Lavalys EVEREST benchmark discontinued

FinalWire announced it has acquired and discontinued the Lavalys EVEREST benchmark. Users with an activate EVEREST license will receive a free upgrade to FinalWire's AIDA64 benchmark, while users with expired EVEREST licenses will receive a 30% reduction. AIDA64 is developed by the same team that created EVEREST, the software remains the same, the only change is that after years of cooperation with Lavalys the developers are once again taking things into their own hands.

FinalWire Ltd. today announced the acquisition of diagnostics, hardware monitoring, network audit, and benchmarking software, Lavalys EVEREST.

“Today is a significant step forward in our progress to deliver a class-leading diagnostics and benchmarking solution,” said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. “The addition of Lavalys’ customers and technologies will enable us to accelerate investments, meet a wider set of customer needs through a richer solution set, increase efficiencies and significantly expand our opportunities for growth.”

Beginning immediately, FinalWire will execute on the planned integration of the two companies’ technologies and customers to ensure a smooth transition that will deliver immediate value for customers, partners and investors. Product offerings

The FinalWire product line now includes:

* AIDA64 Extreme Edition (successor to EVEREST Ultimate Edition) – a streamlined diagnostics, hardware monitoring and benchmarking tool for home users
* AIDA64 Business Edition (successor to EVEREST Corporate Edition) – an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

With the acquisition of EVEREST assets, the development of the EVEREST product line has been discontinued as of November 19, 2010.