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News Release ZapMe! Teams with ON Technology
ZapMe! to provide computing services
and content to nation's schools Waltham, MA, April 13, 2000 - ZapMe! Corporation (Nasdaq: IZAP) and ON Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: ONTC) today announced a partnership to use ON Command CCM™ to deploy software and provide PC infrastructure management across satellite IP networks to the nation's schools. ZapMe! is using ON Command CCM to accelerate and improve its nationwide roll-out of PCs as well as deploy software updates and provide a high quality of service to all schools served by its Internet media network - even those in remote rural locations. ZapMe! is deploying a broadband interactive network that brings the latest technology tools and educational content to schools at no cost, in partnership with leading companies such as Ask Jeeves, Dell Computer, Microsoft, and Yahoo! - and now ON Technology. ZapMe! plans to manage over 20,000 PCs with its initial deployment of ON Command CCM. "Managing the world's largest Internet media network devoted to education requires the most sophisticated technology support available today," said Rick Inatome, ZapMe! President and CEO. "ON Command CCM gives us the edge we need to remotely manage and configure our nationwide network of computers in over 1,800 schools as well as operate a sophisticated satellite Internet media network to ensure the fast and responsible delivery of educational content to students, educators and parents across the country." ZapMe! provides teachers and students with network-based access to more than 13,000 pre-selected and indexed educational sites, applications, and services at no cost -- as well as PCs, servers and "always-on" satellite-delivered connectivity to their leading edge netspace. ON Command CCM will be used to centrally deploy and configure all desktop and server software, including the ZapMe!™ netspace - an Internet media network specializing in education, which provides a powerful learning experience to middle and high school students, educators and parents across the country. "We're proud to be helping ZapMe! deliver the latest technology and educational resources to students across the country," said Robert Doretti, President and CEO, ON Technology. "This partnership validates the value of our technology in delivering substantial cost and service benefits across broadband networks for service providers and IT organizations worldwide." ON Command CCM leverages the latest Wired for Management standards for unattended functions such as Wake-on-LAN and network booting, and automatically installs operating systems and applications as well as incremental software updates such as Service Packs or new applications that may be required in the future. Unlike conventional software distribution or disk imaging tools, ON Command CCM allows ZapMe! to instantly build or rebuild PCs from remote locations without sending technicians on-site, via a simple point-and-click graphical interface and a centralized client database that tracks all software installations and updates on a per-PC basis. About
ZapMe! 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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