Altiris Software Helps IT Organizations Deliver Efficient Change
Management Through Hardware Refresh and Windows Vista Upgrades
SALT LAKE CITY-- Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management
solutions, today announced its commitment to deliver unique, integrated
end-to-end software management solutions to help reduce the cost and
complexity of hardware and software change. With the upcoming release of
Windows Vistaa, IT organizations are looking
for solutions to enable business continuity through the
transition. Altiris has integrated and automated the necessary solutions
to help manage this change efficiently and seamlessly.
“While our customers want to quickly take
advantage of the new features of Windows Vista, they also recognize that
a well-planned, automated approach to deployment and migration is
critical to optimize employee productivity,”
said Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product marketing and management. “For
almost a decade, Altiris best-of-breed technology has been used by
customers to streamline the deployment and migration of millions of
Windows installations worldwide.”
Altiris customers are currently defining roll-out strategies in
anticipation of the upcoming release of Windows Vista and Microsoft
Office 2007a. Altiris is working closely with
Microsoft in support of the Microsoft Business Desktop Deployment (BDD)
initiative to promote migration best practices. Also, Altiris solutions
are being updated with support for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
clients and will be released soon after they are validated on the
production-ready version of Windows Vista.
Wise Package Studio®
software currently supports Windows Vista. Altiris®
Client Management Suite™
software, including Altiris®
Deployment Solution™
and Altiris® PC
Transplant®
Solution, will include Windows Vista support in early Q1 2007. The new
version of Deployment Solution will include support for the new Windows
imaging (WIM) format.
Altiris software management solutions enable increased IT control and
delivery of efficient software operations and additional employee
productivity. Altiris best-of-breed solutions automate all phases of
software lifecycle management including inventory, application packaging
and virtualization, deployment, patch, delivery, migration, license
management and ongoing maintenance.
These solutions are natively integrated through the Altiris
service-oriented architecture, configuration management database (CMDB)
and definitive software library to help businesses better control
software change.
Altiris has established a Web portal at www.easyvistamigration.com
to help businesses better plan for upcoming Vista migrations. The portal
includes additional information about the Altiris six-city, North
American Windows Vista road show, the ‘Definitive
Guide to Vista Migration’ complimentary
eBook, and the ‘Steps to a Successful
Hardware Refresh’ whitepaper. The road show
starts on Nov. 7, 2006 in Bellevue, Wash. Altiris is also participating
in worldwide Microsoft launch events for Windows Vista.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management
software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and
service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT
align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready
security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of
management. For more information, visit www.altiris.com.
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including statements
regarding the anticipated market adoption of the Windows Vista and
Microsoft Office 2007 upgrades, the future availability of Altiris
Client Management Suite, including Altiris Deployment Solution and
Altiris PC Transplant Solution, its expected functionality and benefits
to customers. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including but
not limited to, the inaccurate assessment of market adoption of Windows
Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 and the market opportunity for Altiris;
delays or difficulties in bringing such products to market, product bugs
or errors, and such other risks as identified in our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006, and from time to time in
other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in
other countries. PC Transplant is a registered trademark of Altiris,
Inc. in the U.S. Wise Package Studio is a registered trademark of Wise
Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Altiris, Inc. Client
Management Suite and Deployment Solution are trademarks of Altiris, Inc.
(a) The other company names or products mentioned are or may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
