Product News and Announcements

Colorado Springs, CO, July 19, 2010 – Cherwell Software, Inc. (“Cherwell”), the developer of Cherwell Service Management™, today announced that its company was named “Vendor Partner” at the Campus 2010 Technology Tradeshow. Cherwell’s customer, Western Carolina University (“Western Carolina”), received the Campus 2010 Technology Tradeshow Innovator of the Year Award.

Anna McFadden, Director of Coulter Faculty Center at Western Carolina, headed up the team that used Cherwell Service Management quite extensively, primarily as a way to develop a data-driven approach to improve their services.

“We are honored to be the Vendor Partner and we are proud of how our customer Western Carolina has used our product to provide innovative services,” said Vance Brown, CEO of Cherwell Software. “Since our inception we have focused on providing organizations like Western Carolina with enterprise power at an affordable price, precisely so that the Cherwell application can easily be configured to be used throughout the organization to solve almost any business need.”

Brown continues, “Too many organizations can’t easily extract meaningful data from their legacy systems. At Cherwell, we believe that you don’t collect data for data’s sake – you collect data so you can take action – in real time. We offer an unparalleled ROI - which is making us the fastest growing Service Management software provider in the industry today. Recently recognized by Forrester Research as an “Emerging Leader,” Cherwell software is delivered “On Premise” or “On Demand SaaS.” We believe in giving our customers choice.”

Entries were reviewed by Campus Technology Innovators Judging Committee, a group of higher education tech leaders, many of whom are former Campus Technology Innovator award winners. Western Carolina will receive their award during the Keynote Session at the Campus 2010 Technology conference.

Contact Cherwell Software at info@cherwellsoftware.com if you would like a link to their recorded webinar on the flexibility Cherwell gives you to get meaningful data you need from your Service Desk so you can continuously improve the quality of your IT department.

Colorado Springs, CO, April 6, 2010 – Cherwell Software, Inc. (“Cherwell”), creators of Cherwell Service Management™, today announced that it would be launching a series of Webinars under the title, ITSM ‘Into the Fire’. These Webinars are designed to address some of the key issues that IT departments encounter as they deal with the barrage of Incidents, Problems and Changes within their organization.

 

“Today’s IT department is constantly feeling the pressure to reduce costs while improving customer satisfaction,” said Vance Brown, Chairman and CEO of Cherwell Software. “Our customers love that we are doing our part to help them achieve their ROI by providing a software solution that gives them enterprise –level scalability, configurability and integration at an affordable price with simple implementation.”

The first webinar, in this ongoing series of topics sponsored by Cherwell, will be featuring Evelyn Hubbert, Senior Analyst with Forrester Research, Inc. on the following topic:

The Changing Anatomy of the New Service Desk (May 6, 2010)
IT organizations are faced with many challenges today! Their task to support a sophisticated business community with great customer support is a balancing act. This balancing act is about providing adequate support for all new technologies to end users, delivering services to delight end users and all of that in a reliable and cost effective way. The challenges don’t end there. The service desk team is changing how it works and what it does to adapt to these continuously changing needs of the business community. This webinar will discuss the anatomy of the new service desk.
Upcoming topics and speakers include:

Service Level Management and the New Service Desk (June 10, 2010)
Jim Bolton, ITIL v2 Manager, v3 Expert, ProPoint Solutions

Social Media and the New Service Desk (July 15, 2010)
Chris Dancy, Founder & President, ServiceSphere

Brown continues, “Providing these webinars gives IT the additional insight, information and ability to ask the questions they need as they seek to become true business partners in their respective organizations.”

Colorado Springs, CO, March 24, 2010 – Cherwell Software, Inc. (“Cherwell”), the developer of Cherwell Service Management™, today announced that its company was among the select companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in its research report entitled, “Market Overview:  IT Service Management Support Tools.”  In this Market Overview, published March 22, 2010, Cherwell Software is cited by Forrester as an “Emerging Leader” in the IT Service Management enterprise space.

The report defines an Emerging Leader as, “These service desk management vendors have less visibility, less market share, and in some cases limited geographic coverage, but their scalability and functionality reach that of the megavendors. These vendors focus on the IT service desk customer and creating solutions that can be implemented relatively quickly. The solutions of these vendors have solid product functionality and features at a very competitive price.”

“We are honored that Forrester considers us an Emerging Leader,” said Vance Brown, CEO of Cherwell Software.  “Since our inception we have focused on providing organizations with enterprise power at an affordable price.”

Brown continues, “Traditional IT organizations are evolving.  Our customers will attest that the unparalleled ability to easily configure our Cherwell tool, together with its ease of use, affordable price, and choice in deployment (either On-Premise or On-Demand SaaS) are making us a market leader.”

The Forrester Report not only segmented the various Service Management Tools, it also discusses the changing role of the Service Desk and reviewed some of the key technologies being offered in leading Service Management Tools today.

Download a complimentary copy of this independent research report by clicking on this link.

Cherwell Software, Inc. (“Cherwell”) today announced that its breakthrough product, Cherwell Service Management™, received certification for five more processes of ITIL V3 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, version three) compatibility from Pink Elephant through the PinkVERIFY program.

PinkVERIFY is the only independent certification program worldwide to recognize software that supports the definition and workflow requirements of specific ITIL version three (V3) processes. In order to achieve PinkVERIFY certification, the ITSM software undergoes a rigorous and independent assessment by a highly-qualified Pink Elephant consultant, and must satisfy 100% of the mandatory and integration criteria for a specific process.

“We are pleased to recognize that Cherwell Service Management™ has achieved PinkVERIFY status,” said David Ratcliffe, President of Pink Elephant. “Our thorough and objective assessment showed that Cherwell Software designed its software from the ground-up, with ITIL in mind. Now, with the PinkVERIFY ‘stamp of approval,’ businesses can feel confident that Cherwell Service Management will support their implementation of ITIL best practices.”

Cherwell Service Management is the first service desk solution to incorporate the latest enterprise-class scalability, configurability and integration technology at a very affordable price—making it the most compelling value on the market today. It also can be deployed On-Premise or On-Demand (SaaS). With Cherwell, organizations have choice.

With the additional five processes Cherwell Service Management now offers:

• Incident Management
• Problem Management
• Change Management
• Event Management
• Knowledge Management
• Release & Deployment Management
• Service Asset & Configuration Management
• Service Catalog Management
• Service Level Management
• Service Portfolio Management
• Request Fulfillment

“Our customers rave about our Codeless Business Application Technology (CBAT) that allows them the most configurability on the market today without writing code or scripts,” said Vance Brown, Chairman and CEO of Cherwell Software. “With these additional processes, future customers can be assured that they will get ITIL best practices out-of-the-box while allowing them to fit our solution to their unique level of ITIL deployment.”

About Pink Elephant

Pink Elephant is proud to be celebrating 20 years of ITIL experience – more than any other supplier. Operating through many offices across the globe, the company is the world’s #1 supplier of ITIL and ITSM conferences, education and consulting services. To date, more than 100,000 IT professionals have benefited from Pink Elephant’s expertise. Pink Elephant has been championing the growth of ITIL worldwide since its inception in 1989, and was selected as an international expert to contribute to the ITIL V3 project as authors of the Continual Service Improvement book and through representation on the International Exam Panel. For more information, please visit: www.pinkelephant.com

Kirklees College, Accent Group and Commensus plc, all sign contracts for the Cherwell Service Management Solution

Cherwell Software, the developers of Cherwell Service Management, has recently signed three significant contracts; in housing, education and with a managed service provider.

Tony Probert, European managing director, confirmed that the company is anticipating a successful 2010 based on recent sales and current opportunities. “UK prospects continue to be surprised by the enterprise functionality that our solution offers, particularly when they consider our realistic pricing model, the ease of implementation and minimal ongoing management costs”

Cherwell Service Management, finalist in the Pink Elephant ITSM ‘Innovation of the Year’ award, is a comprehensive ITIL v3 service desk solution which is not only easy to customise, but powerful, intuitive, and cost-effective. The software is designed for IT support professionals and offers “out of the box” functionality and unmatched customisation and configurability for users wishing to customise: screens, workflow, business processes and build new integrated applications leveraging Cherwell’s unique CBAT (Codeless Business Application Technology) platform.

Alan Cottrill, ICT projects portfolio manager at Accent Group, confirms: “As a large national group with over 20,000 properties managed by three housing associations, we face a significant challenge in providing a cohesive IT support service that will meet immediate needs and be able to grow with us as our needs change. Having looked at over 10 different suppliers Accent selected Cherwell who provided the answer to pretty much every issue by being well constructed, modern, user friendly and meeting many of our process and reporting requirements straight out of the box. In addition, it represents exceptional value for money. We plan to move towards ITIL implementation in the future so
choosing a flexible system built around ITIL principles was important to us too. Finally, we loved the capacity to build our own solutions quickly and easily without incurring significant project development fees.”

At Kirklees College, George Robertson, Director of IT also turned to Cherwell whilst overseeing the extensive implications for IT after Dewsbury and Huddersfield colleges were amalgamated in 2008. As he explained: “The entire support approach needed to be reviewed for 1,500 staff and 30,000 students and time was one of our biggest challenges. One of the most appealing aspects of Cherwell was its
ability to quickly and easily identify what service improvements could be made where. The software*s design makes it particularly easy to use and roll out. We’ve been very impressed with Cherwell*s breadth too ; I’ve had past experience of large service desk systems and Cherwell offers a vast range of functionality at a fraction of the price. For instance, reporting back to users on progress will become
far easier and users will be able to log on to track their own calls and check status all of which builds towards improved customer satisfaction.”

The third deal signed is with Commensus, which has a wide range of clients from a mixture of industries and sectors. The range of challenges presented by its clients can vary greatly depending on their individual need. Alex Parker, chief technology officer of Commensus, explains: “Having the flexibility to deal with the unpredictable is very important to us, we offer so many different solutions that support needs to be equally flexible. To meet the challenge we needed an enterprise class service and our old system was starting to look outdated. Cherwell was able to provide us with a solution that punches well above its weight; it’s a first class product at a price that can’t be matched by its competitors.”

The Cherwell Service Management solution is available via the traditional license model or alternatively, on demand in a Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription model . To ensure excellent levels of service and support, Cherwell Software is working alongside CRMWorks, IT Service Management and service desk specialists, as its full service delivery partner and is working closely with them to ensure that these contracts are delivered successfully and speedily.

Cherwell Software, the developer of the most configurable and customizable service management system in today’s market, is honored to be amongst a select group of finalists for Pink Elephant’s 2009 Innovation of the Year Award.

“Pink Elephant is proud to announce that Cherwell Software has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2009 Innovation of the Year Award.  This award recognizes the most innovative ITSM products and services released in 2009.  As a result of its selection as an Innovation of the Year finalist, Cherwell becomes a member of a very elite group.” –George Spalding, Executive Vice President, Pink Elephant.

At the core of Cherwell Software’s innovation is the dedication to servicing the industry with a software platform as well as returning to the values of world-class customer service.

Vance Brown, Cherwell’s Chairman and CEO responds, “You know you’re doing something right when your passion to provide solutions that make our customers’ jobs easier catches the attention of industry leaders and peers alike.  It’s an honor to be recognized.  Some might ask, ‘Why is Cherwell innovative?’ It’s because we have developed an IT platform that offers not just configurability, but the true ability for IT to easily customize applications with seamless upgrades … no kidding!  This is a game-changer in our industry.  We offer Pink Verified ITIL content out-of-the-box, but our customers can then make unlimited modifications and enhancements – including the ability to easily build entirely new applications on our platform, which we call Codeless Business Application Technology (CBAT). And because of our innovation, we are able to offer this technology as both software-as-a-service (SaaS) and traditional on-premise delivery models—all at very affordable rates. We look forward to growing relationships and servicing the ITSM marketplace with continued innovative thinking in the days and years to come.”

Cherwell Software offers the most compelling value on the market today, incorporating the latest enterprise-class scalability, configurability and integration technology. To sample the power and adaptability behind such innovative thinking, we offer no-cost, no-obligation personal demos via webcast.

The winner of the prestigious Innovation of the Year award will be announced at Pink Elephant’s 13th Annual IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas at the Bellagio on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

Cherwell Software will be available for demos and more at Booth #409 throughout the conference. Come by for a chance to win an iPod Touch® and learn more about the power behind one of the industry’s most innovative ITSM providers.

The combination of a concurrent license structure and a 60-day guarantee on Cherwell's ITIL and Pink Verified IT Service Management software creates a unique offer allowing organizations to find the optimal number of needed licenses as they exit costly 'legacy' systems that required 'named' licenses.

Cherwell Software, a leader in developing ITIL and Pink Elephant Verified IT Service Management software solutions delivering enterprise-level functionality at a mid-market price, is shaking up the traditional licensing model in the Service Management marketplace, and being noticed overseas, with a unique and innovative guarantee and licensing structure.

Cherwell offers both the SaaS On-Demand and the On-Premise solution in a concurrent license structure which allows multiple users to access the licenses. In addition, the software has the ability to 'reserve' licenses for specific individuals who must always have access. Cherwell also offers a 60-day money back guarantee including return of unused or unneeded licenses.

Building innovative technology based on yesterday values

"As more and more organizations select Cherwell, we've found they often have a hard time determining the number of concurrent licenses they may need because the industry has long had a restrictive and costly 'named license' approach." said Vance Brown, Cherwell CEO. "The innovative approach of Cherwell's concurrent licensing combined with our 60-day guarantee, allows an organization to find the optimal ROI balance of needed licenses in the first 60-days of deployment."

The flexibility in terms of licensing and deployment has been noted by Stephen Mann and Chandranshu Singh of the Butler Group, Europe's leading IT Research & Analysis organization in a recent Technology Audit of Cherwell, "organisations can leverage Cherwell's delivery flexibility and license to deploy the solution 'on premise', access it on demand in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription model, or employ it delivered as a managed service. The product is mostly sold with concurrent user licenses; however, organisations may alternatively opt for reserved licenses which are similar to named-user licenses except that they can be transferred to other persons within the organisation if required."

The full Butler Group Technology Audit report is available at: http://www.cherwellsoftware.com/analyst-reviews.

Cherwell offers a variety of webinars, including industry overviews such as Higher-Ed, Healthcare and Call-Centers; sign-up is available on-line at www.cherwellsoftware.com/webinar. Webinar attendees are eligible to receive a free copy of the $189 valued, HDI sponsored, DVD titled "ITIL and the Service Desk" by industry icon Malcolm Fry.

Interested parties may also visit Cherwell at the itSMF USA Fusion 2009 conference in Dallas, September 20-22, 2009 at Booth #2121. Follow Cherwell Software on the social web for breaking ITSM news and stories from around world at http://www.twitter.com/cherwell_CSM.

About Butler Group

Butler Group is the IT End User division of Datamonitor Plc and is a leading provider of Information Technology research, analysis and advice. Founded in 1990, with headquarters in London, England, Butler Group is respected throughout the business world for the impartiality and incisiveness of its research and opinion, for more information see www.butlergroup.com.

US-Based Company Replaces Leading Service Management Software Solution with Cherwell; Documented Total Benefits Exceed $840,000!

Cherwell Software, a leader in developing ITIL® and PinkVerify™ IT Service Management software solutions that bring enterprise-level functionality at a mid-market price, commissioned Forrester Research to conduct their Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study for an enterprise organization who has implemented Cherwell Service Management software. Forrester Research noted “the ROI for the organization is 108% with a break-even point (payback period) of 9.7 months after deployment.”

The case study featured an enterprise company that replaced a leading legacy service management software solution with Cherwell Service Management. The Forrester TEI study found, ‘the main quantified benefits for the organization were: 1) productivity savings from improved service management processes such as incident and problem management; 2) the avoidance of software maintenance fees due to the replacement of the previous purchased service management solution; 3) the avoidance of administrative costs from the previously purchased service management solution; and 4) additional savings from development of a project and portfolio management solution using Cherwell Service Management. These benefits comprise a net present value (NPV) of $842,182 over a three-year analysis.”

The study went on to document, “the main modules the organization uses are Incident Management, Problem Management, Knowledge Management, CMDB and Service Catalog. While the organization initially intended to deploy Cherwell out of the box, as the organization refined and improved its processes, it realized that it needed a more customizable approach. The organization confirmed that the flexibility and configuration capabilities of Cherwell Service Management allowed it to easily implement these customizations without needed to find software developer resources. As the ITSM systems administrator for the organization noted, “ITIL is a framework; you still have to understand the concept and see how you can apply it in your company to create value. This is where I’m glad [we chose Cherwell Management], as it was easy to customize and simple to implement. The tool is so powerful and flexible. We have this infrastructure in place that if there is a business need, the first question is ‘Can we do that in Cherwell?”

The Forrester TEI Study documents the savings and benefits, including improved reporting, improved accountability and better perception of IT through improved customer service, along with additional details. The full report is available for download at http://www.cherwellsoftware.com/analyst-reviews.

Partnership Highlights Cherwell’s Commitment to Improving the IT Service Management Industry!

Cherwell Software, a leader in developing ITIL® and PinkVerified™ IT Service Management software solutions that bring enterprise-level functionality at a mid-market price, reached agreement with ServiceSphere, for formal sponsorship of ServiceSphere’s Thought Leadership Webinar Series, an on-going series of provocative, thought leading seminars on a variety of topics germane to the advancement of the IT Service Management profession. ServiceSphere is an independent industry resource organization dedicated to grassroots information for IT professionals of all levels. As an independent organization, ServiceSphere does not align itself with any Service Desk Software Vendors as resellers and is proud to be Service Desk agnostic.

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“Cherwell is delighted to become the flagship sponsor of ServiceSphere’s Thought Leadership Webinars given that these highly informative and thought-provoking sessions help the IT Industry think outside the box,” stated Vance Brown, CEO of Cherwell Software, “ServiceSphere isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo in its quest to continually examine, rethink, redefine and improve the role of IT and Service Management, and this approach fits in well with the cutting edge capabilities of Cherwell Software.”

“Not every software company ‘gets’ the seismic changes trembling below the surface of the Service Management industry,” noted Chris Dancy, Founder of ServiceSphere, “and we’re thrilled that one of those that does, Cherwell Software, is willing to sponsor our thought provoking webinars.”

About ServiceSphere

With over 20 years of experience, ServiceSphere is one of the most established and respected international providers of IT Marketing Management and encompassing IT Service Management, Customer Service Solutions and Thought Leadership. ServiceSphere now has over 100 customers around the world. Its headquarters are located in the United States, with offices in the Europe and Asia Pacific. For further information, please visit their website at http://www.ServiceSphere.com

If You Thought Flexibility was Important Today…The Future Will Demand It!

Cherwell Software’s European Managing Director, Tony Probert, has been interviewed and featured in the Thought Leadership section of the November/December 2009 issue of VitAL, Europe’s cutting edge publication for IT professionals.

The topic of the article is “The Flexible Service Desk” where Tony notes that today’s service desk and the software being used, must be flexible enough to meet the ever changing needs of customers and the business, if a service desk is incorporating best practices.

Probert argues that for an effective service, “The four key issues will be: self-service; resolution at first call; reduced cost; and improved service. The service desk has to be able to put content in place to make all this possible and without the service desk building it well, it won’t work. If the current service desk software is not offering this level of functionality, the users will look for ones that do…..it isn’t unreasonable to expect that service desk software should be flexible and adaptable enough to flex sufficiently to accommodate unexpected future demands.”

Read the entire interesting and thought-provoking article at: http://www.vital-mag.net/2009/11/the-flexible-service-desk.

About VitAL

VitAL Magazine http://www.vital-mag.net is a bi-monthly publication that looks at the various key elements, attitudes, and trends of modern IT management and the impact this has on the business. Due to the uplifting, clean, and dynamic approach of the editorial the VitAL Magazine brand has become synonymous with cutting edge content that pushes boundaries and challenges its readers.