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News Release Expanets Selects ON Technology Solution to Rapidly Roll-Out Oracle and Siebel Applications to 150 Local Offices & Mobile Users Nationwide ON Command CCM allows Expanets to push mission-critical applications over the network and significantly increase reliability of its enterprise infrastructure Waltham, MA, January 8, 2002 - ON Technology (NASDAQ: ONTC), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure management solutions, today announced that Expanets Inc. has selected ON Command CCM® to roll-out its suite of mission-critical sales management and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) applications, based on Oracle 11i and Siebel. With over $1 billion in revenues and 3,300 employees nationwide, Expanets is the nation's largest provider of converged communications solutions to medium-sized businesses. ON Command CCM will support a consistent desktop environment across all PCs in the corporation, including desktops in local offices and virtual offices as well as mobile laptops connected over dial-up connections, and will help boost service speed and capabilities. "With ON Command CCM, we can now instantaneously update all our remote users with the click of a mouse, which significantly enhances our competitive advantage," said Joe Bologna, Director of Infrastructure, Expanets. "In addition, ON Command CCM allows our enterprise infrastructure to be as reliable and invisible as the phone network, and provides capabilities to efficiently support all of our local offices and mobile users nationwide. Best of all, CCM provides enterprise-class robustness and flexibility, and can be implemented in only a few months." Expanets also plans to leverage ON Command CCM to automate the company's enterprise-wide migration to Windows 2000. Unlike conventional enterprise management solutions, ON Command CCM is the only system that offers unattended operating system installations and one-click disaster recovery as well as installation of applications, ongoing updates, and content. In addition, ON Command CCM allows distributed enterprises like Expanets to easily manage all of its users from a single centralized console, including both LAN-connected users in corporate headquarters as well as remote and mobile users. "Expanets is a great example of an innovative company that is aggressively leveraging our advanced technology to support its mission-critical business requirements," said Robert L. Doretti, Chairman, President, and CEO of ON Technology. "We're excited they selected our solution to create a more powerful enterprise infrastructure and give them a competitive edge." About Expanets About ON Technology Corporation ###
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