Exponential Growth in the Patch Management Marketplace Propelling Ecora towards Leadership Role.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2003

Driven by customer demand, Ecora announces accelerated product

development roadmap to deliver major feature enhancements throughout

the year

With customer demand driving the rapid escalation of the patch management market, Ecora Software is today announcing its comprehensive patch analysis and remediation product roadmap that will deliver significant feature enhancements in every quarter of this year. And, in a separate announcement, Ecora is delivering the first of these new products with the release of Patch Manager 3.0.

"The importance of patch management has been pushed to the forefront by such virus attacks as Nimba and SQL Slammer," said Ronni Colville, research director, Gartner, Inc. "As a result, the deployment of an automated patch management solution is now imperative to the health of the enterprise to quickly evaluate and mitigate the vulnerabilities of servers and PCs throughout the IT infrastructure."

It's been well documented that missing critical security patches can expose vulnerabilities across an organization's entire network infrastructure. These recent events are causing organizations to seriously consider the ramification of not keeping up-to-date on all the latest patches across the enterprise

"This is a rapidly maturing market that's experiencing explosive growth. As a result, users are defining their requirements for patching systems, and this is pushing the market to quickly respond with new products," said Alex Bakman, CEO of Ecora. "Working closely with our customers continues to provide the blueprint for our highly-successful Patch Manager software. And now, we're uniquely positioned to lead the market by leveraging our cross-platform expertise and substantial research and development resources to deliver the most advanced patch management products in an aggressive timeframe."

Starting with the release of Patch Manager 3.0 this quarter and continuing throughout 2003, Ecora will rollout major new versions of its patch management products. Some of the important upcoming and differentiating features include:

Policy Manager - Reduce operational costs and save IT admin time

with completely-automated, enterprise-wide patch analysis and

remediation. Simply define the corporate rules for what systems

need to be patched and how, and Patch Manager will automate the

process without the need for user intervention.

Reporting Center - From a central repository of ongoing patch

activity across the enterprise, run reports to analyze and monitor

what patches were missing, the systems that were patched, and

other critical information required for compliance to corporate

standards.

Unix/Linux Remediation - Automatically analyze and remediate Unix

(Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX) and Linux systems for a truly

enterprise-wide solution.

Patch Anything Technology - With just a few mouse clicks, users

can quickly analyze patches for any vendor's software in the

enterprise and automatically apply the appropriate level of

remediation.

N-Tier Architecture - Provides unlimited scalability to

intelligently and efficiently distribute patches, patch databases,

and policies throughout even the largest enterprise.

Patch Manager is also an integral component of Ecora's Total Configuration Management (TCM) solution suite, a proactive and holistic approach to securing the IT infrastructure and reducing operational costs through multi-platform, enterprise-wide configuration reporting, change monitoring, and patch management.

For more information on Patch Manager, the TCM suite, and how Ecora can help secure your organization's infrastructure and reduce costs, contact Ecora sales by phone at 877.923.2672, email [e-mail] or visit www.ecora.com.

To find out how Ecora allows independent software vendors (ISVs) to add significantly greater value to their solutions by integrating Ecora Patch Manager into their products, contact Ecora's Technology Partner Program at [e-mail].

About Ecora Software:

Ecora provides a total configuration management solution that automates multi-platform configuration reporting, change monitoring, and patch management. Ecora's solutions enhance efficiency and reduce the costs associated with IT compliance, business continuity, and vulnerability assessment while providing the means to monitor change and plan for recovery. Ecora supports enterprise platforms from Cisco Systems, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat, and Citrix.

Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Microsoft, MS-SQL, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Lotus and Domino are trademarks of Lotus Corporation. Citrix is a registered trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. Ecora is a registered trademark of Ecora Software Corporation.