WorldWinner Grows Revenues Using mValent to Get Applications into Production Faster and Reduce Downtime

Leading Online Game Site Uses Infrastructure Automation Suite to Surpass 99.99% Up-Time and Reclaim 1% of Monthly Revenues Lost to Infrastructure Configuration Errors

Burlington, Mass. – September 27, 2004 – mValent, Inc., the pioneering provider of IT process automation software for deploying Web-based enterprise applications, announced today that WorldWinner, the leader in online game competitions, has virtually eliminated application downtime and configuration errors using mValent’s Infrastructure Automation Suite™ to manage application configuration files across multiple development, pre-production and production environments.

WorldWinner relies on a large number of Web applications, on multiple platforms, in heterogeneous environments to power dozens of online, skill-based games. Making small changes in these ‘living’ environments is of great importance when adding or altering applications. With thousands of variables however, the smallest unnoticed change or misconfiguration can paralyze the application infrastructure.

“WorldWinner has risen to the top of the online games market by constantly expanding our lineup of games, and providing customers with a better experience than our competitors provide,” said Joe Bai, CIO of WorldWinner. “The process of manually managing a vast array of underlying configuration files and processes for these games is labor-intensive, costly and error-prone. We needed a better way to manage the complexity of this configuration environment, and to make frequent changes to the site without disrupting the customer experience.”

By implementing mValent to monitor, manage and automate configuration files for multiple environments, WorldWinner estimates that it has:

• Recaptured roughly 1% of monthly revenues that were previously lost to application downtime and configuration errors;
• Achieved 99.99% uptime for its online game site;
• Increased revenues resulting from its ability to conduct necessary maintenance to the site without scheduled downtime or interruption to customers;
• Doubled IT efficiency without adding staff.

“mValent automates many of our IT processes, giving us greater confidence that our infrastructure and applications are stable, and enabling us to grow our business while keeping expenses low,” said Bai. “The most significant benefit that we derive from mValent however, is application and infrastructure uptime, because it ensures that our customers are always able to play, and always experience high-quality service levels.”

The mValent Infrastructure Automation Suite delivers automation, repeatability and manageability to infrastructure configuration management, saving WorldWinner thousands of man-hours, eliminating errors and speeding applications through the deployment process.

“WorldWinner’s success demonstrates that utilizing mValent’s technology to manage and automate changes within the infrastructure, instead of struggling with these processes manually, not only reduces errors and saves tremendous time and IT resources, but also generates significant revenue and drives customer satisfaction levels by ensuring that critical applications are available and optimized,” said Swapnil Shah, president and CEO of mValent.

About WorldWinner
WorldWinner (www.worldwinner.com) is the leading global provider of online competitive games for cash and prizes. With ten million registered players internationally, WorldWinner hosts more than four million skill-based game competitions and awards millions of dollars in prizes every month. The privately held company was founded in 1999 and has received funding from leading venture capital firms, including Benchmark Capital, Zero Stage Capital and HarbourVest Partners. WorldWinner is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

About mValent, Inc.
mValent, Inc. delivers software solutions that automate the building and maintenance of complex infrastructure configurations for Web-based enterprise applications throughout their entire lifecycle from development to production, across distributed and off-shore locations. The mValent Infrastructure Automation Suite™ enables IT organizations to increase efficiency by reducing configuration-related downtime and speeding applications to production. mValent is located in Burlington, Massachusetts, and has sales offices across North America. The privately held company is backed by top-tier venture capital firms, including Charles River Ventures, IDG Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. For more information, visit mValent at http://www.mvalent.com.