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Micromuse names Abilitec as its European Reseller of the Year

Abilitec, the Swindon based comprehensive "best of breed" software systems and training solutions provider, has just been named by Micromuse, the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software, as its European Reseller of the Year 2000.

What is especially noteworthy is that Abilitec has only been trading for 18 months, but has already received several prestigious accolades. In addition to seeing turnover on track to quadruple and exceed £4m for the year to April '01, awards have included achieving ISO9001 status and becoming the first European organisation ever to reach Micromuse's Platinum partner level.

"Since its formation, Abilitec has excelled in generating new sales and delivering outstanding customer support and it is our pleasure to award them Micromuse's European Reseller of the Year," said Jane Scotland, Micromuse's Channel Relationship Director, EMEA. "Furthermore, Abilitec was recently recognised as the first organisation in Europe to attain Platinum status, the top tier of our reseller programme. This achievement is testimony to its broad understanding of the problems faced in today's complex network operations centres, and having the technical expertise and skilled consultants to integrate computers, networks, and management solutions using Micromuse's Netcool® software."

"We are exceptionally proud of developing our operation over such a short period into a highly successful company and one of Micromuse's top European business partners," added Adrian Holcombe, Abilitec's Sales Director. "And we fully intend retaining this hard won status. We continue to deliver impressive, cost effective solutions to a growing number of top UK companies and are now receiving serious enquiries from across the EMEA region."

As an authorised Micromuse reseller, Abilitec offers the complete Netcool family of products and can fulfil installation and implementation work on behalf of Micromuse. This work may span many different market sectors including Managed Service Providers, Telcos, Finance and Retail Organisations, as well as Airlines.

Abilitec - The Company

Abilitec implements "best of breed" software that integrates into an existing network management systems to proactively keep users informed about all problem events and the actions taken to resolve them. Formed in April '99, Abilitec has already achieved ISO9001 status, has maintained a 100% staff retention record to date and boasts a number of leading international organisations amongst its customers. With several recent significant business wins, turnover is well on track to quadruple and exceed £4m by April '01.

About Micromuse

Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software. Micromuse was named one of the Top 25 Best Performers in the Wall Street Journal's Shareholder Scoreboard, and has recently been recognized in the Forbes 500, Business Week's Info Tech 100, Bloomberg's Top 100 Stocks, Barron's 500, Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500 and the San Francisco Chronicle 500. Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cellular One, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, Global Crossing, GTE, ITC DeltaCom, MCI Worldcom, One2One, PSINet, XO Communications and a number of financial investment.

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