Full Armor Announces FAZAM 5.5 and Continues to HelpFortune 1000 Companies Reduce Total Cost of...

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000

American Express and Scott Air Force Base Manage PCs with

Full Armor Enterprise Policy Management Solution

Full Armor Corp., provider of enterprise policy management software, today announces

The FAZAM policy management software embraces and extends Microsoft Corp.'s system policies with flexible lockdown to increase TCO savings by simplifying each users' desktop computing environment, pro-actively maintaining hardware and application configurations, and minimizing the risk of system corruption. FAZAM 5.5 currently runs on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems and future versions will support mixed and heterogeneous Windows 2000 environments.

"Full Armor's solutions give business customers the management flexibility needed to reduce their total cost of ownership today," said Keith White, Director of Windows Marketing, Microsoft Corp. "Through Full Armor's solutions customers will be able to move to the next level of enterprise computing and take advantage of the enhanced manageability features that Windows 2000 offers."

"We successfully use Full Armor to assist our end users by preventing configuration trouble," states Vesa Rasanen, IT project manager, at American Express Corporation. "I can't imagine configuring a PC without Full Armor."

"Not only has FAZAM helped us reduce our TCO but we have also seen a significant savings in labor and service costs," states Captain Mike Imholz, Chief of Operations Plans, 375th Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base. "We look forward to the additional features and benefits in version 5.5."

"It has been estimated by industry analysts that our Enterprise Management Tools can deliver $1,210 in annual savings per PC each year, reducing support and downtime costs," said Richard Farrell, Full Armor's President. "This latest version of our enterprise policy management solution will help companies achieve these savings by providing additional control and proactive configuration of the desktop."

Pricing and Availability

Full Armor Zero Administration runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and future versions will run on Windows 2000. The software is compatible with Windows NT, Novell, and Banyan Vines networks and does not require a special network carrier. FAZAM 5.5 is currently available and pricing is based on the number of clients with a typical 1,000 PC network priced at $40 US list per client.

About FAZAM

Full Armor's FAZAM enhances the functionality of Microsoft's system policies, converting the core functionality delivered with the operating system into a complete Enterprise Policy Management solution. FAZAM provides administrators with a single, easy to use interface for managing PC configurations across the enterprise for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 and future Windows 2000 platforms. Full Armor Zero Administration proactively enforces PC standards with a customizable lockdown approach based on proven methodologies. The software delivers total cost of ownership (TCO) savings and provides a framework for flexibly balancing end user needs with IT manageability and costs.

About Full Armor

Full Armor Corporation, based in Boston, MA, is the leading provider of enterprise policy management software and services for distributed computing environments. Since 1994, Full Armor's mission has been to keep PCs up and running using policy management, with customers such as Toshiba, Compaq, Price Costco, Wal-Mart, American Express and The Stanley Works. Full Armor licenses its products and offers services to Fortune 1000 companies, software vendors and service providers around the world. For additional information please call 617/457-8100 or visit www.fullarmor.com.

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