Alpha Microsystems begins distribution of AlphaCONNECT Lite -- New Internet/Intranet freeware.SANTA ANA, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1996--Alpha Microsystems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on NM:ALMI ALMI Application Level Multicast Infrastructure ALMI Automated Listing and Mapping Instrument (US Census Bureau) ) Thursday announced the release of AlphaCONNECT Lite, the scaled-down, version of the company's commercial Internet/Intranet software application, AlphaCONNECT Pro. AlphaCONNECT Lite is the newest member of the growing AlphaCONNECT family of products for automated data retrieval, conversion, and delivery of Web, Intranet, legacy and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. data. America Online, which labeled the product a "Top Pick," has made AlphaCONNECT Lite available for member downloads via its AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Software Library. The new product is also currently available for free download on such high-traffic Web sites as C/NET's shareware.com (http://www.shareware.com); the WinSite Archive (http://www.WinSite.com); TUCOWS TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Windows Software (http://www.tucows.com), which gave AlphaCONNECT Lite a high rating on its product performance scale; and the AlphaCONNECT Web site (http://www.alphaconnect.com). AlphaCONNECT Lite will also be distributed through a bundling agreement signed with Internet Direct, a Phoenix-based virtual Web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing and Internet software developer. Alpha Microsystems will showcase AlphaCONNECT Lite at the Mecklermedia Web Interactive 96 trade show in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from July 31 - August 2. According to Alpha Microsystems President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Douglas J. Tullio, "The introduction of AlphaCONNECT Lite is part of our ongoing efforts to build brand awareness and attract strategic partners for all AlphaCONNECT products. "We are currently pursuing a variety of bundling opportunities with AlphaCONNECT Lite and are beginning to penetrate a number of distribution channels including additional shareware providers, a broader Internet presence and alliances with computer products distributors, as well as mass merchandisers and software resellers. "Our objective with AlphaCONNECT Lite," he continued, "is to seed the market through a broad universe of users, distributors and potential partners. This type of wide-spread distribution will lay the groundwork for the AlphaCONNECT follow-on products to come." To support product distribution, Alpha Microsystems recently produced AlphaCONNECT Power Package, a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). containing AlphaCONNECT Lite, AlphaCONNECT Pro trial version, and AlphaCONNECT Messenger for e-mail distribution. AlphaCONNECT Power Package will be given away at the company's booth #814 at Web Interactive 96, and bundled with Internet Direct's GoSite Virtual Server software package. The AlphaCONNECT Pro software sells for $140 per copy and is available for purchase on-line at http://www.alphaconnect.com or by calling 888/226-6398. Internet Direct Vice President of Business Development, Paul Kraaijvanger, said, "We believe the combination of AlphaCONNECT with our GoSite software will provide our customers with a comprehensive Internet/Intranet development package that is feature-rich and one of the most cost-effective solutions on th market today. It satisfies our customers demand for an information management application that addresses the needs of Web developers, IS managers and general consumers." AlphaCONNECT is a powerful software and communications tool that can selectively harvest data from applications running on corporate Intranets, legacy applications, LANs and Internet sites using the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ) standard. Retrieved data is converted, delivering it for use by applications running under Microsoft Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT, or data can be converted into an HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. document and posted to a Web server. Alpha Microsystems serves the Internet and Intranet markets through its software, services and technologies. The company also provides products and services such as consulting, maintenance, software, hardware, and networking, both directly and through value-added resellers and distributors. Alpha Microsystems has been in business for over 18 years and today has over 40 locations, as well as third party distribution channels worldwide. For information, contact the company's Web site at http://www.alphamicro.com CONTACT: Alpha Microsystems Denny Michael, 714/641-6373 dmichael@alphamicro.com (e-mail) http://www.alphamicro.com (Internet) or Allen & Caron Inc/South Coast Communications Owen Daley (Business/Financial Media), 714/252-8440 Kent Broussard (Investor Inquiries), 714/252-8440 or MCQUERTERGROUP David C. Krane (Trade Media), 619/450-0030 david@mcqtr.com (e-mail) http://www.mcqtr.com (Internet) |
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