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Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 21 /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 placed Altiris in the Visionary Quadrant of the Gartner PC Lifecycle Configuration Management Magic Quadrant.* According to Gartner research, "Over the last year, we have noticed that while software distribution remains the most critical success factor for the tools, buyers are making decisions on the entire life cycle: deployment, migration, discovery/inventory, packaging, patching, software distribution, and usage. This new magic quadrant includes a broader evaluation of all modules in the lifecycle, along with a keen eye on software distribution as the center of all the other functions."** IT organizations often use purchasing criteria outlined in Gartner Magic Quadrants to guide the selection process for IT product evaluations and purchases. Gartner states that Magic Quadrant Visionaries have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery. For inclusion in the 2005 PC Lifecycle Configuration Management Magic Quadrant, vendors must be able to prove that their solutions span the needs of both SMBs and large enterprises. According to the report, "Customers should focus on current needs for inventory, software distribution and patching, but should select a vendor who has a broad plan for managing the life cycle of a PC configuration. At the same time we expect new management requirements to be folded into the life cycle such as patching, security configuration, network access control, etc."* "Altiris is one of the few systems management vendors to provide its customers with a breadth and depth of solutions for client, server, security, service and asset management, all easily managed from a single console," said Carine Clark, Altiris VP of marketing. "Our superior execution has provided the thousands of Altiris customers and partners with greater IT efficiency and lower cost of management throughout the lifecycle of an IT asset. We continue to set the standard for the rest of the industry with the recent addition of security vulnerability assessment and the landmark announcement of application virtualization." Altiris(R) Client Management Suite(TM) 6.1 automates a breadth and depth of IT tasks to increase efficiency, improve security and reduce the cost of managing IT. Client Management Suite provides functions like policy-based management, security vulnerability audit, automated inventory, patch management, backup and recovery, application packaging, software metering and remote control. In addition, Altiris looks to change the way software is managed with the announcement of unique application virtualization technologies. These components, when seamlessly integrated and aligned with effective IT best practices, help automate management tasks, reduce costs and secure computing environments. Licensing and availability Altiris Client Management Suite 6.1 is now available. For more information or to contact your local 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/. Magic Quadrant Disclaimer The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted Oct. 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. * Gartner, Inc., "2005 PC Lifecycle Configuration Management Magic Quadrant," Ronni Colville and Michael Silver, October 2005. ** Gartner, Inc., "PC Lifecycle Configuration Management Magic Quadrant Criteria, 2005," Ronni Colville and Michael Silver, October 2005. Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Client Management Suite is a trademark 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 of Altiris Inc., +1-801-805-1131, ; or Tim Rush of Snapp Norris Group, +1-801-208-1100, , for Altiris, Inc. Web site: http://www.altiris.com/sales http://www.altiris.com/

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