New Partnership to provide professional monitoring of IFS Applications

Pro4u Business Systems and op5 has signed on a partnership concerning process and system monitoring for IFS Applications. Pro4u Business Systems is now an op5 Services Partner.
With the support of the award-winning network monitoring application op5 Monitor, Pro4u Business Systems can now provide monitoring and alarm on both systems and business processes for customers. Combined with their deep expertise in the deployment of IFS Applications Pro4u Business Systems will be able to help customers identify and establish effective monitoring procedures.

- This partnership enables IFS customers to receive additional support to further increase the value of their business. Every ERP* system is and has to be unique to support the customers specific business processes. Pro4u Business Systems supply necessary expertise to ensure continuous monitoring so that the customers' business critical systems is available in production. An ERP system that works poorly or in the worst case goes down is devastating for the production and very costly. The partnership with Pro4u Business Systems has the potential to significantly reduce this risk to companies and organizations that use IFS Applications, said Jan Josephson, CEO of op5.

- Pro4u Business Systems goal is to increase the value and the benefits of the ERP system. As consultants independent of system vendors, we take the lead of introducing and upgrading complex projects. Through our deep knowledge of applications we simplify the implementation of the ERP system, says Anders Carlsson, CEO of Pro4u Business Systems.

op5 Monitor for IFS Applications is an official IFS packing and IFS is involved in further development. * ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

About Pro4u Business Systems
Pro4u Business Systems is part of Pro4u group. There are over 100 consultants with IT and management focus. It is people with great skills and extensive experience of IFS Applications and other ERP systems. Pro4u Business Systems is independent of business software providers. We assist clients with in-house project manager, sponsor requirements, but also with deep knowledge in IFS Applications and creation of ROI (Return of Investment).

About op5
op5 is a worlds leading OSM - Open Source Management - company that delivers software for control of IT systems and networks. Its main products are op5 Monitor, op5 Statistics and op5 LogServer. The products are based on open source code that op 5 further develops, packages and sells as complete products and systems with services and support. op5 has a large selection of primarily European clients from different market segments for example AGA Linde Gas, The Swedish Customs Service (Tullverket) and other parastatals, several county councils municipalities and municipal companies. op5 was founded in 2003. The company is based in Sweden with offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. www.op5.com

About IFS
IFS is a public company (OMX STO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops, supplies, and implements IFS ApplicationsTM, a fully integrated, component-based extended ERP suite built on SOA technology. The company has more than 2,000 customers in more than 50 countries and focuses on seven main industries: aerospace & defense, utilities & telecom, manufacturing, process industries, automotive, retail & wholesale distribution, and construction contracting & service management. IFS has 2,700 employees and net revenue in 2008 was $383 million. For more information please contact: Anders Carlsson, CEO, Pro4u Business Systems AB, Mobile, 0702-33 38 08, E-mail anders.carlsson @ pro4u.se or Jan Josephson, CEO, op5 AB, Mobile: 0707-25 09 00, E-mail: jan.josephson @ op5.com