Heroix Joins Red Hat Ready Partner Program for Independent Software Vendors

Longitude agentless monitoring software recognized for Red Hat Enterprise Linux support

Newton, MA - April 11, 2007 - Heroix, a leading provider of application and network monitoring software, today announced it has joined the Red Hat Ready Partner Program for Independent Software Vendors (ISV). The Red Hat Ready Partner Program offers ISVs the ability to easily access resources necessary to develop and test their applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The Red Hat Ready Partner Program verifies Heroix Longitude's support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and provides Heroix with a number of technical benefits. These include early access to beta technology to help Heroix support new Red Hat releases in a timely fashion, and a Red Hat Linux developer subscription to assist Heroix in its Red Hat testing and certification process.

"I'm pleased that we are able to collaborate with Red Hat," said Heroix Founder and CEO Howard Reisman. "Our customers who use Red Hat can be assured that Longitude has been tested on the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is compliant with Red Hat's guidelines for interoperability. The partnership ensures Longitude customers that Heroix has support from Red Hat to ensure compatibility."

With more than 20 years of delivering robust solutions to the system management marketplace, Heroix has helped define the latest generation of agentless application and network 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.

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, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft® Windows Server™, Microsoft Windows® XP, SUSE® Linux, IBM AIX®, Hewlett-Packard HP-UX®, and Sun Solaris™. 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.