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Altiris(R) Deployment Solution(TM) now offers new speed enhancements, advanced security features and best-of-breed software manageability SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altiris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced the launch of Altiris(R) Deployment Solution(TM) 6.5 with new speed enhancements, advanced security features and best-of-breed heterogeneous hardware and software manageability. Deployment Solution provides customers with the power to rapidly change and manage diverse computing resources to facilitate dynamic business requirements while automating hardware and software change, deployment and migration for optimal security and availability. Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm, uses Deployment Solution in support of more than 13,000 Windows XP clients. Bruce Sherman, Booz Allen Hamilton Associate, said, "We have determined that Deployment Solution 6.5 could deploy our gold load as much as three times faster, so we decided release candidate 1 was ready to put into our production environment. This version will help us support our employees while providing additional security measures we require as an enterprise." Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing, said, "The world's largest hardware vendors have standardized on Altiris Deployment Solution as their preferred provisioning solution and can leverage version 6.5 for additional speed, manageability, security and cost effectiveness. Broad industry support for this significant new version would add to the millions of servers and clients that have been efficiently deployed, migrated and managed using Deployment Solution." Deployment Solution now supports Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) and Linux as pre-boot environments that help speed system deployment times by 200 to 300 percent while supporting removable media (CD, DVD, USB), PXE and automation partitions in both environments. To help prevent these powerful features from getting in the wrong hands, Deployment Solution now offers role and scope-based security rights integrated with Active Directory groups and key-based client/server authentication. Deployment Solution for Servers now has additional heterogeneous platform support for single console management of diverse computing environments with: * scripted OS installs for VMware ESX * new UI controls for virtual host and guest management * virtual rack/enclosure/bay configurations for Dell, IBM and Fujitsu Siemens Computers blade servers have been added to existing support for HP blade servers * new power control for IBM and Fujitsu Siemens Computers servers * a new agent for Solaris Sparc 8 and 9 Deployment Solution for Clients now offers: * leading Wise Package Studio technologies for custom application packaging and installation including the creation and capturing of applications into .MSI format * enhanced HP thin client support and new support for Neoware XPe, Windows CE .NET and Linux-based thin clients According to P.J. Bulger, Senior Vice President for 3H Technology, an Altiris Platinum Partner, "At the enterprise level, Deployment Solution 6.5 provides significant time and cost savings which enables the IT workforce to focus on more demanding projects. The combination of increased performance and security, with the new digital signature feature for client/server communications, Deployment Solution now provides a significant and valuable upgrade for all users." Deployment Solution helps cut the cost of deploying and managing servers, desktops, notebooks and handheld devices in a computing environment. It offers an easy-to-use, integrated solution that includes operating system deployment, configuration, computer personality migrations, and software deployment across heterogeneous hardware platforms and operating systems. Customer validation Matt Jefferson, Lockheed Martin systems engineer, said, "We have tested Deployment Solution 6.5 and like what we see. Adding WinPE will cut our machine deployment time in half and the addition of Wise Package Studio features will help further expedite software repackaging. In my opinion Altiris has the best provisioning solution on the market." Kyle Evans, Highline Community College IT systems specialist 2, said, "We use Deployment Solution from a single server to deploy and maintain 1200 computers located in library kiosks, classrooms and faculty desktops around our college campus. I am looking forward to the network transport enhancements for PXE and the 32-bit network stack. Also the additions to the management console, like being able to view deployment job progression, are very nice." Daniel Burtenshaw, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Information Technology Services senior client management professional, said, "I was really impressed with the speed of Deployment Solution 6.5 as I was able to drop an image that typically takes about seven minutes using DOS in less than three minutes using WinPE. I am excited to get 6.5 into production." Holly Maes, Sweetwater County School District computer technician, said, "We support hundreds of teacher PCs and the newly integrated Deployment Solution 6.5 tools, such as the new Wise Package Studio features and WinPE, will make my job ten times easier while streamlining our management processes. Altiris has all the right components and has done a great job at pulling them all together." Pricing and availability Deployment Solution 6.5 is now available. Deployment Solution for Servers is offered at an MSRP of US $173 per node with volume discounts available. Deployment Solution for Clients is offered at an MSRP of US $47 per node with volume discounts available. Deployment Solution is also available as a component of Client Management Suite(TM), Server Management Suite(TM) and Migration Suite(TM). WinPE will be available from Altiris at US $2 per node. For more information or to contact an Altiris sales representative, please visit http://www.altiris.com/sales 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. Deployment Solution, Client Management Suite, Server Management Suite and Migration Suite are trademarks of Altiris, Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Altiris, Inc. CONTACT: Rhett Glauser, Altiris Inc., +1-801-805-1131, ; Agency - Stefan Okstveit, Snapp Norris Group, +1-801-208-1100, , for Altiris, Inc. Web site: http://www.altiris.com/ http://www.altiris.com/sales

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