Company Press Release

Zero G Announces New Edition of Award-Winning InstallAnywhere Product Line

Latest InstallAnywhere Provides More Extensive Platform Support, Full Java 1.3 Compatibility, and Improved Interface

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Zero G, the leading provider of multi-platform software deployment solutions, today announced the release of InstallAnywhere® v3.5. The latest version of the company's flagship product, InstallAnywhere, features several new enhancements and will available in late summer. The announcement was made at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java(TM) Developer Conference(SM), taking place through June 9 in San Francisco.

``InstallAnywhere v3.5 incorporates the most complete platform support of any product on the market,'' said Eric Shapiro, CEO of Zero G. ``Our goal is to continually add enhancements so that InstallAnywhere maintains its leadership position as the standard by which all other multi-platform installers are measured. InstallAnywhere is used by developers of all sizes, from small independent developers to the largest multi-national companies that market hundreds of software titles. Regardless of size and platform choices, our customers need to know that InstallAnywhere can handle all of their deployment needs.''

Written entirely in Java, InstallAnywhere v3.5 includes all of the popular features that have made InstallAnywhere the de facto standard in multi-platform deployment solutions, as well as several new advanced features that make it even easier to create customized installers for virtually any operating system. The latest version is compatible with Java 2 platform v1.3 and adds full support for Linux. InstallAnywhere v3.5 is also integrated with PowerUpdate, the Internet-based updating service for software applications that Zero G announced last week.

About InstallAnywhere

First introduced in 1997, InstallAnywhere is the only solution for building professional, multi-platform installers that are capable of deploying and configuring software on virtually any client or server platform. Its popular Project Wizard interface enables developers to build installers in six easy steps. Every installer created by InstallAnywhere recognizes the platform on which it is operating and tailors its installation to users' operating systems.

InstallAnywhere is designed to easily deploy both Java and platform software for distribution on the Internet, CD ROMs, LANs, or almost any other network. The product has received universal acclaim as the best software deployment tool by the Java industry's most prominent publications and is currently being used by most of the industry's leading software developers to deploy thousands of software applications to literally millions of customers worldwide.

About Zero G

Founded in 1996, Zero G is the leading developer of multi-platform software deployment and updating solutions for software developers and information system professionals. Best known for its award-winning InstallAnywhere products, the company recently announced a partnership agreement with Marimba, Inc, a leading provider of Internet infrastructure management solutions, that will enable Zero G to integrate Marimba's Castanet live updating technology into the InstallAnywhere product.

Some of the company's notable customers include Adobe, AT&T, FedEx, IBM, Intel, Novell, and Sun Microsystems. Privately held, Zero G is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and can be contacted at 415-512-7771 or found on the Internet at http://www.ZeroG.com .

NOTE: Zero G, Zero G Software, PowerUpdate, and InstallAnywhere are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zero G Software, Inc. Java and JavaOne are registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.