Tenon Intersystems : Press Release

Santa Barbara, CA, November 17, 2005.. Tenon today announced iTools 8.0.4, a 6th generation web-based administration tool suite for configuring and managing Apache, DNS, & FTP. iTools combines open source technologies: Javascript, Perl, and XML, to provide anywhere, anytime Apache administration. The new iTools 8.0.4 is designed to maximize performance on heavily loaded sites. The package adds new scripts, fixes a number of bugs, and improves operation in key areas: access control, server side includes, DNS, FTP, logging and cron job management. It also provides flawless interoperation with its companion products, Post.Office and WEBmail. Coupling iTools, with Post.Office (a powerful and easy to use mail server and list server) and WEBmail (a web-based mail client), gives hosting companies all the tools they need to support diverse clients on Apple's Mac OS X platform. The iTools Apache Dashboard simplifies and automates Apache configuration - it shortens the time and lessens the expertise needed to deploy new sites.

With iTools, web-hosting providers can automate hosting tasks and delegate administration, empowering customers and lowering support costs. Sub-administrators can manage their own name or IP-based web sites and view their own logs, without compromising the privacy of the multi-server machine. iTools' secure, domain-specific, browser-based Apache administration makes Apache on Mac OS X, the easiest Apache in the world to administer.

iTools' sophisticated, in-depth, browser-based GUI includes URL rewriting, URL redirection, MIME type and Apache handler editing, SSL set-up, along with a host of other Apache-specific settings. The new iTools 8.0.4 includes Apache 2, proFTPD with TLS/SSL support, DNS management, sub-administration, and a suite of pre-packaged, pre-configured open-source applications for blogs, discussion boards, photo albums, and more. In addition, iTools 8 includes the ability to disable and enable a web site with one click, for customers in arrears, the ability to hand-tailor a default web site template to make setting up similar sites easy and fast, optional use of encryption during browser-based configuration sessions, the flexibility to restart various server daemons either manually or automatically upon configuration changes, FastCGI support, cron job management, MySQL administration via phpMyAdmin, WebDAV support, extensive log viewing options on a virtual host-by-virtual host basis, and an automatic system update facility both for iTools updates and updates to add-on packages.

iTools 8 is $349. The companion mail server, Post.Office, and web-based mail client, WEBmail, are available in special iTools bundle for $999. The iTools update is free for existing iTools 8 customers. Upgrades for iTools customers with older versions are $249. iTools can be used with Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) and works equally well on Mac OS X 'client' or Mac OS X Server. See the Tenon web site (http://www.tenon.com) for more details and to purchase.

Founded in 1989, Tenon Intersystems is a leader in high-performance networking. Tenon technology has provided the framework for world-class networking on the Macintosh for over a decade. Tenon is continuing that tradition on Mac OS X. Tenon Intersystems can be reached in the U.S. at 805-963-6983, by the internet at sales@tenon.com, or via the web at http://www.tenon.com

Tenon, iTools, WEBmail, and WEBcalendar are a trademarks of Tenon Intersystems

iTools include software developed by the Apache Foundation.(http://www.apache.org)

Post.Office is a trademark of Openwave (formerly Software.com).

Secure.CC and eShox are trademarks of Secure.CC.

All other product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

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