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News Release Leading European Broadcasting
Company Licenses Deutsche Welle manages suite of media and business applications including Newswire 2000, digital music database, Microsoft Office, and SAP R/3 Waltham, MA, February 24, 2000 -- ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: ONTC) today announced that Deutsche Welle, one of the five largest foreign broadcasting companies in the world, is using ON Command CCM™ to automatically install and configure Microsoft Windows NT and a suite of digital media and ERP applications. Deutsche Welle is able to take full advantage of their business information by using ON Command CCM to rapidly deliver the latest applications, content and services. ON Command CCM is a leading system for managing and configuring software across corporate networks and the Internet. Prior to purchasing ON Command CCM, Deutsche Welle performed all software installations manually by sending a technician to the individual PCs. Using ON Command CCM Deutsche Welle is able to complete new PC installations, deploy and personalize business applications, and deliver on-going content and service updates automatically from centralized servers. For example, Deutsche Welle can now quickly update all of their business and digital media applications including Newswire 2000, SAP R/3, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, voice reference database, digital audio archive, digital audio processing system and a news storage application plus Microsoft Windows NT and latest service packs. "We are very impressed with the business benefits that ON Command CCM delivers. ON Technology solves our PC management challenges and enables us to quickly take advantage of the latest information and applications," said Udo Spiertz, project manager at the Data ProcessingII/Project Division of Deutsche Welle. "Deutsche Welle is an example of how a leading-edge company uses ON Technology's solution to eliminate the barriers of adopting complex business software," said Laurent Raynaud, Vice President, ON Technology Europe. "Our customers are taking advantage of our technology so they can effectively deploy and manage applications that are critical to their business." About
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ON Technology, ON Command, and ON Command CCM are registered trademarks, and the ON logo and ON iCommand are trademarks of ON Technology Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other brand names and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. The statements in this press release that relate to ON Technology’s future plans, events and performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Some of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements are general economic conditions, including the current weakness in the global economy, demand for the Company’s products and services, performance of the Company’s direct and indirect distribution channels, competitive pressures, market acceptance of the Company’s new products and technologies, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in ON Technology’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2003 filed in November 2003. Actual results and performance may differ materially due to these and other factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. ON Technology undertakes no obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this press release that may reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.
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