Released on: October 30, 2007, 11:33 am

Press Release Author: August Zehner / Paragent, LLC.

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Paragent, LLC, has released an open source version of its
desktop management software. Previously, the product was only available as a
proprietary hosted software service.

Press Release Body: The Paragent IT management application, known for its
sophisticated web-based interface and ease-of-use, eschews the traditional complaint
of open source software being difficult to use, or only for those comfortable at the
command-line. "This isn't a half-hearted move," said Tim Ritchey, CEO of Paragent.
"The open source community is getting the same code we run on our production
servers." Paragent is hosting the open source project on Google Code at
http://code.google.com/p/paragent. The open source code is available free for
download by anyone.

Paragent is joining companies such as Red Hat, MySQL, Zimbra and Sun in adopting the
open source model. Ritchey said he is excited about the move to open source. "We
use and contribute to many open source projects within Paragent, and we have
benefited from the high-quality operating systems, applications and libraries
available to us. It is very satisfying to be contributing back to the open source
community with the Paragent code base.

Paragent is one of the few Software as a Service (SaaS) companies pursuing an open
source strategy. "We believe in the SaaS model but think the closed source
providers have it wrong," said August Zehner, vice president of sales for Paragent.
"Our strategy is to provide flexibility and long-term options to our hosted
customers. The value is providing hosted services that help people get their job
done, not selling them a software program. By going open source, the entire
Paragent community benefits."

Established in July 2003, Paragent (www.paragent.com) is a privately held, Muncie,
Indiana-based company specializing in IT management software. The company recently
expanded, adding offices at the Flagship Enterprise Center. Paragent provides IT
professionals with real-time, on-demand data and information about their networked
computers. Information can be accessed securely from any web browser in the world.
For more information, contact August Zehner at (800) 839-9625 ext. 8991.

Web Site: http://paragent.com

Contact Details: Paragent, LLC.
125 N Mulberry Street
Muncie, Indiana 47305
Phone: 800-839-9625
Fax: 317-664-7993
Email: Info@paragent.com