Duluth, MN. – May 17th, 2006 – Ascendview, LLC, a leader in IT management and automation software awarded the 2006 Innovative Entrepreneur Award.

The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Center for Economic Development held the 14th Annual Joel Labovitz Entrepreneurial Success Awards on Wednesday, May 17th at the Convention Center in Duluth, Minnesota. The forty-five nominees were selected through an eligibility process which included a detailed representation of their entrepreneurial business and product or service to the Center’s selection board.

Among the nominees for the Innovative Entrepreneur award, Ascendview LLC, located in Duluth, was named the recipient. This prestigious honor ensued as the three-year old software development company unveils Version 2.3 of the WildMetrix network monitoring product. “It was an honor to receive this award,” stated CEO Michael Dobe. “The goal of Ascendview software solutions has been to provide the Information Technology industry with visionary tools that provide clarity in the vast complexity of the IT management field. This recognition from UMD reaffirms that we’re on the right path.”

Ascendview products are based on the culmination of over twenty years of first-hand IT management experience, and insist that the network monitoring process offers ease of use, adaptability, and visual definition of a working network. Dobe commented, “IT has changed at a phenomenal rate over the past two decades. Networks have become complicated and intricate working systems that are now integral to business function and productivity.” This philosophy is clearly represented in the products, and is key to why Ascendview stands as an innovator in the IT software industry.

As information from networks has poured into the hands of IT management at fantastic rates, there lacked a central operation reference. This was the specific challenge that led to the development of the WildMetrix network monitoring software which offers state-of-the-art capabilities: users can monitor applications servers, platform servers, and network devices; manage historical and real-time diagnostic metrics; eliminate disconnected monitoring tools; enable increased business continuity; reduce root-cause isolation by as much as 70%, and increase productivity by 30%.

About Ascendview

Ascendview is committed to the production of advanced, analytical IT management and automation solutions that promote and support greater reliability, lower administrative costs, and improved employee productivity. Inherent to the creation and design of each product is continuous regard for ease of use, affordability, and product scalability into any IT environment. Ascendview products provide IT management with viable transition tools to compliment and ease navigation through the ever-changing business needs of today and tomorrow.

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