Heroix Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

Newton, MA - March 7, 2007 - Heroix, a leading provider of application performance monitoring software, today announced it has attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program, recognizing Heroix's expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified partner, Heroix has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training, and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

With more than 20 years of delivering robust solutions to the system management marketplace, Heroix has helped define the latest generation of agentless application performance monitoring and reporting software. Heroix Longitude offers an integrated approach to monitoring IT performance and Service Level Agreements, by providing reporting, alerting, automated correction, and SLA monitoring for applications, servers, IT infrastructure, networks, and SNMP devices to help companies ensure optimal business performance.

"We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers," said Heroix Founder and CEO Howard Reisman. "The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance our SLA monitoring, performance monitoring, and reporting software offerings."

"Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities," said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. "They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft recognizes Heroix as a Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology."

About Heroix

Heroix delivers award-winning software products that help organizations optimize the availability and performance of applications, databases, systems, and IT infrastructure running across multiple platforms. Today, with a presence in over 40 countries, Heroix has delivered performance management solutions to over 1,000 organizations worldwide, including Arrowsight, Fallon Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Honeywell, Tembec, Motorola, Inc., and Young Broadcasting.