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SCO ships HipCheck mobile service

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DQC Bureau
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CHENNAI

OCTOBER 6, 2006

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The SCO Group, a provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services,
announced the availability of HipCheck, the latest offering from the company's
Me Inc. mobile services division that proactively monitors and manages UNIX and
Windows systems through Windows Mobile phones.

HipCheck is the only mobile administration solution on the market that
combines system monitoring and alerts with secure mobile intervention. As a
result, technicians are able to detect, diagnose and correct many common system
problems much more quickly than before.

HipCheck allows business solution providers and IT system administrators to
continually monitor the health of Windows and UNIX systems, setting alert
thresholds for a wide range of parameters. The instant a condition reaches a
threshold, an SMS or email message is sent to an authorized technician's mobile
phone. "Early warning" alerts can be set on certain parameters, a critical disk
drive getting too full, for example, that lets the technician takes preventative
action.

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"We believe HipCheck will satisfy the mobile access and support needs of many
IT managers with ease," said Chris Woolfenden, Technical Director at Yanex, a
leading UK information technology services firm.

By allowing highly mobile system administrators to 'take the offensive,'
HipCheck customers will see higher overall uptime, more productive users and
lower maintenance costs," said Sandy Gupta, CTO and General Manager, SCO
Platforms Division.

HipCheck is made up of three components; HipCheck Agent, Client and Mobility
Server. HipCheck Agent is software installed on each system that needs to be
monitored. It is the latest addition to SCO's Me Inc. family of high performance
mobile solutions.

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