Award Software Announces New Internet Software Based on a Windows-Compatible Programming Interface.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1998-- GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Web-Based Screen Phone Trial to Use Software From Award For Time-to-Market Advantage Award Software International(R) 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 :AWRD), today announced its new product, WWWAccess(TM), a fully customizable Internet software suite for Internet and information devices. WWWAccess is a complete BIOS-to-Browser solution for use in products such as telephones, network computers, set-top boxes and other consumer electronic devices. The product enables Windows(R) software to run on non-Windows platforms, including ARM, PowerPC and x86. WWWAccess also features APIAccess(TM), which is used to facilitate the development of Win32(R) applications for Internet devices by using existing Windows applications and familiar Windows development tools. APIAccess can be ported to different real-time operating systems, and has been used with products from Wind River Systems, Perlhellon Distributed Software, and QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. Software Systems Ltd. WWWAccess combines APIAccess with a full featured browser, e-mail tool, scalable fonts and a flash file system to create a complete toolkit for development of an embedded Internet product. M-Power Corp., a privately held provider of Internet communication devices, has licensed WWWAccess for its Internet Telephones to be released in 1998. M-Power's devices integrate WWWAccess with M-Power's proprietary, patented DSP-based communications platform. M-Power's Internet Phones bring together in one multi-function device the features of an enhanced telephone The Enhanced Telephone is a telephone developed by Citibank in the late 1980s for customers to do banking and other financial transactions from their home. The official launch date was February 26-27, 1990. , Internet Phone, Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and personal organizer. M-Power's customers include GTE, which announced its relationship with M-Power last September. As previously announced, GTE will begin a 1000-person residential trial of M-Power's Internet Phones in early 1998. During the trial, designed to expand the use of Internet content, customers will use enhanced-display telephones for traditional voice services plus add-on web-based applications such as visual voice mail, on-line directories searching and Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. . The enhanced-display telephone trial follows on the heels of GTE's previously announced acquisition of BBN (BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA, www.bbn.com) A consulting firm that participated in the development of some of the most extensive networks in the world, including ARPANET, which evolved into the Internet. It was founded in 1948 as a consulting service in acoustics by Dr. Corporation, a leading provider of end-to-end Internet solutions; strategic alliance with Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. to jointly develop enhanced data and Internet services for customers; and purchase of fiber-optic lines from Qwest Communications
"WWWAccess, the newest addition to our product line, allows our customers to quickly and cost-effectively enter the Internet device market," said David Wippich, Vice President and General Manager, Internet and Embedded Products Division of Award Software. "M-Power's use of WWWAccess in its innovative enhanced-display telephone is an ideal way for Award Software to enter into this expanding key market segment." "Award Software has helped us reduce time-to-market for our Internet Phones," said Robert Haddock, Chairman of M-Power. "With the APIAccess component of WWWAccess, we are able to provide our customers with an industry-standard, open platform on which to develop customized, Internet-based service delivery solutions products. Our engineering team has enjoyed a close working partnership with Award Software in development of this product." About M-Power Corp. M-Power Corp. is a privately held provider of Internet communications devices. The Company's products are based on patented technology which allows simple, unified access to a wide array of telephone and Internet-based services. M-Power's headquarters are located at 515 Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. , 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 , New York 10022; telephone: 212/593-0906; fax: 212/593-0932; press email inquiries: info@m-power.com; Web site: http://www.m-power.com . About Award Software Award Software provides system management software (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) for personal computers and for embedded systems. Award's cornerstone PC SMS product, BIOS, is marketed to desktop, mobile computer and motherboard manufacturers, and is included in 60 percent of all x86-based desktops and servers worldwide. Award also provides solutions to facilitate system administration and reduce total cost of ownership, through remote administration, diagnostics and repair products, and enhanced support for PC Cards and BIOS upgrades to extend the useful life of existing PCs. Award also offers a complete line of products for manufacturers of embedded systems, including Internet appliances. These SMS products for real time operating systems include turnkey Internet device-enabling software, Win32 compatibility libraries, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. host and device connectivity software, and BIOS for embedded x86 systems. Award Software, headquartered in Silicon Valley, has offices in Germany, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and in the U.S. For more information, e-mail info@award.com . The company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol AWRD. More information can be obtained from the company's SEC filing or by visiting Award Software's Web site at http://www.award.com . The statements in this news release, other than the historical information, may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with the acceptance of new technology and products for the Internet and embedded systems market, Award Software's ability to respond to technological change and other market conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially. Further information on factors that could affect the company's results are detailed in Award Software's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended Dec. 31, 1996, and on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended September 30, 1997, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -0- Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Award Software International Inc. Toni Goodrich, 650/237-6831 toni_goodrich@award.com or Stapleton Communications Inc. Anna Yen/Deborah Stapleton, 650/470-0200 anna@stapleton.com |
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