"ENTERPRISE SHAMAN" ANALYZES/RESOLVES Y2K COMPLIANCY.

Shaman Corporation, San Francisco, a leader in software reliability management, has released Enterprise Shaman 3.1 with features dedicated to analyzing and resolving the Y2K bug. Enterprise Shaman is an intranet-based solution that increases software reliability by automating the tracking and distribution of critical software updates, including Y2K bug fixes, patches and free upgrades, to networked desktop computers across the corporate enterprise. Enterprise Shaman supplies the IT manager with a complete software and hardware inventory of their network, informs them of the Y2K compliancy levels of their software and delivers all Y2K updates released by software vendors. As a result, Enterprise Shaman aids IT departments with their Y2K compliance mission and manages software reliability throughout the enterprise. "Y2K projects have not focused on the desktop computer. IT managers realize that desktops are mission critical," said Michael J. Ciocia, vice president of marketing at Shaman Corporation. "Y2K updates are released daily by software vendors, and within the next year it will be impossible for IT managers to manually track the Y2K updates for the hundreds of software titles on their desktops and servers." Shaman Corporation has agreements with over 200 major software vendors and with ongoing research for over 50,000 software titles, the Shaman Knowledge-Base contains up-to-the minute detailed information on Y2K updates, bug fixes, free upgrades and Y2K compliancy levels. By combining Shaman's expertise with a cross-platform agent, a highly-scalable enterprise server and the industry's most comprehensive software knowledge-base, Shaman delivers the industry's premiere solution dedicated to managing software reliability. "The concept of managed software reliability allows IT managers to proactively provide updates to their end-users via the familiar medium of the web," said Elena Christopher, industry analyst for Dataquest, a division of Gartner Group. "Keeping networked systems current on critical updates such as Y2K compliance and bug fixes ultimately results in increased end-user productivity." Shaman Corporation bridges the gap between corporate software users and software vendors by ensuring Shaman's customers are running the most current and reliable versions available. Shaman Corporation, founded in 1996 and recognized in 1998 as a Software Publisher Association's Codie Award finalist, has agreements with Microsoft, Adobe Systems, Macromedia, Symantec, and over 200 major vendors to distribute their free upgrades, updates, bug fixes and patches. For more information, call [phone] ext. 122.