mValent Expands Operations Into Europe to Meet Growing Demand for IT Configuration Management


BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, July 31// --
- Leading Application Configuration Management Solution Provider Opens European Headquarters in the UK

mValent, Inc. (http://www.mvalent.com), a leading provider of automated IT configuration management solutions for managing application infrastructure, today announced the opening of its European headquarters in the UK. The expansion will enable mValent to meet growing international demand among Global 2000 organisations for its mValent Integrity application configuration management software which leading IT organisations use to improve application uptime, reduce IT fire drills, and simplify compliance with industry best practices and regulatory mandates.

"Opening mValent Europe signals the next phase in our company's development. The growing demand for our solutions and the commitment to
ITIL® (IT Infrastructure Library) best practises in the UK and Europe indicates that now is the time for expansion," said Joe Forgione, President and CEO of mValent. "We look forward to serving the needs of Global 2000 companies and forging partnerships with leading resellers and integrators in these markets."

"mValent provides IT teams with the critical, missing piece of the enterprise management equation: the ability to automate the build and maintenance of complex application configurations throughout their lifecycle
-- from development, quality assurance, staging and into production -- and improve service levels, reduce application downtime and implement infrastructure changes in a far more efficient and risk-free manner," said Ben Wheeler, newly-appointed General Manager of mValent Europe. "I look forward to developing a successful mValent business here in the UK and Europe."

mValent Integrity provides IT infrastructure teams with an automated, repeatable, process-driven "gold master" approach to application infrastructure configuration management that enables smooth delivery and support of business applications. The software delivers powerful features for configuration, change and release management as well as audit and compliance initiatives, providing the following benefits to IT organizations:

o Improved IT productivity through automation
o Accelerated time-to-value for new applications
o Automated IT audit and compliance
o Improved application uptime and quality
o A trusted source of application configuration information
for configuration management database (CMDB) initiatives

About mValent

mValent tackles IT complexity and compliance with automation software that eliminates configuration management chaos in application infrastructure.
The company's flagship product, mValent Integrity, automates application configuration management and is used by leading organizations to manage the build and maintenance of complex application configurations throughout their entire lifecycle -- from development to production. mValent Integrity customers include leading companies such as State Street Bank, National Grid, Kohl's and WorldWinner. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and is backed by top-tier venture capital firms, including Charles River Ventures, IDG Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners.

For more information, visit www.mvalent.com.

mValent and the mValent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of mValent, Inc. in the United States. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.

Web site: www.mvalent.com

Source: mValent, Inc.

Marcie Lascher
Director of Marketing for mValent, Inc.,
+1-781-272-5650 ext. 2139,
mlascher@mvalent.com;
or Matthew Card of Davies Murphy Group, Inc. for mValent, Inc.,
+1-781-418-2423, mvalent@daviesmurphy.com

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