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<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>BES 5.0
Status</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has been about a
month now since BES 5.0 was originally released. As of now, over half of the
BES customers have upgraded and we have been receiving very positive
feedback.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>You probably have
noticed that Fixlet messages have been available on the BES Support Fixlet site
that will lead you through the upgrade of the BES components. In addition, the
new BES 5.0 documentation has been available on our support website.
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>We encourage all our
customers to upgrade to BES 5.0 to take full advantage of the new features, new
functionality, and bug fixes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Redmond Magazine
Patch Management Story</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2>We would also like
to take this opportunity to invite all BES users to participate <FONT
size=2>Redmond Magazine feature story on "Best Practices in Patch Management".
The magazine would like to hear directly from enterprises. If you have
time, please take some time (probably less than 10 minutes) to write
about your experience with BigFix and how it fits into your overall patch
and security configuration plan. See the request from the editor below for more
detail: </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial
size=2><A href="http://redmondmag.com/feedback/yourturn.asp?yourid=8"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff
size=2>http://redmondmag.com/feedback/yourturn.asp?yourid=8</U></FONT></A><FONT
size=2>. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>We
appreciate if you are able to give your name, company name, and deployment
details, but we understand if you need to comment anonymously due to company
policies.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>Thanks
for your support of BigFix.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=484423503-01122004><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>BES 5.0 More
Information Links</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- </SPAN>The new BES 5.0 features are available
at:<SPAN class=484423503-01122004> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><A
title=http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/bes_5_0_features.pdf
href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/bes_5_0_features.pdf"><FONT
color=#000000
size=2>http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/bes_5_0_features.pdf</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- </SPAN>To help BES 4.1 users understand the new
features, there is a guide (all BES Console users should review this guide)
available at:<SPAN class=484423503-01122004> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=640020207-03112004><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><A
title=http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/bes50upgradeguide.html
href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/bes50upgradeguide.html">http://support.bigfix.com</SPAN>/bes/install/bes50upgradeguide.html</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- T</SPAN>he release is available at the BigFix website
at: </SPAN><FONT color=#000000><A
title=http://software.bigfix.com/bes/install/downloadbes.html
href="http://software.bigfix.com/bes/install/downloadbes.html">http://<SPAN
class=640020207-03112004
title=http://software.bigfix.com/bes/install/downloadbes.html>software</SPAN>.bigfix.com/bes/install/downloadbes.html</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- </SPAN>There are upgrade instructions available
at:<SPAN class=484423503-01122004> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=640020207-03112004><A
title=http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html
href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html"><FONT
color=#000000>http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html</FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><FONT
size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- Differences between BES 5.0.5.0 and BES 5.0.3.0
available at: <A
href="http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=236">http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/kbdirect.pl?id=236</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- The BES 5.0 documentation is available at: <A
href="http://support.bigfix.com/product/">http://support.bigfix.com/product/</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>- New Fixlet authoring documentation to help create
custom content is available at: <A
href="http://support.bigfix.com/fixlet/">http://support.bigfix.com/fixlet/</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>Thanks everyone!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=640020207-03112004><SPAN
class=484423503-01122004>BigFix Product
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