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Altiris Ranked in Latest Enterprise Management Market Share Findings In the United States in 2004, Altiris Ranked Number Two in Asset Management and Number Three in Configuration Management Market Share SALT LAKE CITY, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altiris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced that Gartner Dataquest research* has found that Altiris(R) software has been ranked in market share in enterprise management categories and geographies through 2004. Altiris earned the number two and three U.S. market share positions in asset management and configuration management respectively for 2004. With a 15.2 percent share in the asset management market, Altiris ranked behind Computer Associates. Altiris ranked in third place behind IBM and Microsoft with an 11.6 percent share of the configuration management market. Carine Clark, Altiris VP of marketing, said, "A few years ago we had very little market share. Today, Altiris has claimed a spot among the world's largest software vendors by providing innovative IT lifecycle management solutions for our partners and customers. The IT market has validated a better way to do systems management and has now come to expect solutions that simplify complexity, reduce costs and deliver a rapid return on investment." According to Gartner Dataquest research, market consolidation is "a driving force in the technology provider selection process, customers are leaning toward a suite-based approach. However, many IT organizations continue to purchase best-of breed products to fill 'gaps' in management suites." An innovative and efficient approach to systems management combined with mutually beneficial partnerships with the world's leading IT vendors has helped increase Altiris market share through 2004. Altiris offers Web-based IT service, security and system management solutions that reduce the cost of owning heterogeneous IT assets through modular, natively integrated solutions. This unique approach to IT management allows companies to implement a comprehensive IT lifecycle management with an Altiris suite or to simply add best-of-breed capabilities on a project basis. Configuration Management Configuration management (CM) software can initially provision and configure desktops, servers or mobile devices, and then manage the change of configuration settings, software and increasingly the files and data on those elements. Included in this category are stand-alone products for software distribution, remote control, software packaging, personality migration, software usage metering and mobile device management. Also included are product suites that lead with provisioning and configuration management but may include features such as asset discovery, automated backup, bare-metal boot, self-healing functionality, change management, data synchronization or even help desk features. Asset Management This category includes products that provide one or all of the following: asset discovery, asset management, an asset repository, asset portfolio management, tracking of purchases, leases, contracts and disposal pertaining to IT assets including hardware and software. When paired with an IT service desk, asset management can become part of a complete solution for the business management of an IT department or IT outsourcer. About Altiris Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris client and mobile, server, security and IT asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit http://www.altiris.com/. Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. * Gartner Dataquest, "Market Share: Enterprise Management, Worldwide, 2004," L. Wurster, Ruggero Contu, F. Biscotti, June 22, 2005. DATASOURCE: Altiris, Inc. CONTACT: Rhett Glauser of Altiris Inc., +1-801-805-1131, ; or Stefan Okstveit of Snapp Norris Group, +1-801-208-1100, , for Altiris, Inc. Web site: http://www.altiris.com/

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