Best New Product Award Goes To Insignia Solutions' SoftWindows 2.0 For UNIX -- The X Advisor Recognizes SoftWindows 2.0 for its Outstanding Quality.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1995--Insignia Solutions (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 :INSGY) was honored last week with The X Advisor's first annual X Industry Achievement Award for Best New Product for its SoftWindows 2.0 for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . The award recognizes SoftWindows 2.0 as setting the standard in quality, thoroughness, reliability and value for the price. Insignia Solutions introduced SoftWindows 2.0 at UNIX Expo 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 this September, and began shipping the product in October. "The performance of SoftWindows 2.0 was fabulous compared to virtually everything else we tried," said Steven Mikes, Editor and Publisher of The X Advisor. "We were expecting performance at a 486 level, but what we got was almost pentium performance. Insignia has hit a home run with this product." An independent group of industry experts, each with more than 18 years of hands-on experience in the computer business, selected SoftWindows for the Best New Product award. Independent consultants who are impartial and vendor-neutral made up the panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"SoftWindows is leading the industry in providing cross-platform compatibility," said Robert P. Lee, Insignia Solutions' 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. . "It is an honor to be recognized with this award particularly when it comes from such distinguished experts." SoftWindows 2.0 runs all Windows and MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. applications seamlessly right alongside UNIX applications -- on the same screen at the same time. It gives users the power of total PC compatibility, eliminating the need for two computers -- a workstation and a PC -- on a single desktop. SoftWindows 2.0 enables UNIX workstations to integrate into existing PC networks, and works as though the user were running on PC hardware. SoftWindows allows complete access to PC networks from UNIX platforms. It supports Novell NetWare (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. , Microsoft 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. Manager/Windows NT Server, Banyan VINES and UNIX file servers. It also includes WinSock support, and supports both Ethernet and Token Ring network A LAN access method that uses the token passing technology in a physical ring. Each station in the network passes the token on to the station next to it. Token Ring and FDDI LANs use the token ring access method. See Token Ring, FDDI and token passing. architectures. SoftWindows does away with the burden of needing two machines on a desktop to access enterprise e-mail systems like Microsoft Mail and cc:Mail. Users can run personal productivity applications such as Lotus SmartSuite, Microsoft Office and Novell Perfect Office on their UNIX workstations. Full printing and filing capabilities are also available from both worlds and users have the flexibility of using a workstation at work and a PC laptop at home or on the road. Insignia Solutions is a leading developer of PC compatibility solutions for UNIX workstations, X Windows-capable desktops and Macintosh computers. The publicly-held company (NASDAQ:INSGY) develops, markets and sells products that provide Windows and MS-DOS applications on the desktop or via a Windows NT server to a variety of desktops. Insignia Solutions' products support DEC, HP, 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) , Motorola, NeXT, Silicon Graphics and Sun/SPARC workstations and Macintosh computers; as well as all X Windows-capable desktops. Headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , Insignia Solutions has strategic relationships with Microsoft, Apple, IBM, NeXT and Silicon Graphics and the industry's leading computer manufacturers, chip suppliers and operating systems vendors. The company's sales and marketing departments are located in Mountain View, California; Andover, Massachusetts; and High Wycombe, England. Research and development are conducted in High Wycombe. Additional information about Insignia Solutions and its products can be obtained by calling Insignia Solutions at 800/848-7677. -0- Note to Editors: 1995 Insignia Solutions Inc. All Rights Reserved. Insignia Solutions and Insignia are registered trademarks of Insignia Solutions, Inc. SoftWindows is a trademark used under license. MS-DOS, Microsoft, and Windows are registered trademarks and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Insignia Solutions Joanne Sperans Hartzell, 415/335-7197 jhartzell@isinc.insignia.com |
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