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Altiris Altiris® Asset Mgmt Suite™ Now Provides Improved, Integrated and Intuitive Access to IT Asset Data New data management features, such as a software license reporting wizard and increased data import and export capabilities for integration with existing infrastructure, save IT administrators time an January 22, 2002 - Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning information technology, today announced additional IT data management features in the latest update to Altiris® Asset Mgmt Suite™. The new features help IT administrators save time and money through increased integration with existing human resources and financial infrastructure in addition to simplified access to IT asset data collections. One of the nation's largest manufacturers over-the-counter, store-brand pharmaceutical and nutritional products is currently in the process of integrating Altiris® Asset Mgmt Suite™ with their existing Microsoft SMS infrastructure to manage change and configuration in their Windows-based IT environment. A representative of the pharmaceutical company said, “We are implementing Altiris asset management software in conjunction with Microsoft SMS for a complete systems management solution. As an FDA-regulated IT environment, we must maintain complete control over our hardware and software assets. Altiris Web-based asset management solutions are easy to install and provide us with powerful application metering and IT asset tracking and reporting capabilities.” New to Asset Mgmt Suite is the ability for IT administrators to import and export asset data collected by Altiris solutions to Oracle databases. Also, asset data can now be exported to databases and file types such as SQL, Excel, Access and CSV. This extends the previously available import capabilities for SQL, Excel, Access, and CSV. Third party database integration will save IT administrators time and money by eliminating the hassles of data transfer and two-way integration with widely used finance or human resource applications. The asset management console now offers categorized asset summary tabs for simplified asset data management. From within the asset management console, an IT administrator can see all relevant data organized by specific computer, software license agreement, user, or leased hardware, among others, by simply clicking on the appropriate tab. Contract Mgmt Solution™ now includes a wizard-based interface that allows users to create customized reports on software licenses. Software license data gathered by Asset Mgmt Suite can be reported on by factors such as purchase date, installations and/or real usage. The wizard eliminates the hassle of manual license number entry and provides additional money savings through the creation of reports that facilitate educated software license purchasing, compliance, redistribution and harvesting. Poul Nielsen, Altiris VP of product strategy, said, “Altiris asset discovery solutions have always been excellent at gathering large amounts of inventory data. The new and expanded asset management capabilities of Asset Control Solution and Contract Mgmt Solution combined with our world-class, Web-based asset discovery capabilities set our solution apart from other asset management products.” Licensing and availability Altiris Asset Mgmt Suite is available now and includes updated versions of Contract Mgmt Solution and Asset Control Solution™. Asset Mgmt Suite can be purchased for $64 per node when purchasing 100 – 499 nodes. Additional volume discounts are available. Please visit www.altiris.com/sales/ for worldwide sales contact information. About Altiris Altiris, Inc. offers a full line of Web-enabled solutions that empower organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, handhelds and servers throughout the IT lifecycle. Altiris provides fully integrated, complete systems management solutions for client and mobile, asset, and server management. Altiris’ vision is to automate, simplify, and reduce the cost and complexity of IT lifecycle management with an immediate return on investment. For more information, visit www.altiris.com. ## Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Asset Mgmt Suite, Asset Control Solution and Contract Mgmt Solution are trademarks of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Contact Agency Contact Rhett Glauser Brian Anderson Altiris, Inc. Snapp Norris Group 801.805.1131 801.226.3223 [email protected] [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |