Eindhoven, 7 augustus 2002 – Het overnamebod van Micromuse op RiverSoft PLC is ten enenmale onvoorwaardelijk geworden op 23 juli 2002. "Met deze door de behoefte van klanten gedreven overname, zal Micromuse haar positie in de industrie onmiskenbaar versterken als toonaangevende leverancier van service management oplossingen voor de complexe infrastructuren van tegenwoordig," aldus Brown. "De integratie van RiverSoft's technology voor discovery, polling en root-cause analysis in de Netcool suite, biedt onze klanten een ongeëvenaard zicht in realtime op de infrastructuurlaag waarvan hun kritische diensten en bedrijfsprocessen afhankelijk zijn."
"Zowel de klanten van Micromuse als van RiverSoft zullen in ruime mate baat hebben bij de samenvoeging van het leidinggevend platform voor service management met de meest geavanceerde engine voor Layer 2 / Layer 3 discovery en topology analysis, dat vandaag beschikbaar is," aldus Phil Tee, president en CTO van RiverSoft. "De eerste reacties van klanten en partners in het kanaal van beide bedrijven zijn enorm positief."
Over Micromuse
Micromuse, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is toonaangevend leverancier van business en service assurance software. Op de huidige lijst van awards voor Micromuse staat de Crossroads A-List Award for Best IP Network Diagnosis Product voor Netcool/Visionary™. Micromuse is kort geleden vermeld in de Forbes 500, Bloomberg's Tech 100 , Barron's 500, Business Week Info Tech 100, Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500, the San Francisco Chronicle 500 en Network World’s NW200. Tot de klanten van Micromuse horen AT&T, BT, Cable&Wireless, Cellular One, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, Earthlink, GE Appliances, ITC^DeltaCom, J.P. Morgan Chase, One 2 One en Verizon. Het hoofdkantoor is gevestigd in San Francisco (VS), de Benelux-vestiging in Eindhoven. Meer informatie op www.micromuse.com
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The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include the following: fluctuations in customer demand, the Company's ability to manage its growth (including the ability to hire sufficient sales and technical personnel), the risks associated with the expansion of the Company's distribution channels, the risk of new product introductions and customer acceptance of new products; the rapid technological change which characterizes the Company's markets, the risks associated with competition, the risks associated with international sales as the Company expands its markets, and the ability of the Company to compete successfully in the future, as well as other risks identified in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission Filings, including but not limited to those appearing under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and on Form 10-K on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the Company's Web site.
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