Apex Announces Revolutionary Remote Server Management Product.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999-- -- Emerge 2000 Offers Speed, Internet Upgradeable Logic; Is A Flexible Tool For Managing Multiple Enterprise Servers From Any Location -- Apex Inc. (Nasdaq:APEX), the leader in server management and console switching technology, today announced Emerge(TM) 2000 -- a breakthrough remote server management product that incorporates several innovative technologies in order to improve remote server management for IT professionals and service providers. The company also announced technology alliances with Xilinx and Traveling Software Inc., which support features in the Emerge 2000 that enable IT professionals to quickly and easily connect to, monitor, and control remote servers. Emerge 2000 is designed to be a key component to server management strategies in data centers, ISP's, and server farms of all types, especially in mission-critical, 24x7 applications. Emerge 2000 allows network administrators to easily access and respond to server or network issues by connecting via a modem, direct network connection, or a high-speed Internet See broadband. connection. When combined with Apex's OutLook(R) and ViewPoint(R) console switches, Emerge 2000 allows system administrators to remotely view, switch, and control up to hundreds of servers as if they were actually at the server rack itself. Unique benefits of Emerge 2000 include enhanced performance to provide faster access and information, and flexible configuration options for easy management of any type of environment. Additionally, multi-windowing capability allows a user to remotely `tile' windows of multiple server consoles and quickly `switch' active control from one `server window' to another in order to view and control multiple servers simultaneously. Industry Partners Applaud Emerge 2000Technology The use of Spartan field programmable gate arrays See FPGA. from Xilinx Inc. contribute to all of these benefits and provides the ability for Emerge 2000 to dynamically update its performance characteristics depending on the systems and workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. to which it is connected. "Apex is to be congratulated on its forward-looking design of the Emerge 2000 and its use of the Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic methodology to create advanced server management products," said Xilinx 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. Wim Roelandts. "The Emerge 2000 exemplifies the beginning of a new generation of Xilinx Online field upgradeable systems whose FPGA-based hardware can be modified after installation at the customers' premises." "The Emerge family addresses several needs regarding remote server management," said Kevin J. Hafer, President and CEO of Apex. "Today's IT professionals require speed, security, ease-of-use, and the ability to manage servers without burdening server or network performance. Our team worked very closely with Xilinx and Traveling Software to integrate the companies' most advanced technologies available, ensuring that Emerge 2000 delivers the most reliable, trusted, and complete server management product in the marketplace." Traveling Software's remote file transfer capabilities provide complimentary speed and functionality from a software perspective. Multi-console-windowing, enhanced screen refresh screen refresh - refresh rate speed, and layered security Layered security is a new term used by information protection and online security vendors that describes the practice of leveraging several different point security solutions to protect the digital identities and information of consumer, enterprise or government environments. features are among the characteristics that have been integrated into the Emerge 2000 system. "There are some very fundamental trends that necessitate ne·ces·si·tate tr.v. ne·ces·si·tat·ed, ne·ces·si·tat·ing, ne·ces·si·tates 1. To make necessary or unavoidable. 2. To require or compel. a product like the Emerge 2000," said Laurie McCabe, Service Director, Summit Strategies, Inc., a market strategy consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . "The number of servers has increased substantially in recent years. There are also considerably more service providers. There is a greater need for 24x7x365 operation. We're seeing a shortage of qualified IT resources to manage operations around the clock and around the world. Consequently, network administrators need to be able to access critical server consoles any time and from any place." Availability and pricing information of Emerge 2000 will soon be available on the Company's web site at www.apex.com. About Apex Apex Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., is committed to helping IT professionals manage their growing server populations. The Company develops server management products, including console switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , remote server management products and integrated server cabinet solutions. Apex's OutLook(R), ViewPoint(R), and Emerge(TM) product families help manage servers in thousands of companies worldwide. Top server manufacturers, including Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) continue to choose Apex products exclusively for their rack-mounted server See rack server. offerings. Additionally, Apex was recently ranked fifth in Business Week's 1999 listing of "100 Hot Growth Companies" in America. More information on Apex products and services is available by calling 800/861-5858, via email at sales@apex.com, or on the World Wide Web at www.apex.com. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. Statements contained in this press release which are not historical information are forward-looking statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including the risks related to sales growth in an intensely competitive industry with increasing price competition. Other factors which could cause the Company's operating and financial results to differ are described in Apex's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and include other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports to be filed with the SEC. Apex undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or after the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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