SAN JOSE, CA -- May 7, 2002 -- MagniComp today announced the availability of SysInfo[tm] 4.2, its next major version of its popular product for providing IT personnel with comprehensive system information for most major UNIX and Linux platforms. New features in this release, such as the new Graphical User Interface (GUI), and significantly improved hardware information, allow System Administrators to quickly and easily obtain highly detailed information about the systems they manage. With these enhancements, MagniComp continues to build upon its world-class SysInfo[tm] product and now offers an IT solution for small to large enterprise environments.

Additional new features in this release include up to 70% performance improvement in the speed of hardware information retrieval, a 10X increase to over 8,300 in the number of recognized PCI devices, improved installation from a new self-extracting distribution file format, and the newly added printer information class. Enhancements to data output formating includes support for HTML and the ability to format output in column and row format.

"With this release, SysInfo continues to mature on multiple fronts such as ease of use with our new GUI as well as continuing to build on our 10 years of UNIX and Linux operating system and hardware knowledge base," said Michael Cooper, President and CTO of MagniComp. "The new SysInfo GUI provides an excellent means of browsing the deep details of system information, while the Command Line Interface (CLI) has continued to grow offering System Administrators near feature parity with the GUI."

Applications of SysInfo

• System configuration at a glance. You can quickly see what the hardware and software configuration is. Very useful when a System Administrator is trouble-shooting a system problem.
• Hardware problem diagnostics. You can quickly see what hardware is present and how it's configured.
• Asset information collection. You can quickly and automatically extract detailed hardware and software asset information from all of your Unix/Linux based systems. That information can then be placed in a central file repository or fed into a database using command line output or the Perl API or the C API.
• Disaster Recovery preparation. You can store all the vital system configuration information you need in the event you need to recover from a disaster. SysInfo can tell you much of the critical information you need to reconstruct your infrastructure systems. You can extract detailed hardware, software, and system configuration data and store it in a central file repository or feed it into a database using command line output, the Perl API, or the C API.
• Cross-platform scripting. SysInfo is a great foundation tool for building your multi-platform scripts and programs on. SysInfo eliminates the need for your scripts and programs to know all the OS specific details of how to obtain the information you need. This can lead to much faster development time and reduce support costs through standardization of your tool set.

Pricing and Availability

SysInfo 4.2 is now available for download and purchase from www.magnicomp.com. SysInfo will run for evaluation purposes for 60 days with full functionality without purchase. Pricing is based on the number of CPUs in a system and starts at $12 for a system with 1-4 CPUs. Volume and upgrade discounts are available. Pricing subject to change.

About SysInfo

Since 1992, MagniComp's SysInfo product enables Unix and Linux IT organizations worldwide to find and view highly detailed system, software, and hardware information. SysInfo is used directly by the worlds top companies ranging from the technology industry to worldwide financial institutions based in New York, London, and Switzerland.

SysInfo is also embedded in a broad range of products including top enterprise network management software products and as a key diagnostic and support tool in the world's premier document printing solutions.

About MagniComp

Since 1992, MagniComp has been creating the world's best and most comprehensive tools for managing Unix and Linux based systems. MagniComp's premier SysInfo product enables Unix and Linux IT organizations worldwide to find and view highly detailed system, software, and hardware information. MagniComp's RDist is the most widely used open source product in the world for software distribution on Unix and Linux based systems.

MagniComp's products are used directly by the worlds top companies ranging from the technology industry to worldwide financial institutions based in New York, London, and Switzerland. MagniComp products are also embedded in a broad range of products including the top enterprise network management software products and as a key diagnostic and support tool in the world's premier document printing solutions.

MagniComp is a privately held, profitable company based in San Jose, California, USA. For more information please visit www.MagniComp.com.

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