iET Solutions (www.iet-solutions.com), a leading provider of ITIL aligned IT service management solutions, and Criston (www.criston.com), a major international provider of overall IT and security management solutions, today announced their partnership.

“This partnership will provide customers with the ability to integrate iET Solutions’ IT service management suite with Criston’s PC lifecycle management and vulnerability management solutions,” said Marc Vaillant, President & CEO, Criston “This will result in increased infrastructure availability, better risk assessment, and overall value to the business.”

“The seamless integration between iET ITSM and Criston’s solutions will benefit customers who are looking to align their IT management processes with the delivery of IT services. Additional benefits include better risk assessment through compliance to standards like ISO 20000 and 27000, which cover asset management, service mapping, and vulnerability lifecycle management,” continued Vaillant.

iET ITSM is an IT service management suite that helps companies improve the efficiency of their IT services and maintain their IT infrastructure. ITIL processes included in iET ITSM are Incident, Problem, Change, Release, Configuration, Service Level, and Availability Management.

Criston Precision helps organizations know and understand the state of their IT infrastructure, manage changes, assess risks and remediate vulnerabilities to make sure the infrastructure is not only secure and available, but also compliant with the relevant standards. The Criston Precision client assists organizations in assessing and enforcing compliance through discovery, inventory, policy management, software and patch management, remote control and vulnerability management.

“This latest partnership is part of iET Solutions’ strategic plan to expand its reach worldwide”, says Michael Scheib, President & CEO, iET Solutions. “This partnership will allow us to augment our existing channels to market and deliver valuable, extended solutions."

About iET Solutions

iET Solutions (www.iet-solutions.com) develops, markets, and supports award-winning software applications for the IT service management market. Our ITSM suite is built around ITIL standards and has been verified by Pink Elephant. iET Solutions was also included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the IT Services Desk, 2007. Over 600 customers in more than 26 countries worldwide benefit from iET Solutions’ offerings. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, iET Solutions maintains offices in Germany, Great Britain, and North America. Distributors and technology partners serve all other countries.

About Criston

Founded in 1997, Criston is the leading provider of IT & Security Management Solutions. Because security is an inseparable component of IT operations, Criston believes that "Securing IT starts by Managing IT". From this perspective Criston gives organizations the means to understand the state of their IT infrastructure, assess risk, efficiently remediate vulnerabilities, and put controls and processes in place to make sure the infrastructure is secure, available and also compliant with relevant standards. With ten years experience on the market, a large customer base worldwide, and offices in Japan, China, England, Germany and France, Criston’s solution successfully aligns IT and security operations to business needs by providing an effective framework for the IT department.