To: Peace who wrote (244 ) 3/2/1998 9:22:00 AM From: pat w. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 306
Monday March 2, 7:50 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Network Associates, Inc. Network Associates' Nuts & Bolts Wins PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for Best Troubleshooting Utility Nuts & Bolts Beats Norton Utilities - Receiving Its 23rd Major Review Win SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA - news) today announced that its Nuts & Bolts utility suite received the prestigious ''Editor's Choice'' award in PC Magazine's review of diagnostic utility products. The magazine's March 1998 edition ranked Nuts & Bolts as Editor's Choice in a review that analyzed several utility products, including Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC - news) Norton Utilities and CyberMedia's (Nasdaq: CYBR - news) First Aid 98. ''Nuts & Bolts has gained the edge over Norton Utilities. It deserves a place in your computing tool box,'' said PC Magazine in its review of utility products. Nuts & Bolts is an integrated utility suite that enhances PC and corporate desktop performance by allowing users to easily configure and optimize Windows environments -- ensuring high efficiency operation of personal and corporate desktops. It includes 18 modules under four functional categories: repair and recover, clean and optimize, prevent and protect, and secure and manage. Nuts & Bolts is now offered in an affordable and integrated best-of-breed product suite, which includes Network Associates' VirusScan, WebScanX, PGP Personal Privacy, Hurricane, and a new year 2000 fix capability. ''Winning PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award is like winning the 'Oscar' in the computer industry,'' said Michael Spilo, Network Associates' director of engineering for utility products. ''This award proves that Nuts & Bolts is the most comprehensive and powerful troubleshooting utility available for PC users.'' This announcement is the latest in a series of industry awards for Nuts & Bolts across the world. Since its launch in May, 1997, Nuts & Bolts has been awarded Windows Sources' Stellar award and annual Expert Choice award for top utility; Home Office Computing's Best Buy; four stars from PC Computing and Home Office Computing; and Boot Magazine's 9 of 10 rating. In addition, Nuts & Bolts debuted as the top selling Windows software title in the U.K., when it was launched there July, 1997, according to Personal Computer World. It also received a Best Buy from PC Direct; Best Diagnostic Utility from PC Advisor; four stars from Personal Computer World and What PC; a perfect score from VNU Labs' Network Solutions; and PC Guide's Best Buy and Top Score awards. Nuts & Bolts, a part of Network Associates Total ServiceDesk Suite, is sold on a stand-alone basis. Total ServiceDesk technology integrates robust help desk technology with LAN and desktop management software -- including software distribution, on-demand asset management, software licensing, automated end-user alerting, and remote control -- into a single package. With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc., (Nasdaq: NETA - news), formed by the merger of McAfee Associates and Network General, is a leading supplier of enterprise network security and management solutions. Network Associates' product offering includes four individual software suites -- McAfee Total Virus Defense, PGP Total Network Security, Sniffer Total Network Visibility and McAfee Total ServiceDesk -- which can be centrally managed from within the Network Associates' NetTools unified management environment. For more information, Network Associates can be reached at 408-988-3832 or on the Web at nai.com . SOURCE: Network Associates, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Cybermedia Inc (Nasdaq:CYBR - news) Networks Associates Inc (Nasdaq:NETA - news) Symantec Corp (Nasdaq:SYMC - news) Related News Categories: computers, software