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News Release OfficeMax Implements ON Technology Solution to Manage 10,000-Seat Corporate and Retail Infrastructure Industry-Leading Software & Asset Management Solution to Enhance Operational Efficiency and Enable Real-Time Response to Business Changes Waltham, Mass. (May 27, 2003) - ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: ONTC), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure management solutions, today announced that OfficeMax, Inc. (NYSE: OMX) has successfully begun its implementation of ON Technology’s software solution to manage its entire retail and corporate PC infrastructure. The implementation includes managing 10,000-plus systems such as retail Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals, Internet kiosks, CopyMax® workstations, and store manager workstations in nearly 1,000 superstores, as well as PCs throughout the OfficeMax corporate environment. The ON Technology software management offering helps OfficeMax respond quickly to market and technology changes by deploying real-time critical updates – such as price changes and security patches – from a single centralized location to any device across its network. OfficeMax is also using ON Command Discovery, ON’s asset management solution powered by Centennial Discovery from Centennial U.K. Ltd., to automatically discover and track IT assets. In addition, ON’s remote control solution, ON Command Remote, is being used by OfficeMax to enable rapid resolution of end-user problems from the corporate Help Desk. The ON Technology solution will also be used to rapidly deploy software to desktops and mobile laptops across the company’s corporate infrastructure, including software such as line-of-business applications, productivity applications and corporate data, as well as operating systems and security patches. “We are extremely pleased to be working with OfficeMax on this major strategic deployment,” said Robert Doretti, Chairman, President and CEO of ON Technology. “Our unique ability to meet the needs of large retail organizations is validated by the many retailers worldwide that have chosen our innovative technology for unattended management of hundreds of thousands of retail devices, PCs and servers. We worked closely with OfficeMax’s IT organization to understand its needs and demonstrate our unique capabilities, and look forward to a long relationship providing outstanding support and service.” World-Class
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