PatchLink.com Releases Gravitix v2.0 Enterprise Edition.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 PatchLink.com Corp. Monday announced that it will release its Gravitix(TM) v2.0 Enterprise Edition in April. The latest version will be used in concert with the award-winning, PatchLink.com "IT Super Site" for the automation of patch analysis and distribution. The upgrade is capable of updating all NetWare servers (3.x. 4.x and 5.x) across a complete enterprise 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. or WAN. The application is available as both a stand-alone solution, or as part of WebConsole(R) Management Software. Gravitix is a Web-based NetWare Loadable Module See NLM. (NLM) tool that will allow network administrators to automatically connect to a central Web site to download and apply the latest NLM updates and patches to all NetWare file servers on a LAN. Administrators can use any Web browser to access the Gravitix interface and configure, view reports and choose files to update. Gravitix will also allow administrators to manage the NetWare configuration files (NCF) and update files on the NetWare DOS partition. Gravitix will soon be capable of synchronizing files across, NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (Linux and Solaris), Windows 95/98/2000, DOS, and all other platforms that support file transfer protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. . "Administrators no longer have to worry about manually updating and applying patches to every server. Gravitix will automatically do that for them. This automates file replication over the Internet or an Intranet," said Sean Moshir, president and chief executive officer of PatchLink.com Corp. "And, with the completion of Gravitix for the other operating systems, we'll have a complete, automated solution that will save companies thousands of dollars and hours tedious work." Gravitix may be utilized with PatchLink.com "IT Super Site," which is a database repository of over 40,000 patches and drivers. Or, a user may create an independent master reference site. The latest version also supports both pull and push software distribution models. The software also contains alerting mechanisms along with a scheduler. This allows for the complete automation that will ensure that a corporate server environment is always up to date, and will enhance the networks uptime and overall productivity of any workforce. PatchLink.com's products and services have recently received many industry accolades, which include InfoWorld's "Best of Test Center" and PCWeek's "Analyst's Choice Award." Additionally, PatchLink.com recently won Novell's DeveloperNet Contest in the "Best Custom Internet/Intranet Services" and "Best Commercial Software Award" categories. About PatchLink.com Corp. Founded in 1991, PatchLink.com is a leading provider of Java-based Internet and Intranet Enterprise Network Management Applications on NetWare, NT, and UNIX platforms with scripting language integration solutions as well as a patch and update super site for the Internet. PatchLink.com scripting language has shipped with over 1.5 million copies of Novell's NetWare. PatchLink.com's WebConsole was selected PCWeek's Analyst's Choice (1998 and 1997), Best NetWare Application by Novell as well as by InfoWorld Magazine as "Best of Test Center 1997." PatchLink.com's Web-based products interface with industry leaders' software such as Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), Pervasive Software (Nasdaq:PVSW PVSW Pervasive Software Inc. ), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), Cheyenne/Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA), and American Power Conversion American Power Conversion, (formerly NASDAQ: APCC) based in West Kingston, Rhode Island, is a maker of AC and DC-based back-up power products and services. APC is best known for their manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies, mostly used as a backup power system for (Nasdaq:APPC). |
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