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Altiris Also Demos Integrated Security Configuration Management at ManageFusion SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altiris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, was the only vendor named a leader in the Forrester Wave Security Configuration Management, Q4 2005 report. Of the 11 vendors in the Q4 Wave evaluation, Altiris' leader position is based on both current offering and product strategy. "Forrester evaluated the Altiris(R) SecurityExpressions(TM) software product and Altiris' strategy for security configuration management against approximately 100 criteria," writes David Friedlander, Forrester senior analyst, in the Q4 Wave evaluation. "Overall, the Altiris products have strong vulnerability assessment, configuration management, automated remediation, standards-based compliance, and patch management capabilities." Carine Clark, Altiris VP of marketing, said, "Altiris strategy and solutions reflect the market's move to converge security and configuration management functions and organizations. As a leader in configuration management, it is a natural fit for Altiris to drive new security management standards by integrating vulnerability assessment and systems security management into our comprehensive offerings." Altiris Security Management Suite(TM) helps improve system security posture by automating vulnerability audits and leveraging best-of-breed remediation tools. Altiris is unique in combining remediation tools with an automated assessment of antivirus software, security patches, industry-known vulnerabilities, personal firewall, system security configuration settings, and unauthorized hardware and software vulnerabilities against industry-driven policies and best practices, thereby reducing exposure to security threats while eliminating vulnerability root causes. The new Forrester report arrives on the heels of Altiris' demonstration of an integrated security configuration management solution at ManageFusion(TM) .05 in Orlando earlier this month. Licensing and availability Altiris Security Management Suite(TM), Altiris SecurityExpressions(TM) and other Altiris vulnerability assessment and systems security products are now available. For more information, please contact a local Altiris sales representative by visiting http://www.altiris.com/sales. For more information about the Forrester Wave, please visit http://www.forrester.com/. 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. SecurityExpressions, ManageFusion, and Security Management Suite are trademarks of Altiris, Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Forrester Wave is copyrighted by Forrester Research, Inc. Forrester and Forrester Wave are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. 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/ http://www.forrester.com/

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