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News Release ON Technology Announces XP Migration Suite Automated Solution Substantially Lowers Cost of Enterprise-Wide Migrations to Windows XP & Office XP Waltham, MA, October 10, 2001 - ON Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:ONTC), a leading provider of remote software and content management solutions, announced today its XP Migration Suite, an automated solution for substantially lowering the cost of enterprise-wide migrations to Microsoft Windows XP and Office XP. ON's new XP solution is being demonstrated this week (October 9-11) at Gartner Symposium ITxpo, in Orlando, FL, at Booth #122. ON's new XP Migration Suite offers a series of automated software routines for remotely installing Windows XP and Office XP on multiple PCs simultaneously from centralized ON Command CCM™ servers. Automated routines are also provided for migrating user files (such as "My Documents") and personalized settings (such as Internet Explorer bookmarks). This centralized, automated approach saves substantial time and money by eliminating the need for IT technicians to visit every end-user desktop to install the software manually, a process which could easily take several hours per machine. According to industry analysts, the direct labor cost of manually migrating PCs to a new operating system is in excess of $200 per desktop, which means that a typical 5,000-user organization can immediately save at least $1 million using the XP Migration Suite. This instant return-on-investment is further enhanced by the ongoing benefits provided by ON Command CCM after XP migrations, including one-click disaster recovery and a powerful infrastructure for instantaneously distributing all critical software updates on an ongoing basis -- such as security patches, anti-virus updates, and new or updated applications. "Companies are now focusing on critical IT initiatives that give them the quickest bang for the buck, such as automating XP migrations rather than outsourcing them to costly consultants or using scarce internal IT resources," said Phil Neray, vice-president of marketing, ON Technology. "Unlike conventional enterprise frameworks like Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) and Novadigm Radia, ON Command CCM offers the unique capability to remotely install both operating systems and applications, thus providing the only complete XP migration solution for enterprise organizations." Corporations and PC manufacturers are migrating rapidly to Windows XP due to its increased security and stability. In fact, according to market research firm IDC, by the end of 2002, 63 percent of all new Windows licenses sold will be XP-based, with an expected 73 million users. In recent published reports, Gartner Inc. has reminded its clients that Windows 98 and Windows NT 4 will cease direct distribution to original equipment manufacturers on June 30, 2002, further hastening migrations to XP. Gartner also recommends that enterprises migrate directly to XP, skipping Windows 2000 if they have not yet begun testing and planning for it. Complete Solution Delivers Total
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