Caldera Announces New Linux Management Solution: Caldera Volution; Newly Named Caldera Volution Open Beta Available for Download

Business Wire, Nov 1, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000

Caldera Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) Wednesday announced the new name of its Linux management solution: Caldera Volution (Volution).

The product, currently in open beta, was formerly known by its internal codename "Cosmos," and is available for download from Caldera's Web site at www.calderasystems.com/beta.

Volution is a browser- and directory-based management product for Linux systems that utilizes the inherent strengths of LDAP directories. Using Volution, network administrators can create policies and profiles to manage a half dozen or thousands of Linux systems, without having to individually manage/touch each.

"Caldera Volution combines two words, evolution and velocity, which describe the impact we believe this product will have," said Ransom Love, president and chief executive officer of Caldera Systems Inc.

"In order for Linux to continue its evolution at a greater velocity, there is a great need for a solution that reduces the time, cost and effort required to manage Linux servers and desktops. During this open beta period we're finding a number of Fortune 500 companies whose network administrators need this kind of product to manage their systems."

Volution will significantly benefit ASPs, ISPs, hosting companies, systems integrators and network administrators -- anyone needing to manage multiple Linux servers and workstations. By consolidating management functions for labor-intensive tasks, Volution dramatically reduces costs, saves time and increases job efficiency.

Open Source

Since its inception, Caldera Systems has given technology back to the Open Source community -- including, but not limited to: Webmin, a Web-based administration tool; LIZARD, the award-winning Linux Installation Wizard; Linux Unattended Installation (LUI), Linux Installation Administration (LISA) and Caldera Open Administration System (COAS). Caldera also helped fund the development of RPM.

Today, Caldera is a leader in developing Linux management solutions. To find out more about technologies open-sourced by Caldera Systems, please visit www.openlinux.org.

Caldera Systems Inc.

Caldera Systems Inc. is a "Linux for Business" technology leader in developing and marketing successful Linux-based business solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support -- with free 30-day phone support and on-site consulting.

Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer exceptional distribution-neutral Linux training and certification based on Linux Professional Institute (LPI(TM)) certification standards. Caldera Systems supports the open source community and is a leader in, and advocate of Linux Standard Base (LSB(TM)) and LPI(TM).

Caldera Inc. was co-founded in 1994 by Ransom Love. Caldera Systems Inc. was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, Caldera Systems has offices and 1,000+ resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com or in the United States call 888/GO-Linux (888/465-4689).

Caldera is a registered trademark of Caldera Systems Inc. All other products, services, companies, events and publications are trademarks, registered trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries.

LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

Those factors include the failure of the products described above to operate as designed due to incompatibility with some platforms or other defects our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the company's distribution sales channel.

These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form 10-Q