org, the
industry's first forum dedicated to the patch management industry, today
announced that it has developed a new mailing list to address issues network
administrators are facing with the release of Microsoft(R) Windows Server
Update Services (WSUS). "The new WSUS mailing list,
along with the existing PatchManagement mailing list , are ideal resources for
all the information organizations need about these technologies.org listserver and webserver are hosted by Shavlik
Technologies, LLC.com using StrongMail.
Users can personalize email campaigns without a separate data export
step by selecting data fields that are then inserted in the HTML or
XSL mailing template.com offers its customers the most mature
on-demand offering , one that includes powerful integration
capabilities via the sforce platform, customization tools through
Customforce.

StrongMail Systems is the only company that is 100% focused on
providing a complete infrastructure to solve today's challenges for
email senders.
NetCracker has long supported such standards and is the poster-child for open
interfaces and streamlined integration," Feinberg continued.
The NetCracker OSS solution combines software, services and expertise to help
customers address their most pressing OSS challenges so that they can deliver
products to the market more rapidly and profitability.com.

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The PatchManagement.com.com is a leading CRM application on the market today
and the StrongMail Connector makes it easy for organizations using
salesforce to extend the reach of their customer facing initiatives
through email communication," said Frank Addante, CEO of StrongMail
Systems. "In addition to the performance StrongMail brings to email
delivery , StrongMail Connector for salesforce.com's
intuitive and flexible architecture that its customer 's rely on for
customer acquisition and retention.5% with
delivery throughput of over 1 million messages per hour. NetCracker's pre-integrated
product modules include Network Inventory Management , Auto Design + Assign,
Network Discovery + Reconciliation, Outside Plant, Order Management, Asset
Management and Telecom Cost Management.

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PatchManagement.

StrongMail Systems Announces Availability of New Sforce Solution

These integrations make key business information
available to users from all of their favorite applications and tools.com's customers. Free
access to the sforce community , as well as more information on the
sforce Developer Program, is available at http://sforce. StrongMail has pioneered the world's first email
application server to simplify the development and management of email
applications for transactional and marketing communications.0 in Q3 2005
* Extending the current set of APIs to support SOA environments in Q4 2005
* Further extending the scalability and availability of the NetCracker OSS
Solution by combining SOA architecture with other NetCracker
capabilities, such as application server-level clustering,
* Establishing a dedicated team to work with NetCracker clients on
designing and implementing an SOA architecture and to "productize" best
practices for an SOA-based OSS
* Participation in industry standards bodies such as OSS/J (OSS through
Java) and the TeleManagement Forum's Next Generation OSS (NGOSS)
working group to further SOA-based approaches to building OSS
solutions, and to ensure standards applicability and relevancy in
actual OSS implementations

"To truly be 'Next Generation OSS', adopting industry standards and
demonstrating 'ease of software integration ' are absolutely critical..

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mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

StrongMail Connector immediately connects through
StrongMail Express, a web-based messaging application for business
senders, enabling users to quickly generate mailing lists based on
canned queries, partially-custom, or fully-customized search criteria.
Founded in 2002, StrongMail Systems is privately held and funded
by Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures .0 and WebSphere 6.

list architecture

org is moderated by five
independent security industry professionals:

Scott Korman - Microsoft MVP for Software Distribution and WSUS
Tina Bird - Security Architect for InfoExpress
Ryan Russell - Published Author and QA Manager for BigFix
Jason Chan - Security Consultant for Symantec
Eric Schultze - Chief Security Architect for Shavlik and former member of
the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing Team

"Effective patch management continues to be the single most important
measure organizations can take to maintain proper security levels," said Eric
Schultze, chief security architect for Shavlik.com Makes Emailing to Contacts
and Leads Easy, Fast, and Scalable

StrongMail Systems, Inc.com and Supportforce . We
have provided support for accessing our inventory information through XML-
based JMS messages , SOAP and Web Services since 2001.

internet architecture

About PatchManagement.com.com customers, StrongMail
Connector enables business senders to email contacts and leads stored
in Salesforce.com and complete globalization with 11 languages., NetCracker Technology, a leading
provider of OSS and IT Infrastructure Management solutions, announced today
its Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy.

About NetCracker Technology
NetCracker Technology is a leading provider of OSS solutions for
telecommunications service providers, government agencies and cable operators.

computers services

org Mailing List First Independent, Multi -Vendor Forum
Dedicated to Microsoft WSUS

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PatchManagement .org .

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers/Internet Writers

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StrongMail Connector for Salesforce.
The sforce on demand platform allows solution developers to
customize, integrate and extend salesforce. The NetCracker strategy
includes NetCracker product enhancements and "best practices" implementation
methodologies and includes the entire NetCracker OSS Solution.com

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patchmanagement."
With more than 13,300 customers and 214,000 subscribers of all
sizes, geographies and industries as of Dec.com
Like the sforce platform, StrongMail EAS , an email application
server, and StrongMail Express, its open source web-based UI, are
based entirely on open standards and technologies, providing
integration through XML / SOAP, content through HTTP and XML / XSL,
and delivery through SMTP. The Company is headquartered
in Redwood Shores , CA.com

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services soap

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Readers may sign up for the new WSUS mailing list at the
http: //www.
The pre-integrated, packaged offering of StrongMail Connector for
Salesforce.
"Salesforce . Using StrongMail, businesses have cut
development time of email solutions by over 80%, cut operating costs
by 50%, and achieved sustained deliverability rates of 99. It
includes a high-performance MTA optimized for speed and
deliverability, a load balancer designed specifically for email, and
application building blocks for dynamic content, tracking, bounce
handling, and CAN-SPAM and anti -spam compliance. StrongMail is
application agnostic and easily integrates with list managers, CRM and
marketing applications, and custom developed solutions to make sending
email as easily and reliable as dial-tone.strongmailsystems.

web mailing

PAUL, Minn., the only company 100% focused on
providing a complete infrastructure for email senders, today announced
the availability of StrongMail Connector for Salesforce. 31, 2004, salesforce.com via the sforce Web
service API.

For more information , visit www. SOA solutions enable telecom
operators to establish, automate and maintain all of their business processes
while still retaining the ability to update these processes or perform point-
to-point or EAI integrations when required.

discussion computers

The WSUS mailing list is dedicated to discussing the how-to's and best
practices for managing WSUS in a corporate environment.
The WSUS mailing list at PatchManagement.com allows customers to seamlessly import lists and manage
communications with clients, customers and prospects stored in
Salesforce. SOA is becoming the standard for
solution architecture because interfaces are platform-independent, and because
the ubiquitous and abstracted nature of the service supports flexibility in
choosing which service implementation to use.wingerter@netcracker .

lists com

New Mailing List Addresses Issues Around Microsoft WSUS

, PatchManagement.
The latest mailing list was added to the site due to the recently
announced release of Microsoft WSUS at Microsoft Tech -Ed in Orlando, Florida.com via the sforce on-demand platform and
immediately available to salesforce . Now in its 17th
generation, salesforce.
A variety of systems and platforms, including enterprise
applications, desktop solutions, mobile devices and IP phone systems,
integrate with Salesforce . Combined with the more than 5,000 sforce developers, this
activity demonstrates the importance and popularity of sforce
solutions for thousands of salesforce.
Leveraging standards and technologies from the Service Oriented
Architectures (SOA), sforce continues to demonstrate how the on demand
platforms are a central part of the new enterprise IT strategies.

About StrongMail Systems , Inc. "We built our application using 100% Java and Sun's n-
tier standards for interoperability and scalability back when most companies
where adding proprietary C and CORBA interfaces to their closed systems. Founded in 1993, NetCracker
Technology is headquartered in Waltham, MA, and can be reached at 1-781-419-
3300 or http://www.

Press/Analyst Contact: Company Contact:
Kimberly Maxwell Julie Wingerter
NetPR NetCracker Technology
1 (850) 835-2694 1 (781) 419-3300
julie.

computers architecture

org is the industry 's first mailing list dedicated to the
discussion of patch management. Whether it's a Linux operating system patch or
a Microsoft application hotfix, PatchManagement. To sign up for the PatchManagement .com
is the world's most widely used on-demand CRM.
"We have long been the OSS industry leader in advocating open systems,
published APIs, and Web-based applications," said Andrew Feinberg, President
and CEO of NetCracker."

NetCracker's SOA strategy includes:
* Full support for SOA based application server platforms such as BEA's
WebLogic 9.

lists develop

Moderators and
contributors will discuss topics including setup and installation of WSUS,
recommended deployment configurations and troubleshooting tips.org is the place for
information.patchmanagement.
Since its launch in June 2003, the sforce Web service API has
grown to represent 20 percent of Salesforce.com traffic . In contrast to traditional packaged software,
sforce allows developers to use the tools they already know and love
from IBM, BEA (NASDAQ:BEAS), Borland (NASDAQ:BORL) and Microsoft
(NASDAQ:MSFT), and open source solutions like Perl and PHP, to build
CRM integrations and applications with record speed and success. NetCracker solutions
help customers deploy new products, reduce service delivery costs, manage
network inventory, and track telecom assets.

list com

Shavlik Technologies is a registered trademark in the United States and
certain other countries, of Shavlik Technologies. Tightly
integrated with Salesforce.com to create sophisticated
custom CRM solutions.

NetCracker Unveils Plans for Service -Oriented Architecture Solution

As a result of our
early vision, today we have the most advanced , mature OSS application on the
market.
Service-Oriented Architecture is a software architecture in which all
functions, or services, are defined using unified service description language
and have well-defined public interfaces.

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org discussion list, visit
http://www.com provides message
personalization , real-time delivery monitoring, and open and click
tracking features for continued enhancement to Saleforce. This
translates to millions of requests each day coming from integrated
desktop and enterprise applications, rather than from a Web browser
alone. Vendor Maintains Software and Architectural Leadership

WALTHAM, Mass. Providing full solution support for SOA-based Next Generation OSS
implementations is a natural step in maintaining this architectural
leadership .