CyberMedia will prepare network, electronic commerce versions of Oil Change software for Windows once the initial version ships.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--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. said that network and electronic commerce versions are in the future for CyberMedia's new Oil Change update automation utility. "In a large organization, it makes a great deal of sense to bring update files onto the LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and update users from there," Warrier said. "That is the basis of a corporate version we are planning for our Oil Change product line some time after the first products ship in September." Also on CyberMedia's slates is a future version that will support electronic commerce. Warrier remarked: "At some point, we expect the marketplace to want us to generalize generalize /gen·er·al·ize/ (-iz) 1. to spread throughout the body, as when local disease becomes systemic. 2. to form a general principle; to reason inductively. the functionality of Oil Change beyond its support for updates. The challenge of also dealing with upgrades is in assuring that the product is delivered and the payment is made. We are looking at the ways in which in we can support electronic commerce standards. "Our goal is to make Oil Change a transparent, non-intrusive avenue between users and vendors. We are not looking to create standards -- some good ones seem to be emerging without our help. We are looking to take what we do and extend it, to whatever extent that continues to make sense." 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 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 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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