Dell Teams with 10 Small Businesses to Ease Federal Government Technology Procurement

New BigFix(R) Software Deployment Service Helps Reduce Cost and Complexity of Software Lifecycle Management

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Business Editors/Technology Writers /Government Writers

WASHINGTON----Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) has
joined 10 small-business government contractors to further enable the
Federal government's procurement of quality, affordable technology
solutions., Lyme Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is a trusted and diversified
information -technology supplier and partner, and sells a comprehensive
portfolio of products and services directly to customers worldwide. BigFix's advantages in simplifying, reducing the cost and improving
the quality of software management make direct contributions to improving
infrastructure-wide security and compliance with prevailing laws, regulations
and organizational policies.

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The new BigFix services, available immediately, assure fast and successful
distribution and provisioning of software applications and upgrades developed
in-house or from third-party vendors including Adobe, Macromedia and Real
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These small businesses, some woman- or minority-owned
companies, have significant experience working with the federal
government. The company has
established new relationships with AVR Enterprises , Inc., Blue Tech,
Inc., and Wildflower
International, Ltd. With experience in hundreds of customer sites worldwide,
managing software on millions of computers, BigFix is well-suited to take a
leadership position in providing technology and services solutions for
customers converging their IT security and configuration management
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With BigFix, customers can view and control a wide range of device security
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NOTE: BigFix, BigFix Enterprise Suite and the BigFix logo are trademarks
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BigFix Customer Value Proposition
Founded in 1997, BigFix provides comprehensive and innovative security
configuration and systems management solutions for real-time visibility and
control of computers across the distributed enterprise.

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BigFix enables organizations to better manage their global IT
infrastructures with solutions to discover, analyze, change and maintain
security and software configurations faster and more accurately, resulting in
improved processes, greater visibility, better security and more reliable
services while reducing costs.

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The BigFix solution is a scalable and extensible platform that enables IT
to discover, analyze, change and maintain security and software configurations
faster and more accurately throughout their distributed IT infrastructure .

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"As a trusted partner to the federal government, we recognize that
government customers can benefit from leveraging the unique expertise
of small business," said Troy West, vice president of Dell's Federal
business. "Our partnership with these best-in-class small business
contractors will further enable the government to procure the
technology it needs, while supporting small businesses and getting a
truly valuable solution to their information technology (IT)
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Complements BigFix Technology Platform By Enabling Rapid Distribution and
Deployment of In-House-Developed and Commonly Used Business Software

EMERYVILLE, Calif. BigFix solutions are
proven in production at more than 400 enterprises, government agencies and
public sector institutions worldwide , and currently manage over 5,000,000
desktop and mobile clients, workstations, and servers.

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The company has received numerous awards and industry recognitions,
including the 2005 Codie Award for Best Security Product and the SC Magazine
Product of the Year Award in 2004 .

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Delivered in conjunction with the BigFix Enterprise Suite, BigFix
Services can be tailored for each unique organization's needs and IT
environment.

Software Lifecycle Management
Using multiple point solutions for different software lifecycle and
security configuration management functions generates unnecessary purchasing,
deployment, implementation and maintenance costs and introduces additional
risk.

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"Customers select BigFix for an easy-to-implement automated solution to
meet their security, compliance, inventory management, patching and software
distribution needs," said George Kellar, Chief Marketing Officer, BigFix, Inc.bigfix.

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Dell, recognized by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company
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for the past year was $49. These expenses and risks can be particularly acute in enterprise
infrastructures that number in the tens-of-thousands of desktop PCs, mobile
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"Offering BigFix Software Distribution and Deployment Services is another way
we help our customers quickly reap the benefits from simplified and
consolidated software lifecycle management using a single BigFix
infrastructure.

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They will make Dell systems available through their GSA
schedules, helping the government to secure the technology solutions
it requires while meeting its small business set-aside requirements., Technology
Integration Group and Worldwide Technologies, Inc.

About Dell

Dell Inc., BigFix, a leading provider of
enterprise security configuration management solutions, now offers customers a
new portfolio of professional services to accelerate distribution and
deployment of third-party and proprietary software applications to servers,
desktops and laptops throughout their distributed IT infrastructures.

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