ATRS Antares Pharma Inc

NEW YORK, Dec. 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 that Mark Nicolett, Gartner Research VP and analyst, will join Altiris representatives to present his latest research on reducing IT risk through vulnerability management. This special New York City Altiris user group event will be held at the Marriott Marquis on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. WHO: Mark Nicolett is a vice president at Gartner Research. His research in the IT security and privacy area focuses on vulnerability management, patch management, IT security management and business continuity planning. WHAT: A special New York City Altiris user group meeting that combines IT security management expertise from Mr. Nicolett and Altiris. In his presentation, Mr. Nicolett will address: * Security management market drivers * Security and vulnerability management processes * Remediation * Challenges Following Mr. Nicolett's presentation, Altiris will present the latest solutions to address security and vulnerability management. Altiris is the first to combine seven-area vulnerability assessment with best-of-breed remediation. Altiris(R) technology is helping to integrate efforts between IT security and operations organizations with products that provide a breadth and depth of security solutions based on a centralized management console and platform. In addition, Altiris SecurityExpressions(TM) helps organizations audit desktops, laptops and servers against system security policies and best practices. WHY: Vulnerability management is increasingly becoming one of the most important IT responsibilities, but it is becoming more difficult due to a growing number of threats and the complexity of IT systems. Companies today must protect themselves from security breaches, failed audits, viruses and worms, regulatory compliance, and theft of corporate and client data. WHERE: New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway, New York, NY WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. HOW: Register for this event at http://www.altiris.com/events/usergroups/ 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(R) 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. Security Management Suite is a trademark of Altiris, Inc. SecurityExpressions is a trademark of Pedestal Software, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary 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/

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