Belarc's BelManage Product Helps Agfa Healthcare UK Achieve ISO 20000 Certification

BelManage is used to automatically gather detailed configuration data on Agfa Healthcare's IT systems located throughout the UK



MAYNARD, Mass., Saturday, October 23rd 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Belarc, Inc. announced today that Agfa Healthcare UK has used Belarc's BelManage product to successfully complete the ISO 20000 certification required for IT healthcare providers. Agfa Healthcare offers diagnostic image management solutions, and state-of-the-art systems for capturing and processing images in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Belarc's BelManage system was used to automatically gather detailed IT configuration data on these systems located throughout the UK.


"BelManage was chosen for the completeness of its discovery mechanisms, and its ability to easily integrate configuration data related to Agfa's imaging systems", said Carl Newman, IT Services Development Manager for Agfa Healthcare UK. "BelManage allowed us to achieve a very high level of automation for the capture of data essential to our service agreements."


"We are very pleased that Agfa chose BelManage to successfully complete their ISO 20000 certification", said Andrew Ridgers, Belarc's EMEA Sales Director. "BelManage is used by both large and small distributed organizations to manage their computer systems, providing accurate, complete and up to the date asset configuration data and license information with a minimum of cost and involvement from IT staff."


About Belarc

Belarc, Inc. develops and licenses Internet based products which help make personal computers easier to maintain and secure by large enterprises, small businesses and individual consumers. Our products are used for software license compliance, hardware upgrade planning, cyber security status, information assurance audits, IT asset management, configuration management, and more. Belarc's products are in use on well over twenty million computers and are licensed by numerous customers including: AIG, Dana, Kindred Healthcare, NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, Unilever, WebMD/Emdeon, and many more.


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