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		Announcing Z Thin Client

Delivers Distributed Environment Deployment Without Code Changes

PRESS RELEASE March 12, 2001
NASHVILLE, TN

Zortec International, a fast-growing provider of rapid application development and deployment (RAD) technology, today introduced a new product for the System Z platform. Z Thin Client is a new deployment vehicle that allows users to leverage their existing investment in both software and hardware.

With Z Thin Client, application processing resides in a central location on one or more servers, virtually eliminating the end users never-ending process of loading and installing the latest software releases and upgrades. As a result, Z Thin Client significantly reduces maintenance costs and enables organizations to extend the life of both existing and new applications.

"Zortec's powerful "compile once, run anywhere" technology has always been an attribute of the System Z platform. Z Thin Client takes the technology one step further by adding a "deploy everywhere" module," said John Bergman, Zortec's chief technical officer.

Z Thin client provides the technology that enables users with the ability to distribute processing between servers and clients, as well as easily deploy applications by distributing a small package that is self-installing and self-configuring. When combined with the System Z platform, Z Thin Client offers the ability to mobilize an organization's workforce.

System Z is a RAD environment that combines a high-level language with a complete toolset for building and deploying enterprise applications. "System Z offers VARs, application service providers (ASPs), professional developers, and corporate IS organizations with an extremely cost-effective solution for building applications that can be rapidly deployed anywhere with no code changes," says Shan A. Dixon, Zortec executive vice president. "The addition of Z Thin Client to the System Z product family provides the capabilities needed to develop and implement even the most complex applications quickly and easily throughout the enterprise."

Availability and Pricing
Available immediately, Z Thin Client pricing starts at $1,750. The System Z platform runs on all leading operating environments, including Windows 95, Windows 98, NT, Windows 2000, Linux, and most major UNIX platforms. The Z Thin Client is available for all Windows platforms. For more information, call (800) 361-7005 or visit the company's Website at http://www.zortec.com.

About Zortec International
Since 1984, Zortec International has specialized in providing RAD technology that enables organizations of any size to build and deploy enterprise applications. Satisfied users in tens of thousands of installations across the globe have learned that System Z provides the powerful functionality and flexible operating environment needed to succeed. Organizations like Federal Express, the Department of Defense, John Deere & Company, the University of Maryland, and the U.S. Air Force - innovation leaders in their respective sectors - have discovered the power of System Z.