ACOM's iSeries/400 Division Announces /400-Resident Fax Solution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ATLANTA and LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001

The iSeries/400 Division of ACOM Solutions Inc. has introduced a host-resident fax utility that enables users to edit, send, receive, display, print and track fax documents, spool files or images from any iSeries/400 computer terminal or connected PC, as well as to perform a variety of imaging and information management tasks, it was announced today by Mark Firmin, Division vice president of sales.

"EZFax is a multi-function utility that integrates directly with our award-winning EZPrint/400 electronic forms solution and permits fax documents like invoices and purchase orders to be transmitted seamlessly and automatically from EZPrint/400 Forms with no intermediate handling," Firmin said. "EZFax provides unexcelled user convenience and flexibility. Anything that can be done with a conventional fax machine can be done easier and more quickly with EZFax, and through the power of the iSeries/400 platform, it can also do much more."

In addition to extended manual, automatic and broadcast facsimile capabilities, EZFax's functionality includes message processing, imaging, information management and application program interfacing.

The message editor enables its users to create fax messages and cover sheets as well as to convert and merge text and images. It also features a built-in phone book and spellchecker. The image processor permits the scanning of documents into the iSeries/400 database using the office fax.

It can display images on PCs or IBM 8439 terminals, convert images to PCX, .tif, and FAX files, and perform such graphic functions as zoom, pan and rotate. EZFax's information manager uses the iSeries database to create phone lists and to index, store, display, and fax documents, often with a single keystroke.

A number of application programming interfaces (APIs) are incorporated into EZFax to make integration with existing software a simple, easy process.

"Companies that implement EZFax can expect to see significant improvement in employee efficiency, return on investment measured in mere months, and dramatically reduced overhead costs resulting from savings on postage, toner, power and pre-printed forms, with absolutely no drain on their iSeries/400 processing resources," Firmin said.

About ACOM Solutions

ACOM Solutions Inc. is a Long Beach-headquartered developer and marketer of solutions for conventional and e-business solutions that integrate with enterprise applications to enhance back office and B2B processes for electronic, Internet and paper-based commerce. The iSeries/400 Division is located in Duluth, Ga.

ACOM solutions run in all computing environments (host-resident on iSeries/400-AS/400 and Windows NT computers), and are compatible with all financial management/ERP software.

Solutions include e-document systems for laser/thermal printer generation of business and financial forms, checks, and barcode labels; hardware-software MICR laser and e-payment systems; electronic data interchange (EDI/XML) solutions for e-commerce between multiple trading partners; and Internet-based commerce solutions.

Contact ACOM at 2850 E. 29th Street, Long Beach, CA 90806; telephone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]; Web: www.acom.com.