Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management software, today announced Altiris® Software Virtualization Solution™ won overall Best of Show at FOSE 2006. SVS was chosen by a team of Government Computer News and Washington Technology editors.
Brad Grimes, GCN chief technology editor, said, “Altiris Software Virtualization Solution is an exciting software program that looks to deliver the benefits of virtualization at the application level. SVS gives IT organizations the ability to turn applications on and off with a mouse click. We believe this technology could change the way software is deployed.”
SVS helps to reduce support costs and streamline software operations by providing faster, simpler and more manageable deployment of desktop applications. SVS helps eliminate application conflicts and delivers instant application activation, deactivation and reset capabilities.
Brig Lambert, Altiris federal government area director, said, “There are dozens of use cases and potential benefits of using Software Virtualization Solution. For instance, SVS will help government IT organizations better utilize Government Off the Shelf (GOTS) applications by helping eliminate OS and application conflicts and slow deployment times.”
More than 200 products competed for the coveted award at FOSE 2006, the government’s largest gathering of information technology professionals. Winners had to deliver products that are easily integrated and immediately beneficial to the government office or network environment.
FOSE 2006 featured more than 550 exhibiting companies demonstrating technology solutions to 20,000 federal high tech buyers from a broad array of government and military organizations.
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 the statement that SVS could change the way software is deployed. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, our inability to meet the changing needs of customers in a rapidly changing IT market, our inaccurate assessment of market demand or IT technology trends, errors or bugs in the SVS product, and such other risks as identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Software Virtualization Solution is a trademark of Altiris, Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. |