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size=2>BigFix is pleased to announce the availability of BES
5.1!</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">BES 5.1 <SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>extends the capabilities of BES 5.0 by adding a
</SPAN>number of new features <SPAN class=874021000-25052005>and
</SPAN>performance enhancements.<SPAN class=874021000-25052005>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>Information about the new features is available
at: <A
href="http://software.bigfix.com/bes/changes/changes_5_1.html">http://software.bigfix.com/bes/changes/changes_5_1.html</A>.
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>The full changelist is available at: <A
href="http://software.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-5.1.txt">http://software.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-5.1.txt</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>The upgrade is available to all BES customers at no
charge. BigFix recommends upgrading whenever possible to take advantage of the
new features, optimizations, and bug fixes.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>As with all BES upgrades, you can upgrade any
component manually or by using Fixlet messages available on the BES Support
Fixlet site (the upgrade Fixlets are on a staged roll-out plan so if you do not
see them relevant currently, they will be relevant in the next few days).
At first you will see a Fixlet message relevant to upgrade your BES Server and
BES Consoles. After the BES Server is upgraded, Fixlet messages to upgrade the
BES Clients and BES Relays will become relevant shortly afterward (within a few
hours).</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>Manual upgrade instructions are available at: <A
href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html">http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>The documentation for BES 5.1 is available at: <A
href="http://support.bigfix.com/product/">http://support.bigfix.com/product/</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>Please note that due to some performance optimizations,
the BES Server version 5.1 will no longer support BES Clients version 3.1
and earlier. Please upgrade the BES Clients version 3.1 and earlier before
upgrading the BES Server to version 5.1. All other BES Client versions (4.0 and
later) are compatible with BES 5.1.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>A number of customers (both large and small) have
already upgraded and the feedback is overwhelmingly
positive.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>Thanks,</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=874021000-25052005>BigFix Product
Team</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>