Lakeside Software Named Best of VMworld Finalist in Desktop Virtualization

- SysTrack MarketPlace provides a single source for quantifying IT infrastructure performance

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lakeside Software, a leader in business intelligence solutions for IT professionals, today announced that SysTrack, the company's industry-leading IT analytics toolkit, has been named Best of VMworld 2012 Finalist in the Desktop Virtualization category.  The winning Lakeside technology, SysTrack MarketPlace, is an integrated SysTrack tool that provides IT professionals with a single source for quantifying their infrastructure performance.  It offers a dynamic library of solution-specific, customized reports that help IT professionals evaluate, measure and tune their hardware, software and service solutions.  SysTrack MarketPlace was announced in June 2012 and is implemented in SysTrack 6.1, released in July 2012.

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An independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability, and ease of use.  Winning products were selected from more than 200 entries.

MarketPlace reports are 100% customized for a specific vendor solution and provide only the data most relevant for analysis of that solution.  They are developed through close consultation between Lakeside Software and each solution vendor that ensures each report reflects a deep understanding of the solution and provides critical and appropriate intelligence.

Visit www.LakesideSoftware.com/MarketPlace.aspx for more information on SysTrack MarketPlace.

Supporting Quotes

Michael Schumacher, chief executive officer, Lakeside Software:  "SysTrack MarketPlace is the result of collaboration between Lakeside and leading IT infrastructure companies such as AppSense, Atlantis Computing, EMC, Cisco, Citrix, Dell Wyse, HP, IBM, Login VSI, Nexenta, TrendMicro and VMware.  By providing consolidated multivendor assessment - the ability for IT professionals to analyze these vendors' solutions from a single dashboard – we're making it easier for IT to tune and manage their infrastructure.  It is an honor to be named as one of the 'Best of VMworld 2012' award winners."

About Lakeside Software

Lakeside Software is a leading provider of business intelligence solutions for IT.  SysTrack solutions for User Experience Scoring, End-to-End Monitoring, Problem Diagnostics, Power Management, VDI Assessment and Planning, and Windows 7 Migration empower IT with the knowledge to dramatically improve productivity and reduce costs.  SysTrack's patented and massively scalable DataMine distributed database architecture aggregates user-level data unmatched in depth and quality, enabling SysTrack's sophisticated reporting intelligence to deliver unprecedented insight into application usage and resource utilization.  Visit www.LakesideSoftware.com for more information.

About SearchServerVirtualization.com

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