Augment Systems Installs AFX 410 File Servers at Two Companies.WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1998--Augment Systems, Inc. (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 Small Cap: AUGS AUGS American Urogynecologic Society ) recently installed its AFX AFX atypical fibroxanthoma. 410 file servers with gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel data transfer technology at two graphic arts companies in the eastern U.S. Wentworth Printing, a 165-employee commercial printer located in West Columbia, SC, reports saving nearly 14 person-hours every day that were previously lost to file transfer delays, since installing the Augment system in January. According to Wentworth President Jim Doar, "We looked at general-purpose servers, but none were as fast as Augment's dedicated file server Noun 1. dedicated file server - (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server file server - (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources . The AFX 410 has helped speed up prepress production, which in this business is the process that's always taken the longest time. It's a screamer screamer, common name for gregarious, aquatic birds comprising three species in the family Anhimidae. Although they are related to the ducks and geese, they do not resemble them in outward appearance. ." IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) A protocol for printing and managing print jobs over the Internet using HTTP. Initially conceived by Novell, Xerox and others, the IETF made it a standard in 2000 that includes authentication and encryption. See printing protocol and LPD. Lithocolor, a large prepress trade shop serving Chicago-area printers since 1956, notes that its Augment AFX 410 has eliminated redundant hardware, allows any of 15 Macintoshes to access 200M-byte files as fast as from their local hard drive, and has freed up the shop's ordinary computer network for other tasks. Says IPP President Paul Sickinger, "The Augment AFX 410 cost more than other file servers, but we've gotten a lot more bang for the buck throughout our operation." Augment Systems Inc. is a leader in the development of Storage Area Networking solutions for the management of large image and data files. Founded in 1990, the company pioneered the development and integration of cross platform, high performance file serving with Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop (hardware, standard) Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop - (FC-AL) A fast serial bus interface standard intended to replace SCSI on high-end servers. FC-AL has a number of advantages over SCSI. technology, resulting in a new paradigm for the storage and transfer of large files. The company's initial target markets are the electronic publishing, digital photographic editing and geographic information systems (GIS) markets. Additional information about Augment is available from their Web site (http://www.augment-systems.com). -0- Augment is a trademark of Augment Systems, Inc. All other brand names, trademarks, and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Doug Gowell / Augment Systems, Inc. T: 978-392-8626 or John Hebert / Hebert Communications T: 617-232-1161 or Augment's Investor Relations Counsel: Chris Garland / The Equity Group T: 212-836-9610 |
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