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News Release Lightbridge Selects ON Technology
Telecommunications service provider leverages ON Command CCM for accelerated deployment of business & productivity apps, operating systems Waltham, MA, October 10, 2000 – ON Technology (NASDAQ: ONTC), a leading provider of remote software delivery solutions, today announced that Lightbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTBG) has selected ON Command CCM™ to manage mission-critical software for all of its call centers. Lightbridge, a leading enabler of customer relationship management solutions for communications service providers, will also use the system to deliver software to mobile and remote workers such as salespeople and telecommuters, and other departments including engineering, consulting services, marketing and finance. ON Command CCM has been judged by industry analysts, reviewers, enterprise IT managers and service providers as the best unattended solution for remotely delivering business-critical operating systems and applications across the extended enterprise. "As a software and services company in a rapidly-growing market, we're constantly looking for ways to leverage the latest information technology to gain a greater competitive advantage," said Paul Beliveau, director, information technologies for Lightbridge. "ON Command CCM automates our critical IT processes and is a superb time- and labor-saving alternative to 'sneakernet', especially for supporting our remote users. We also looked at traditional low-end cloning solutions and enterprise frameworks, but chose ON Command CCM for its reliability, ease-of-implementation, and full lifecycle solution." Lightbridge has experienced rapid growth over the past five years. With revenues growing at an annual compounded rate of 45%, the company was looking for a cost-effective and systematic way to manage the explosive demand for internal IT services. ON Command CCM allows Lightbridge to automatically build all PCs for new employees from a central console and continuously push software updates over the network. For instance, the company uses ON Command CCM to deploy in-house call center apps, shrink-wrapped productivity apps such as Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, and security updates such as new virus signatures. "Lightbridge is a great example of a company that's leveraging our best-of-breed technology to keep their mission-critical operations running 24x7 -- and their end-users happy and productive," said Phil Neray, ON Technology Vice-President of Marketing. "We're delighted to help them achieve further success in their business." About
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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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