Configuresoft Named Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Company for 2002; Enterprise Configuration Manager Product Cited for Ability to Lower Total Cost of Ownership.

Business/Technology Editors

WOODLAND PARK, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

Configuresoft, the Windows NT/2000 configuration management company, today announced that it has been selected one of the Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002 by Computerworld magazine. Configuresoft and its core products Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM), ECM Windows 9x Migration Planner, and the ECM Security Update Manager, were honored for helping enterprises lower the total cost of ownership for IT systems by reducing support needs and monitoring hardware and software configuration changes. The company was named a Top 100 company to watch in the network and systems management category.

"Today's emerging companies are operating in a tough economic climate, and must transform adversity into opportunity to succeed," said Maryfran Johnson, editor in chief of Computerworld. "The Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002 continue to innovate and have demonstrated that they have the foundation, vision, and strategy to prosper. They are the ones to watch in 2002."

Organizations selected as Computerworld Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002 are those companies that are making significant, innovative contributions to the IT industry and corporate computing and are worth watching in the year ahead. To select the Top 100 Emerging Companies, a panel of Computerworld editors and a select group of information technology industry influencers representing senior-level executives who are both providers and users of IT reviewed nominations from for-profit ventures with revenue less than $250 million and founded no earlier than 1996.

"We are honored to be one of Computerworld's Top 100 Emerging Companies for 2002," said Alexander Goldstein, president and CEO, Configuresoft. "This award provides further validation of the large return on investment and cost savings we deliver to enterprises, the market leadership of our technology, and the growing need for a proactive approach to enterprise IT management."

About Enterprise Configuration Manager

ECM centralizes and automates the labor-intensive task of monitoring, managing, and auditing the hardware and software configurations of Windows NT/2000 systems deployed in large enterprise networks or Web server farms. ECM enables enterprises to efficiently and cost-effectively standardize server, workstation, and mobile system configurations, and keep them in compliance, to minimize downtime, prevent security vulnerabilities, accelerate problem resolution, reduce help desk calls, and enhance system performance. ECM can identify and help correct configuration problems before users even know they exist.

About Computerworld

Based in Framingham, Mass., Computerworld, Inc. is a complete information services company for the IT Leader community, providing print and online publications, books, conferences and research services. The company's flagship weekly newspaper for IT Leaders has been recognized numerous times by Folio: Magazine and the Computer Press Association as the best computer newspaper. With a circulation of 250,000, Computerworld has a total audience of 1,694,000, according to IntelliQuest CIMS v.8.0. News and resources for the IT Leader community are available at www.computerworld.com.

Computerworld is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 300 targeted Web sites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

About Configuresoft

Founded in 1999, Configuresoft, Inc. develops software that centralizes, automates, and dramatically lowers the cost of desktop, notebook, and server configuration management for Windows NT/2000-based networks and Web sites. The company's products are designed specifically for, and run natively on, Windows NT/2000. Configuresoft's customers are Fortune 5000 companies that are deploying or planning to deploy large Windows NT/2000-based infrastructures. Configuresoft is privately held and headquartered in Woodland Park, Colorado. To contact Configuresoft, call 719.447.4600, visit us on the Web at http://www.configuresoft.com/, or write to [e-mail].