Dell OpenManage Expands to Deliver Greater Software and Image Management Capabilities to Business Customers

Business Wire, June 21, 2000

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ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2000

Dell Offers Customers a Choice of Post-Deployment Software

Applications From ON Technology and StorageSoft

Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) today announced software management offerings that will help reduce the complexity of managing PC environments and enable U.S. business customers to more easily manage their productivity software applications on Dell(tm) client systems.

Dell's OpenManage(tm) systems management strategy has expanded to include imaging solutions for rapid deployment from StorageSoft and unattended software and configuration management from ON Technology.

StorageSoft's ImageCast IC3 product as well as ON Technology's ON Command CCM product can be either factory-installed or downloaded from www.dell.com/imagemanagement along with trial versions of each application console. Dell customers maintain flexibility in selecting technologies that best match their business and manageability requirements.

"Managing software is one of the biggest challenges our business customers face," said Jeff Clarke, vice president, Dell's Relationship Products. "It can also be a costly proposition. We believe these new products will not only ease the process for our customers, but ultimately help lower their ownership costs."

More detailed information about Dell's OpenManage system management strategy and ON Command CCM and ImageCast IC3 can be found at www.dell.com/imagemanagement. Currently, Dell's custom factory integration services, DellPlus, allow business customers to deploy software images to new Dell systems during the initial manufacturing process. Dell will provide additional pre-deployment software integration services later this year.

ON Command CCM from ON Technology

ON Command CCM delivers unattended remote management of desktop and portable PCs across their entire lifecycle, including new PC builds, application deployment, ongoing software updates, and one-touch emergency rebuilds in case of corruption or misconfiguration. ON Technology's solution uses a unique push-based technology to automatically deliver operating systems such as Windows 98 & Windows 2000; applications such as Office 2000, Lotus Notes R5, & SAP; and updates such as Service Packs and new printer settings.

ImageCast IC3 from StorageSoft

StorageSoft's ImageCast IC3 is an award-winning "drive imaging" technology for complete image management and rapid PC Deployment. ImageCast IC3 offers a robust, centrally controlled image management solution for IT managers who need to rapidly deploy PCs, distribute applications, build desktop profiles, pre-configure and post-configure PCs.

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