XCEND Group Partners With Savant Protection to Bring Application Whitelisting Solutions to Altiris Client Management Suite Customers

BRIGHTON, MI and HUDSON, NH--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - XCEND Group and Savant
Protection announced today their partnership to bring application
whitelisting security products to market. XCEND, an IT lifecycle
management company and National Symantec Partner in Brighton, MI, will
offer Savant's flexible and easy to manage application whitelisting and
system lockdown solution for Altiris Client Management Suite from Symantec.

XCEND's customers may now improve security and control of endpoints,
lockdown critical areas and prevent unknown attacks from compromising
systems, while managing these functions through the Symantec Management
Console.

"We are excited to have Savant's Enterprise Management System as an
important part of our portfolio of solutions," said Ron Schoenherr, Vice
President of Business & Strategy. "We can now bring state of the art
security and control to our enterprise clients and prospects. This is
consistent with our strategy to add value for our customers and grow the
XCEND business aggressively over the next few years."

"We are committed to directly supporting the XCEND team," said Paul Paget,
CEO of Savant Protection. "They are an excellent fit for Savant to bring a
total endpoint management solution as an Altiris and Savant Partner.
Together with XCEND's excellent solutions and technical services, customers
and prospects will gain the benefit of a flexible and easy to manage end
point security solution, leveraging the investment they have already made
in Altiris Client Management Suite and other systems."

XCEND is sponsoring a series of webinars to introduce their customers and
prospects to Savant. You may get more information about the upcoming
webinars at http://www.xcendgroup.com/news_events.htm. Further information
about Savant Protection is available at www.savantprotection.com.

About The XCEND Group

The XCEND Group (www.xcendgroup.com), an award-winning Altiris partner,
offers IT lifecycle management products and proven consulting services to
organizations that rely on technology to run their businesses. XCEND Group
transforms organizations by aligning IT processes with business goals. The
XCEND Group has worked with more than 350 clients in designing and
implementing IT Lifecycle Management systems. Thirty-five of XCEND's
clients are in the Fortune 1000. www.xcendgroup.com

About Savant Protection

IT professionals turn to Savant Protection to regain control of company
systems and substantially improve end point security by preventing
unauthorized applications from running. Its flagship product, the Savant
Client with Enterprise Management System, is the only software based
solution that provides the flexibility for IT to control and protect
applications, stops the execution of unauthorized software, and eliminates
the intrusion and spread of malware -- without the management overhead, or
disruption to end users required by today's centralized whitelist signature
approaches. Savant Protection was formed in 2006, is privately held, and
is headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire. www.savantprotection.com