Canaveral iQ Application Management Software Web-enables Catholic Schools' Testing Process SAN JOSE, Calif. http://www.newmoon.com -- Jan. 27, 2003 -- New Moon Systems Inc. today announced that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, has purchased New Moon Systems Canaveral iQ Windows-based application deployment and management software to help the Catholic schools in Idaho automate and manage the state's standardized test-taking process. The Diocese saw the need to computerize the once pencil-and-paper based Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) but lacked the technology to efficiently run it online. IT decision makers for the Diocese chose Canaveral iQ to manage the newly web-based ISAT and capture accurate test results for each individual test taker. The Diocese chose Canaveral iQ for its ease of use, intelligent functionalities and cost effectiveness. The ISAT is a multiple-choice test consisting of three sections, each taking students approximately 90 minutes to complete. This test must be administered multiple times per year. For example, depending on the needs of the students and teachers, the ISAT is administered at least twice and sometimes as many as four times during a typical school year. Thirteen of the 14 Catholic schools in Idaho administered the ISAT online with Canaveral iQ, extending the test through terminal services to 1800 students. Before, when the tests were administered via paper and pencil, all hand-written test results and student information had to first be interpreted, then consolidated and manually entered into a central database. This method was time consuming, costly and did not provide adequate or accurate records of student data. New Moon's Canaveral iQ now helps test administrators at each school location access the ISAT testing software via the Internet. The test administrators log each student into the system separately, where they take the test online. When students complete the test, the results and personal data are distributed back to the student's school via Canaveral iQ. The data is collected, analyzed and saved for easy access in the future. Teachers gain direct access to the data to track the progress of their individual students and better prepare future course material based on the overall results of the test. "Canaveral iQ has enabled our administrators to bring secure, online standardized testing to students throughout the state," said Bob Sobotta, educational administrator for Idaho Roman Catholic Schools. "With this solution we can simply and cost-effectively collect the data we need to do a better job of educating our students." The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, validates New Moon's commitment to the education market. Canaveral iQ makes central deployment and management of server-based Windows applications simple, intelligent and cost effective for IT managers at schools and universities. Education budgets for technology are tight, but with Canaveral iQ's support for Windows 95 and Mac platforms, schools save money on operating system upgrades. Canaveral iQ also helps to extend the life of the computers already in place at schools. Though IT managers use Canaveral iQ to centrally manage all applications from the school server, the individual endpoint clients still function like fully loaded, high performance PCs. About New Moon Systems Founded in 1995, New Moon Systems is a software company that enables enterprises and service providers to centrally deliver and manage their software assets across hundreds and thousands of user desktops. The New Moon Canaveral iQ application management platform is used to intelligently deploy and manage Windows applications across private and public networks. The company is located in San Jose, Calif.