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News Release ON Technology Ships Management
Solution Accelerates migration to Windows
2000 Professional Waltham, MA, February 16, 2000 -- ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: ONTC), a leading provider of advanced solutions for managing software across corporate networks and the Internet, today announced the immediate availability of ON Command CCM™ for Windows 2000. ON Command CCM accelerates migration to Windows 2000 Professional by automatically "pushing" the operating system and applications to PCs from a range of server platforms -- including Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, and UNIX servers -- in environments where Active Directory has not yet been implemented. ON Command CCM's "scheduled push" approach reduces network and server loading and minimizes impact on end-user productivity for large-scale deployments. This complements the "on-demand" end-user pull approach provided by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) using Windows 2000 and IntelliMirror. ON Command CCM allows IT administrators to manage heterogeneous desktop environments consisting of both Windows 2000 and pre-Windows 2000 clients (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0) from a single administrative console and client database. To facilitate seamless migration to Active Directory, the company also announced future support for leveraging Group Policy information contained in Active Directory to manage both Windows 2000 and pre-Windows 2000 PCs. "ON Technology is taking advantage of Windows 2000 capabilities and making deployment of Windows 2000 in a mixed Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95 and Windows 98 environment even easier and faster for our customers," said Keith White, director of marketing, Windows division, Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is excited that ON Technology helps extend Windows 2000 functionality to offer customers a reliable and easy to use management solution to enable digital business." "IDC studies show that businesses deploying Windows 2000 Professional will replace a variety of operating systems ranging from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 95 to Windows 3.1," said Philip Mendoza, client management software analyst, International Data Corporation (IDC). "ON Technology's solution will enable customers with these mixed environments to migrate to Windows 2000 Professional and manage their entire PC lifecycle." Full Intel Wired for Management
Support, Including BIS ON Command CCM also supports other WfM capabilities including Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) for unattended network booting and operating system installation, and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0 for Help Desk troubleshooting and asset management. Automated
Migration Tool for Integrators and Outsourcers Takes
Advantage of Latest Microsoft Technologies Availability About ON Technology Corporation ###
ON Technology, ON Command, and ON Command CCM are registered trademarks, and the ON logo and ON iCommand are trademarks of ON Technology Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. The statements in this press release that relate to ON Technology’s future plans, events and performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Some of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements are general economic conditions, including the current weakness in the global economy, demand for the Company’s products and services, performance of the Company’s direct and indirect distribution channels, competitive pressures, market acceptance of the Company’s new products and technologies, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in ON Technology’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2003 filed in November 2003. Actual results and performance may differ materially due to these and other factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. ON Technology undertakes no obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this press release that may reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.
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