FullTime Software Chooses Legato Systems to Promote Complementary Solutions Based on FullTime's New Product Line; FullTime Awareness Module Planned for Legato NetWorker.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998--Fulltime(TM) Software (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :FTSW) today announced that Legato Systems, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LGTO LGTO Legato Systems (stock symbol) ) products will support FullTime's new solutions which ensure applications, data and system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. are available to users during both planned and unplanned computing events. Specifically, the companies are working together to deliver solutions to joint customers that better manage system and application resources during the most common of planned computing events -- network backup. Legato NetWorker will be one of the first applications to be supported by FullTime's new Awareness Modules. Today's announcement builds upon the joint marketing, sales and development agreement announced March 16, 1998, in which the companies agreed to share named 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 accounts and help each other deliver integrated solutions to mutual customers. Legato and FullTime Software will continue to distribute their own solutions. Both companies will promote a complementary solution based on FullTime's new product line, including FullTime Cluster(TM) 4.0; FullTime Data(TM) 4.0; FullTime Awareness Modules(TM); FullTime Enterprise(TM) 4.0; and FullTime Department(TM) 4.0. These new products broaden FullTime's solution set to ensure uptime not only during unplanned computing events -- such as system, application or network failure -- but also during planned computing events -- such as operational maintenance. (See today's separate release for details.) FullTime's new Awareness Module for Legato NetWorker will provide sensors and actuators to trigger activities for the application -- acting together with rules for managing and controlling Legato NetWorker across a continuum of service events. Awareness Modules give users greater control over their computing infrastructures, and provide richer collaborative capabilities among applications. Additionally, FullTime will support Legato GEMS framework. (See Legato's July 6th release entitled "Legato Systems Announces Legato OpenGEMS Development Partner Program" for details.) "The FullTime Awareness Module planned for Legato NetWorker will make FullTime's solutions literally 'Legato NetWorker-aware,' ensuring that our joint customers' installations will be more efficient," said David R. Malmstedt, senior vice president, field operations, FullTime Software. "Working with the Legato sales force, we will continue to identify mutual customers and deliver complementary solutions that offer more comprehensive capabilities." "FullTime's ability to ensure uptime during planned system backups is a key component of Legato's comprehensive solution for customers who need to proactively manage application and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. across the total spectrum of computing events," said Nora Denzel, senior vice president of Legato Systems, Inc. About FullTime Software FullTime Software, formerly known as the Qualix Group, Inc., is a leading developer of enterprise-wide, cross platform adaptive computing Also known as "reconfigurable computing," it refers to a logic chip that can change its physical circuitry on the fly. Evolved from programmable architectures such as CPLD and FPGA, adaptive computing is an order of magnitude faster in rate of reuse (ROR) and can reconfigure itself in solutions that enable customers to proactively manage application service level availability. Its products help customers to optimize IT resources while maximizing reliability, accessibility and efficiency of applications across a continuum of business events. FullTime Software products have assured the availability of business-critical applications at more than 17,000 installations around the world, including government organizations and Fortune 1000 companies in the telecommunications, finance, retail, high technology and other industries. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., with 24 offices worldwide and distribution across more than 70 countries. Effective July 7, 1998, the Company began conducting business as "FullTime Software, Inc.", and trading in the Company's common stock will commence on the NASDAQ National Market under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "FTSW." At its upcoming annual meeting to be held in November, the company will seek the necessary approval to change the company's legal name to FullTime Software, Inc. For more information, contact FullTime Software at 650/572-0200, e-mail info-pr@fullsw.com or visit http://www.fulltimesoftware.com. About Legato Systems Legato Systems, Inc. develops, markets and supports an integrated set of enterprise storage management software products for heterogeneous client/server computing environments. The company's solution is selected by large customers around the world because of its reliability, platform-independence and unique ability to seamlessly integrate with existing and future computing environments. Legato's storage management software has become the recognized de-factor standard with the largest installed base, representing over 15,000 customers, protecting more than 2,000,000 systems. 23 of the world's largest system and applications vendors have chosen Legato's software as their preferred storage management solution for their customers, including Banyan, Compaq/Digital, Compaq/Tandem, Data General, Fujitsu/Amdahl, Fujitsu/ICL, Groupebull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Informix, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Netscape, Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Nihon-Unisys, Oracle, Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. , Silicon Graphics, Sony and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . The company's NetWorker, BusinessSuite and GEMS products are also licensed, resold, or endorsed by other major vendors, including BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. , Computer Associates, IBM/Tivoli, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , MTI MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) , Novell and SAP. Legato's home page address on the World Wide Web is http://www.legato.com. Except for historical information, the information in this news release is forward-looking including with respect to its earnings for the quarter and year which ended June 30, 1998, and subject to certain risks, including without limitation, those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997 and Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1997, December 31, 1997, and March 31, 1998. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that future results, outcomes or events will not vary, perhaps materially, from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: Qualix Group, Octopus, FullTime and FullTime Software are trademarks of FullTime Software, Inc. All other product, trademark, company or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Legato NetWorker is a registered trademark, and NetWorker Archive, NetWorker HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. , ClientPak, SmartClient, SmartMedia, StorSuite, BusinessSuite, Power Edition, Legato GEMS, and OpenTape are trademarks of Legato Systems, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other products, trademarks, company, or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: FullTime Software, Inc.
Laurie Thomas, 650/572-0200 ext. 3425
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Technology Solutions, Inc.
Robert Keosheyan, 408/280-6000 ext. 220
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Legato Systems, Inc.
Suzan Woods, 650/812-6112
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