Aternity Named "Cool Vendor" In IT Operations By Leading Industry Analyst Firm

Vendors Selected for the Gartner "Cool Vendor" Report are Innovative, Impactful, and Intriguing

Boston, MA (USA) — April 7, 2008 - Aternity Inc., (www.aternity.com) the leader in frontline performance intelligence for Global 1000 enterprises, is excited to announce that it has been named one of Gartner’s "Cool Vendors in IT Operations, 2008," in a March 2008 research report published by Gartner, Inc. Written by Donna Scott, Milind Govekar, David Williams, Will Cappelli, the report, "Cool Vendors in IT Operations, 2008," selected companies representing unique and interesting offerings in the IT management marketplace.

"Aternity is extremely proud to be named a 'Cool Vendor' in IT Operations by Gartner," said Trevor Matz, President and CEO of Aternity. "Our mission is to eliminate the visibility gap between the data center and real end user experience. We achieve this by arming both IT and line-of-business executives with comprehensive frontline performance intelligence on how end users actually experience the IT services they consume."

"The Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence Platform continues to garner industry recognition as a revolutionary solution that uniquely analyzes and correlates all three of the primary components that influence end user experience, in real time" continued Matz. "Through our innovative approach that fuses application, desktop and user performance monitoring with real-time business intelligence, IT and business executives gain comprehensive and precise metrics on how IT performance impacts business results. We believe Gartner’s report is recognition and further testament to the impact and intrigue we are bringing forth in the Application Performance Management (APM) industry."

Gartner’s "Cool Vendor" list is the latest evaluation and recognition that Aternity has received over the past six months. Earlier this year, Aternity was selected to present a live 6-minute "day-in-the-life" demonstration at DEMO 08. Last September, the company was recognized by Network World as one of 10 IT Management Companies to Watch for innovative new management technology.

Short Survey on IT Management: Key Drivers & Challenges in 2008
In order to further understand and help address the critical issues facing senior IT management and line-of-business executives, Aternity invites you to take a short survey, “IT Management: Key Drivers & Challenges in 2008.” As a thank you for participating, Aternity will provide you with access to a licensed version of the “Cool Vendors in IT Operations, 2008” report.

About Aternity, Inc.

Aternity redefines end user experience management by providing the industry’s first frontline performance intelligence platform designed to dramatically reduce business disruptions and significantly increase end user productivity. With Aternity, Global 1000 enterprises benefit from a 360 degree view of frontline user experience, self-learning, preemptive problem detection, and right-time decision support. Aternity achieves this by uniquely transforming every desktop – real or virtual – into a self-monitoring platform that is user-experience aware. With more than 100 years of combined experience, the Aternity management team brings together leading entrepreneurs, technologists and business leaders from the US and Israel. Among the investors in Aternity are Intel Capital, Vertex Venture Capital, Genesis Partners, and Clal Industries and Investments LTD. To learn how Aternity can bring winning performance to your frontline and to find out if you qualify for a free proof-of-concept, visit www.aternity.com.