ZERO G SHIPS INSTALLANYWHERE® 4.5: LATEST VERSION OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MULTI-PLATFORM SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT SOLUTION

MAJOR UPGRADE DELIVERS MAC OS X SUPPORT, ADVANCED INSTALLER LOOK AND FEEL OPTIONS, ENHANCED INSTALLER OPTIMIZATION, INCREASED PLATFORM SUPPORT AND FUNCTIONALITY, AND HUNDREDS OF NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 15, 2001) - Zero G Software, Inc., the leading provider of multi-platform, software deployment solutions, today announced the immediate availability of InstallAnywhere 4.5. InstallAnywhere, the world's most powerful software deployment solution, is now even better, with hundreds of enhancements - including increased platform support, improved installer optimization, and integration with the company's complete software updating solution, PowerUpdate.

InstallAnywhere 4.5 creates installers that meet the demands of diverse computing environments, and understand the systems on which they are deployed - making even the most complex software configuration easy. Its intuitive architecture brings intelligence to the process of installing any kind of software, including desktop software, enterprise software, or multi-tiered Web services, onto any client or server platform, configuring those applications for optimal performance. InstallAnywhere handles all of the installation details automatically, minimizes time-to-deployment, and increases productivity.

By delivering an ideal mix of power, ease of use, and functionality, the award-winning InstallAnywhere family has become the preferred choice of multi-platform developers worldwide. No matter how simple or complex the installation, method of distribution or whether the installation is onto a single machine, to multiple servers or across an international enterprise, InstallAnywhere streamlines the intricacies of deploying software to different platforms, anywhere, anytime.

Moai, an e-commerce infrastructure provider of online negotiation solutions, is using InstallAnywhere to deploy LiveExchange", its enterprise-class online negotiation software, and CompleteSource" Enterprise, its e-sourcing solution, to customers worldwide. By creating a single, multi-platform deployment solution, InstallAnywhere's flexible and intuitive installers enable Moai to deliver its world-class technology to customers anywhere, on any platform.

"The requirements of Web-based solutions have forever changed application development and deployment," according to Evan Quinn, chief analyst, Hurwitz Group. "Software installation and configuration solutions with a "one-size fits all" approach do not synchronize with today's highly distributed, multi-platform computing environments. Zero G's approach to installation and software deployment help streamline the process for ISVs and IT alike by taking the guesswork out of platform-specific issues. In addition, ISVs and IT departments can customize Zero G's smart, highly flexible installation scenarios to deal with particularly complex deployments."

"As our customers' needs for seamless deployment, configuration and distribution become more sophisticated, InstallAnywhere will continue to deliver the functionality that they count on to deploy their applications, whether they are multi-tiered Web services deployed onto servers across an enterprise, or platform-specific software installed onto client systems across the network," said Eric N. Shapiro, CEO of Zero G. "InstallAnywhere has been designed from the ground up for complex multi-platform performance. And with the addition of native Mac OS X functionality to our growing family of supported platforms, we continue to have the broadest platform support in the industry, bar none."

Robust Feature Set Makes Anytime, Anywhere Deployment a Reality

• With the ability to run an installer in graphical, silent or console modes, to install and configure both Java and platform-specific software, the ability to integrate with PowerUpdate (Zero G's complete software updating solution), and to install to more platforms than any other available solution, InstallAnywhere continues to set the bar for deployment solutions. InstallAnywhere 4.5 features:
• Support for virtually any platform, including: Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, Free BSD, and others. Newly supported platforms include Windows XP, Mac OS X, AIX 5L, and HP-UX 11i
• PowerUpdate, Zero G's complete software updating solution, now integrated into InstallAnywhere, providing end-to-end installation, configuration and updating functionality
• Mac OS X-specific features, such as:
• installing aliases and files into the Dock, creation of launchers for Java applications, and authenticating as an administrator for Mac OS
• complete support for the Mac OS file system, including dual-fork files and file permissions
• built in understanding of the Mac Classic environment, building installers that can run on either the classic Mac OS or Mac OS X
• complete Aqua support for true Mac OS X look and feel
• Complex optimization logic enables installers to package only required platform-specific resources, allowing true multi-platform projects
• Improved Windows registry support for all registry data types, importing existing registry entries into projects, and the rollback or deletion of exiting entries during uninstallation
• Advanced installer look and feel options, including:
  • installers that run in multiple user interface modes such as Swing, AWT, Console and Silent
  • ability to add background images to installers
  • bulleted list of installer steps, highlighting each phase of installation
  • JPEG, GIF, and new PNG graphic format support for alpha-transparency
  • ability to display HTML-formatted text during installation
• Creates production-ready installers that are ready to be distributed using the Web installer, or burned onto CD-ROMs
• Ability to modify text files during installation based upon complex rules
• Hundreds of other enhancements

The InstallAnywhere Family

The InstallAnywhere 4.5 family - Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, and Now! - streamlines the complexity of multi-platform software deployment with an intuitive interface that gives software producers a single solution that handles the intricacies of deploying software to different platforms, across the enterprise or around the world.

InstallAnywhere 4.5 Enterprise Edition, the world's most powerful multi-platform software deployment solution, simplifies complex installations and provides maximum developer customization, along with full international support for 29 different languages. Available for USD $2,495.

InstallAnywhere 4.5 Standard Edition, the industry standard for multi-platform software installation, offers more features and customizability than every other product in its class. Available for USD $995.

InstallAnywhere 4.5 Now! is the easiest, quickest, and most inexpensive way to build multi-platform software installers. It may be downloaded free of charge from the company's website, www.ZeroG.com.

About Zero G

Founded in 1996, Zero G is the leading developer of multi-platform software deployment and updating solutions. Some of the blue-chip software producers who count on Zero G are Adobe, Apple, AT&T, BEA Systems, Borland, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Iona, Intel, Nortel, Novell, and Sun Microsystems. Privately held, Zero G is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and may be contacted at 1-415-512-7771 or found on the Internet at http://www.ZeroG.com

About KAPITEC Software

KAPITEC Software is a French VAR company which was founded in 2000. The company is the reseller of InstallAnywhere.