LONDON, February 12 /PRNewswire/ --     To manage its growing data center needs, maintain high service levels and
accelerate operational efficiencies across its business, banking group HBOS
has announced a significant deal with Global DataCenter Management (GDCM)
which will allow it to better understand its data center assets and capacity
levels.

With the project set for completion in March 2008, HBOS is working
closely with GDCM to implement the company's nlyte solution across the bank's
two Yorkshire based data centers - which include two brand new, and state of
the art server rooms. The new deal will allow the HBOS data center management
team to manage any environmental changes within these datacenters without
increasing workloads or costs.

Michael Evans, CEO of GDCM, said: "HBOS approached us for a market
leading solution which would provide them with the visibility they needed to
understand their data center assets and obtain an immediate view of capacity
levels and locations of equipment. Data Center complexity continues to be an
important issue - especially for the financial sector - and in this respect,
we look forward to supporting HBOS in meeting their future data center
demands."

nlyte is the only data center management tool to provide an intelligent
and automated view of all physical and virtual assets and workgroups within
the data center, using a web-based graphical user interface. It allows
companies to model and manage their hardware, capacity, power, cooling,
networking and space, reduce redundancy, and pro-actively forecast and plan
the deployment of their assets to achieve optimum business efficiency, reduce
risk and increase ROI.

By allowing organisations to better allocate their existing assets and
reduce server redundancy through an understanding of capacity levels, nlyte
can also help to reduce levels of CO2 emissions.

About nlyte(TM)

A single, user-friendly software application, nlyte provides complete
transparency and control over all data center assets. It allows data center
managers to audit, map, evaluate and manage the entire data center
infrastructure. This enables accurate control of capacity and optimisation of
the data center environment, while highlighting problem areas and forecasting
for future needs. With nlyte organisations can remain nimble and reduce
costs, leading to a return on investment within six to nine months. This is
achieved through the automation of space and device allocation and
reallocation, the deployment of servers in days rather than weeks, reduction
of redundant assets, and increased staff efficiency through effective
workflow control.

About Global DataCenter Management Limited (GDCM)

Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) was founded in 2003 with the aim of
allowing organisations to increase efficiency and reduce cost within data
centers - as well as to reducing power consumption and addressing
environmental obligations. Today, GDCM provides data center software designed
to help data center managers make the most of their IT investments while
minimising complexity and costs. GDCM's flagship product, nlyte, is the only
data center management tool to provide an intelligent and automated view of
all physical and virtual assets and workgroups within the data center.

http://www.gdcm.com/

About HBOS

HBOS is a major UK company. The Group provides retail, business and
corporate banking, and insurance and investment services through its
multi-brand strategy in the UK and internationally. About 72,000 people are
employed across the Group. HBOS has the biggest private shareholder base in
the UK. HBOS is the UK's largest mortgage and savings provider and the number
one provider of new investment products. The Group is one of the UK's leading
general insurers and has a reputation for excellence in the provision of
business banking and corporate finance, delivering innovative funding
solutions across a range of markets.