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For Immediate Release

OpenService Announces Industry-First Risk-Based Security Metrics in InfoCenter Version 5.1

Marlborough, Mass., November 24, 2008 -- OpenService, a leader in log and IT risk management solutions, today announced the industry's first risk-based security metrics reporting system to help corporations monitor their IT risk trends and determine the effectiveness of their security controls. Available in the latest release of OpenService's flagship software product, InfoCenter 5.1, this solution was beta tested and first deployed on IBM BladeCenter servers.

InfoCenter 5.1 measures risk automatically by analyzing events reported by security and network devices, operating systems, databases and applications. The risk level of each event is scored as a function of Threat, Vulnerability, and Asset Value -- an industry standard approach for calculating risk. The algorithm OpenService developed called Risk-Weighted Event Scoring and Thresholding (RWEST™), scores and correlates events from a wide range of servers, devices and applications and, based on this, supports the visualization and trending of risk over time and across departments as well as real-time alerting.

RWEST helps reduce IT risk by enabling security analysts to quickly pinpoint and address the highest risk situations thus improving operational effectiveness. "The reason that risk-based security metrics are so important is that it is impossible to manage what you can't measure," stated Mike Schmitt, CEO of OpenService, "RWEST makes it possible to precisely and consistently measure security risk, not unlike how a credit score precisely measures creditworthiness. It provides management with an objective, repeatable, transparent process that is crucial to guiding security decisions and strategy. We are particularly pleased to have IBM as a customer and beta test system. Their input was very useful in shaping the final product."

"IBM BladeCenter already offers clients a highly secure environment to support their business. With InfoCenter 5.1, customers will be able to more easily determine with confidence that their organizations are meeting security goals," said Dan Morgan, IT Security Focal Point for Software Development, IBM Systems Group. "InfoCenter 5.1 was beta tested and optimized on IBM BladeCenter, giving BladeCenter clients a key advantage."

About OpenService

OpenService improves the reliability and security of the world's largest enterprise networks. The company specializes in log management software that scales to high volume, global implementations, and is in use by hundreds of the world's best-known enterprises today. OpenService has over a decade of experience in managing the most demanding network and security environments. Enterprise customers using OpenService's software solutions include Argonne National Labs, eBay, IBM, Verizon, Visa, and many others in the Fortune 500. OpenService is a member of Blade.org, the industry consortium driving innovation in blade-based solutions. The organization provides leadership to the blade market and fosters a thriving industry ecosystem focused on delivering valuable solutions to blade computing customers. For more information, visit http://www.blade.org. For more information, call 508-597-5300 or visit http://www.openservice.com.

About Blade.org

Blade.org is a collaborative vendor and end-user community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of blade server solutions. The organization provides leadership to the blade market and fosters a thriving industry ecosystem focused on delivering valuable solutions to blade computing customers. More information is available at www.blade.org.

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