RENO, Nevada—Bytware is pleased to announce that its network monitoring and management application MessengerConsole and its security solution StandGuard have both been named finalists for the 2003 APEX Awards, handed out by Penton Media’s iSeries NEWS. The APEX Awards, which honor excellence in iSeries application development, are given out in two categories: Readers’ Choice and Editors’ Choice. Bytware was named as a finalist in both areas for both the Operations category (for MessengerConsole) and the Security category (for StandGuard). The winners will be announced on March 9 at Spring COMMON 2003 in Indianapolis.

About MessengerConsole
MessengerConsole provides centralized control for managing all activities across local and remote iSeries and eServer i5 systems, as well as across multiple partitions. From a single point of control, MessengerConsole helps organizations streamline monitoring, message management, paging/e-mail notification, and statistical reporting, which in-turn helps manage iSeries and eServer i5 systems in a more efficient and cost-effective way. The latest version, 5.56, has just been released.

For more information about and a free 30-day trial of MessengerConsole, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/mconsole.html

About StandGuard
StandGuard is a real-time iSeries security solution that allows you to easily set up and enforce security policies. StandGuard controls access to (and functionality in) network services and system commands to protect your system and data from accidental or intentional damage. The latest version, 2.3 is now available.

For more information about and a free 30-day trial of StandGuard, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/standguard.html

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