Nastel Technologies Honored as an IBM 'Destination z' Solution Provider

Joins Community of Essential Business Partner Solutions Recognized by IBM as Embodying Qualities of the 'Data Center of the Future'

MELVILLE, N.Y., July 1 -- Nastel Technologies, a premier global provider of business transaction performance(TM) (BTP(TM)) solutions for mission-critical applications spanning both the distributed and mainframe tiers, today announced IBM has named Nastel a "Destination z" vendor. Nastel was honored as one of fourteen vendors in the "Business Resilience" category, which recognizes vendors who specialize in offerings to make IT more resilient to changing business conditions; one of seven vendors in the "Linux on z" category, whose members specialize in helping implement Linux-based solutions on System z; and one of four in the "Service Management" category.

Nastel's AutoPilot M6 Suite, featuring the newest addition to the product family - AutoPilot TransactionWorks - provides unique 360 degree situational awareness(TM) of the entire IT environment, encompassing both transactional and operational data in a unified business context. AutoPilot TransactionWorks is the only solution providing auto-discovery and performance management of composite, multi-tiered transactions that span from the mainframe to distributed middleware to the application servers to the database and back -- positioning AutoPilot as an industry leader.

"At Nastel, we know that the mainframe is a key component of large scale, high volume transaction-oriented business applications and must be included in any effort to improve business transaction performance. While our solution differentiates itself in many ways, we feel that the AutoPilot suite's ability to support multi-tier transactions was a decisive factor in earning 'Destination z' honors," said Charley Rich, vice president of marketing and product management for Nastel. "Recognition from IBM in this business critical arena underscores our position as a trusted, leading player in assuring successful, timely completion of business-critical transactions and peak performance of the applications that run businesses."

IBM Destination z is a growing community for collaboration, innovation and ownership value around the IBM System z mainframe platform, the cornerstone of the IBM vision for the Services Oriented Data Center (SODC). Community members are focused on providing solutions that are low cost, energy efficient and simple to set up and manage; use only the capacity businesses need; provide instantaneous access to data; and promote powerful, dependable processing.

For more information about IBM's "Destination z" program and a list of vendors, please visit http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/destinationz/businesspartners/solutions/index. html.

About Nastel AutoPilot

Nastel AutoPilot provides businesses with 360 degree situational awareness of both operational and transactional data, reduced transactional latency and improved business transaction performance(TM) to ensure optimum service levels while eliminating the hidden costs, or "stealth waste," in business processes. AutoPilot's capabilities for transaction tracing, automated root cause isolation, performance analysis and determination of business impact enable its users to improve business process efficiencies and service levels while reducing cost and managing risk.

About Nastel

Nastel Technologies is a premier global provider of business transaction performance(TM) solutions for mission-critical applications. Nastel is a privately held company headquartered in New York, with offices in the U.S., the U.K., Mexico, and a network of partners throughout Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. For more information, visit Nastel's website at www.nastel.com.

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