RPS Selects SWAN'S Vision64 To Deploy and Manage 30,000 Workstations in Enterprise Agreement

Business Wire, Dec 16, 1999

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999--

Vision64 Preferred Choice for North America's Second-Largest Provider

of Business-to-Business Small-Package Delivery

SWAN International, Inc. today announced that RPS, Inc., a $1.9 billion small-package delivery company owned by FDX Corp., will implement SWAN's Vision64 (www.vision64.com) to deploy and update its shipping management software.

RPS is committed to meet its customers' shipping demands by utilizing the most effective technology solutions available. For example, RPS' shipping management system is the industry's first carrier-supplied system to provide shippers with multi-carrier parcel processing - a significant competitive advantage for the company. SWAN's Vision64 will enable RPS to deploy and update software quickly and efficiently to workstations nationwide from a central location. In addition, Vision64's Integrity Control Manager(TM) will provide RPS' shipping management system with self-healing technology to ensure that the application is always available for customers. It accomplishes this by detecting and repairing software problems before user productivity is affected.

"Rapid, guaranteed deployment of updated software to our customer sites is vital to our ongoing mission of providing the best shipping solutions for our customers," said Henry Maier, vice president of Product Marketing and Communications, RPS, Inc. "Based on extensive testing, we believe Vision64 will help us continue to offer superior service to our customers."

"RPS' selection of Vision64 affirms its strength as an enterprise-level solution for distributing and managing mission-critical applications," said Michael Torto, SWAN International's CEO. "RPS is known for fast, efficient delivery of packages, and we'll help them continue to grow with our fast, efficient delivery of software."

About Vision64

A proven desktop systems management solution, Vision64 meets the demanding requirements of enterprises that have extended networking needs by providing electronic software distribution, graphical remote control, dynamic hardware and software inventory, process control and back-up and restore functionality in cross-platform, multi-OS environments. Through its Integrity Control Manager(TM), Vision64 provides self-healing technology that automatically discovers and resolves desktop and software problems by proactively correcting file and configuration-related issues before the end-user detects any problem and productivity is adversely affected. SWAN International also offers a Web-based version, Vision64 for the Net, that enables companies to distribute software during idle e-mail or browsing time and while enjoying the benefits of Integrity Control to repair remote, unconnected systems.

About SWAN International, Inc.

SWAN International, Inc., a leading provider of desktop management, software distribution and "self-healing" PC technology aggressively entered the North American market in early 1999 with more than 400,000 worldwide users of its proven solution, Vision64. Vision64 guarantees that applications on workstations and servers throughout the enterprise are always operational, fully-functional and production-ready. SWAN is dedicated to supplying only the highest performing products and services for software delivery, content delivery and Integrity Control Management. SWAN International, Inc., is headquartered at 61 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH 03060 USA. Phone: 603-888-9964. Facsimile: 603-888-9967. World Wide Web site at www.vision64.com.