CyberMedia to offer OEMs special versions of Oil Change software.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996--CyberMedia Inc. announced an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and program for its new Oil Change software that can provide OEMs with custom versions of this automated-updates utility. This will provide vendors with limited-functionality versions of Oil Change that they can bundle with their products at a low unit cost. "While many vendors, including us, have self-update features, the technology in Oil Change is more sophisticated and a better fit for OEMs," said CyberMedia President Unni Warrier Unni Warrier is the co-founder, and former president, chairman, and CEO of CyberMedia, a public company providing automatic service and support software for the PC. Biography Unni Warrier is a tech entrepreneur. . Oil Change software compares current software and driver revision levels See version number. on a user's Windows PC An x86-based computer that runs some version of Windows. See x86 and Windows. 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. Oil Change will be available as a retail product 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, Calif. 90405; phone 310/581-4700; fax 310/581-4720; e-mail info@cybermedia.com; World Wide Web URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. http://www.cybermedia.com CONTACT: CyberMedia Inc., Santa Monica Giselle Bisson, 310/581-4700 press@cybermedia.com or Capital Relations Tina Bradford, 805/494-0830 tbradford@caprel.com |
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