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AppDeploy Delivers Free Windows Installer Software

Industry’s First Free Repackager Simplifies Large, Custom Application Deployment

RESTON, Va. – October 8, 2008 –AppDeploy, the leading destination for systems management professionals and the Internet’s largest community of application and computer administrators, today announced the availability of a free software tool called AppDeploy Repackager. This innovative product is available at no cost to the AppDeploy community (www.appdeploy.com) and is the industry’s first free tool dedicated to the complex task of Windows Installer repackaging. Aligning with AppDeploy’s charter of community involvement, the product uses a file format that can be shared between all AppDeploy members.

The AppDeploy.com community boasts over 250,000 monthly visitors and maintains a broad knowledge base, updated by over 25,000 contributing professionals, to provide computer administrators safe, reliable access to data on hundreds of thousands of applications. The community offers members an easy way to search for answers and best practices to a vast range of technical issues.

“AppDeploy has already proven itself a valuable resource thanks largely to the many contributors that regularly share tips and answer questions to the most challenging of software deployment issues,” said Bob Kelly, founder of AppDeploy and senior product manager at KACE. “I’m very excited to be able to give back to this community by offering a much needed tool that further promotes sharing.”

A repackager is a tool used to generate a custom, silent installer based on changes that are made to a system when installing and configuring software. While Windows Installer setups are highly customizable, many applications are still provided by vendors without leveraging this format. In order to effectively deploy software in a custom, silent manner, installers must often be repackaged into custom Windows Installer setups by administrators using a tool such as AppDeploy Repackager.

With AppDeploy Repackager, administrators can not only generate the custom Windows Installer packages they need with a free and easy to use tool, but the results of their efforts may be freely shared with others through the popular c’mmunity.

“Until now, there hasn’t been a free tool available to the administrators that addresses repackaging,” said Ian Northwood of Deepnet Limited, a long-time AppDeploy community member and contributor. “I’m beyond thrilled with this offer from AppDeploy. And with its sharable format, it’s sure to become a favorite of administrators around the world who are charged with the customization of software installs which can be an incredibly time-consuming and tedious process.”

AppDeploy Repackager is currently in beta form and is soliciting feedback and enhancement requests at www.appdeploy.com/tools/repackager.

AppDeploy.com was acquired by KACE, the leading systems management appliance company, in 2007. This relationship has sparked the continuous development of AppDeploy’s online community, while integrating its extensive knowledge base directly into its system management appliances via a capability called AppDeploy Live.

About AppDeploy
AppDeploySM is the leading destination for systems management professionals and the Internet’s largest community of application and computer administrators.

AppDeploy is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. To learn more about AppDeploy, please visit http://www.appdeploy.com.

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