For Immediate Release

Contact:
Dan Thompson
PAN Communications
978/474-1900
ecora@pancomm.com

Ecora Software Adds Oracle Enterprise Linux Reporting
to Auditor Professional

Reporting Also Added for CentOS and SUSE for IBM System/390

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – September 27, 2006 – Ecora Software, the market-proven leader for configuration audit and analytics solutions, announces expanded enhancements to Ecora Auditor Professional™ that further extend its automated collection and reporting capabilities to include the newest generation of devices and operating systems being installed in enterprise environments.

Available immediately, Ecora's Auditor Pro includes support for Oracle Enterprise Linux, the base operating system within the newly-released Oracle VM. Auditor Pro automates the auditing and analysis of this environment , which is crucial for future adoption of Oracle VM for production environments.

"By adding support for Oracle Enterprise Linux early in the adoption process, Ecora is giving users confidence that they'll be able to maintain appropriate controls over these newly deployed systems," said Bryan Cote, Senior Product Manager, Ecora Software. "Additionally, support for these open source platforms enables customers to implement Auditor Pro on a broader scale within their business infrastructure."

In addition, Auditor Pro's capabilities now extend to the discovery, collection, analysis and reporting on the thousands of configuration attributes associated with the operation of platforms based on CentOS, the Community Enterprise Operating System, and SUSE for IBM System/390, the mainframe operating system used heavily by financial services organizations.

About Auditor Professional

Ecora Auditor Professional enables centralized management, auditing, reporting and change identification for configurations in virtually all operating systems, database management systems, applications and network devices. Auditor Professional collects tens of thousands of asset, security and configuration settings into a configuration database for reporting, auditing, baselining and change tracking. Auditor Professional comes with a full library of audit-ready report templates and built-in policies for automatic validation of Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA, 21 CFR Part 11, VISA PCI, FISMA, and NIST IT requirements.

Availability

Ecora's Auditor Professional is available immediately. For more information and current pricing, contact Ecora by phone at 877-92ecora (923-2672) or by emailing sales@ecora.com. A free trial of Auditor solutions is available on www.ecora.com.

About Ecora Software

Ecora Software is the market-proven leader for Configuration Audit and Analytics solutions that allow a proactive view of the IT infrastructure and deliver actionable evidence ensuring critical business services remain operationally effective, secure, and compliant with internal standards and external regulations. Auditor Professional TM offers immediate value with its agentless architecture matched with rich report templates and pre-defined policies providing the foundation for effective change and configuration management. Please visit us at www.ecora.com.