsche Telekom, Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan Chase, SFR, SingTel, T-Mobile, Telefonica, and Telstra.
“We are honored to be on this list of 500 impressive companies,” said Grégoire Michel, senior vice president marketing and business operations. “We attribute our continued growth to helping our customers worldwide improve the quality of the services their business provides. InfoVista supports the achievement of best practices for ensuring network infrastructures run optimally and deliver the range of services customers depend on. This is made possible by our talented group of employees worldwide. They are at the core of this impressive recognition.”
About Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal, and Softwaremag.com
Digital Software Magazine, the Software Decision Journal, has been a brand name in the high-tech industry for 30 years. Softwaremag.com, its Web counterpart, is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and services companies, now in its 26th year. Software Magazine and Softwaremag.com are owned and operated by King Content Co.