SEATTLE, May 14, 2007 – Attachmate Corporation today announced that its WinINSTALL® product family has been recognized as a Preferred Product in the 2007 Redmond Readers’ Choice Awards. Redmond magazine readers have reinforced Attachmate’s claim to one of the industry’s highest levels of customer satisfaction by selecting WinINSTALL as a Preferred Product in three categories, including Software Packaging, Software Distribution, and Application Conflict Testing. This accolade solidifies Attachmate’s position as an industry leader, and underscores the company’s commitment to providing premier PC lifecycle management solutions.
Attachmate® WinINSTALL is a unified PC lifecycle management solution that allows IT administrators to define process workflows that dynamically manage desktop and notebook PCs from purchase to retirement. WinINSTALL 9.0, launched in March 2007, offers extensive capabilities, available through a centralized management console, that allow for enhanced vulnerability management, optimized management of remote and mobile PCs, and the ability to seamlessly integrate any third-party remote control or help desk solution for flexible control of IT investments.
“We are honored to be recognized by Redmond readers as a preferred product for software packaging, software distribution, and application conflict testing,” said Eric Varness, vice president of marketing at Attachmate. “This recognition is a clear indication that the Microsoft IT community continues to rely upon the advanced capabilities of WinINSTALL to maximize their IT investments and ensure the availability of business-critical assets.”
The Attachmate WinINSTALL product family is used by more than 5,000 companies worldwide to institute and maintain desktop standards, as well as to automate the installation of operating systems, content, and application load sets to networked and remote PCs. For the third year in a row, WinINSTALL was chosen by Redmond readers as a preferred product for software packaging and application conflict testing. For the past two years, readers also selected WinINSTALL as a preferred product for software distribution, again making WinINSTALL the only solution to be recognized as a preferred product in all three categories.
“It’s important to appreciate that this is indeed direct from our readers,” said Lafe Low, executive editor of Redmond magazine. “The winners are all chosen by our readers -- period. I salute WinINSTALL. Redmond’s readers have put you on top.”
The Redmond Readers’ Choice Awards are truly the voice of the readers. To identify the products readers use to help them get their jobs done, Redmond sends its Readers’ Choice survey form out to thousands of readers, who select their favorites in 45 categories. Responses are collected during a two-week period in January. After gathering all the results, a team of editors examines the rankings looking for any unusual patterns. Once they’re satisfied that the list is a clean and accurate representation of the readers’ true favorites, the results are posted.
Complete results of the 2007 Readers’ Choice Survey are published in the April issue of Redmond magazine.
About Redmond magazine
Redmond magazine provides cutting-edge product, business and how-to information to network professionals, IT managers and IT directors working on the Microsoft Windows platform. The monthly publication reaches 120,000 qualified subscribers. For more information, visit http://redmondmag.com
About Attachmate
Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, enables IT organizations to extend mission-critical services and assures they are managed, secure and compliant. Attachmate's leading solutions include host connectivity, systems and security management, and PC lifecycle management. Our goal is to empower IT organizations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity. For more information, visit www.attachmate.com.