Manage IT Infrastructure from an iPhone? Now there's an app for that from
Rove!

Rove launches iPhone client for Rove Mobile Admin through Apple App Store in time for holidays

OTTAWA , Dec. 1 /CNW Telbec/ - Rove Inc, the leader in IT infrastructure management from smartphones, today announced that its award-winning mobile enterprise IT management solution, Rove Mobile Admin, now supports the Apple iPhone.

The Rove Mobile Admin client for iPhone is available immediately for download from the Apple App Store and can be used to access Rove Mobile Admin version 5.0 server software. With the availability of the iPhone client, Rove Mobile Admin now supports all major types of smartphones including BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and iPhone.

Rove Mobile Admin is available in 2 versions:

Rove Mobile Admin Professional, Rove's flagship product, provides full functionality that enables IT staff to accelerate the incident resolution cycle for reduced downtime and better customer service by using their smartphones to manage IT infrastructure.

Rove Mobile Admin Basics provides essential mobile IT management functionality that helps IT administrators respond faster to basic service requests.

Both products are available for purchase at www.roveit.com/store/.

"The iPhone client for Rove Mobile Admin has been hands-down the most used app on my iPhone," said Paul Urfi, Director, MIS/IT at Cadec Global Inc, the market leader in advanced mobile-technology services, GPS satellite tracking and advanced solutions for management of distributed assets. "The user interface makes it simple to manage my IT infrastructure and I can do my job wherever I'm located. I give it 5 stars!"

"Rove is the only company offering the ability to manage the entire System Administration workflow natively from virtually any smartphone, now including the popular Apple iPhone," said Rob Woodbridge , President and CEO of Rove Inc, "We invite all IT administrators to download a trial version of Rove Mobile Admin and use it with the smartphone of their choice to help manage their IT networks during the upcoming holiday season."

Rove Mobile Admin features a client-server architecture that is engineered to scale to any size enterprise, with a fully integrated security model. The Rove Mobile Admin client provides secure access to over 500 different monitoring and management functions through an intuitive interface designed specifically for smartphones. The Rove Mobile Admin Server is installed behind the corporate firewall and connects to dozens of different types of servers, platforms, devices and monitoring systems, automatically discovering the services that are running on them. To date, over 2500 customers worldwide, including more than 75 Fortune 500 companies and five of the world's 15 largest banks have deployed Rove Mobile Admin to help busy staff manage their IT infrastructures.

Rove Mobile Admin augments current network administration and support practices with mobile IT management capabilities, integrating with existing monitoring and ticketing systems to provide companies with the following benefits:

    
    -   Reduced Network Downtime
    -   Better Customer Service
    -   Dramatic Cost Savings
    -   Great Productivity
    -   Faster Incident Resolution
    -   Improved IT Employee Satisfaction and Retention
    

Rove Mobile Admin is available for free trial at www.roveit.com/t/iphonepr

About Rove

Rove IT (www.roveit.com) is the leader in software for IT infrastructure management from smartphones. Our award-winning solution, Rove Mobile Admin, lets IT staff take action anytime, anywhere for faster incident resolution, reduced downtime, improved customer service and increased IT efficiency. Rove partners with leading IT system providers including Microsoft, Research In Motion, Nagios, VMware, BMC, HP and IBM. Rove is a BlackBerry Elite Alliance Program member.

For further information: Doug Michaelides, VP Marketing, [email protected], [phone]