Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant 2009 Positions TNT Software as Niche Player

Vancouver, WA, August 19, 2009 - TNT Software, Inc., developer of centralized system monitoring, alerting and reporting solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global IT industry, positioned TNT Software in the "Niche Players" quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis (ECA) (i).

According to Gartner, "IT organizations invest in ECA tools to improve productivity of the IT operations and to reduce the time it takes to troubleshoot problems by concentrating events from various devices, applications and other management tools."

"We are proud to be recognized as a "Niche Player" in event correlation and analysis", commented Brent Skadsen, Vice President, Sales and Marketing. "All our products provide IT Managers of Small to Midsized Businesses with focused solutions for automated event detection, notification and reporting. You don't need a team to plan, deploy or manage ELM."

ELM elevates system management to real-time to improve productivity of the IT operations and to reduce the time it takes to troubleshoot problems. The event data is securely stored in a SQL database and can easily be mined for custom or preconfigured reports. ELM promotes proactive system management and fortifies security policies. For detailed information, visit: www.tntsoftware.com

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant.

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About TNT Software, Inc.

TNT Software was founded in 1996 by a veteran System Administrator, Steve Taylor. His intimate knowledge of the SA world continues to guide the company with a staunch insistence on providing leading edge technologies and dedicated service to make the job of the System Administrator easier. Today, TNT Software is a respected leader in providing centralized monitoring, alerting, and reporting solutions for Microsoft Windows operating systems. With thousands of installations worldwide, TNT Software is the go-to tool for System Administrators who want a fast, simple and reliable way to centrally manage their systems.

(i) Gartner Inc. "Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis" by Debra Curtis, July 29, 2009

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SOURCE: TNT Software, Inc.
Website: www.tntsoftware.com