CyberMedia opens Oil Change software "Medallion" program to sign up vendors to standards that help automate software, driver updates.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996--CyberMedia Inc. announced a Medallion Partner program for computer industry companies that want to assure their users can automatically find and install updates using Oil Change software.

The first companies to commit to the program are Software Publishing Corp., Cardinal Technologies Inc., PureData Ltd. and Quarterdeck Corp.

Oil Change software compares current software and driver revision levels on a user's Windows PC to update revision levels available from vendor support sites. It notifies users when updates are available, and after asking permission, automatically fetches and installs them.

"Software Publishing Corp. is very pleased to support CyberMedia's Oil Change as a new standard in on-line distribution," said Brad Peppard, VP marketing for Software Publishing. "Every month, development cycles become more and more compressed, especially on the Internet.

"The ability to make it as fast and easy as possible for our customers to receive the latest upgrades, updates and beta revs through Oil Change will improve customer satisfaction, reduce tech support calls and raise the standard for customer service in the industry."

"Cardinal Technologies is pleased to join the Medallion Partner program for CyberMedia's Oil Change," said Cardinal Technologies Corporate Communications Director Tom Ransom. "Oil Change will simplify our customers' lives and offers an additional compelling reason to `get wired.'

"Oil Change will allow us to provide better service with greater convenience for our customers. There are now so many communications applications that our customers are running. Oil Change will help assure us that our customers are getting the benefits from the latest updates."

Participation in the Oil Change Medallion program involves no fees. Vendors assent to providing their on-line updates in a way that makes it easy for Oil Change to find and automatically install. For most vendors, this requires little or no change to the way they already routinely prepare such files.

Oil Change Medallion program information is freely available to software and driver developers at the company's Web site (http://www.cybermedia.com) or by contacting the company.

Oil Change will be available in September for less than $70 (suggested U.S. resale at participating resellers).

Privately held CyberMedia Inc., founded in 1981, develops and markets software products that help Windows PC users fix or avoid problems on their own, reducing their dependency on vendor or help desk technical support. Its First Aid 95 product family is on most utility software hot-seller lists.

For additional information contact CyberMedia Inc., 3000 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405; phone [phone]; fax [phone]; e-mail [e-mail]; World Wide Web URL http://www.cybermedia.com; America Online keyword "CYBERMEDIA"; CompuServe "Go CyberMedia."

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