DAZEL Corp. announces enhanced output management system, adds windows client.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1994--DAZEL Corp. Tuesday unveiled a new version of its enterprise-wide output management server along with a new client for Windows desktops, bringing access to the power of DAZEL Delivery to millions more users.

"As companies move to client/server for critical applications, output management is the last discipline they need to address," said Robert Fabbio, founder and president of DAZEL Corp. "DAZEL was designed specifically to satisfy the client/server need for the same reliable, high-volume corporate output offered in the mainframe environment.

"Today's announcements add even more features to the solution while introducing a new platform that makes it accessible to millions more users."

DAZEL also announced today that it has forged strategic partnerships with Dynasty Technologies, Powersoft Corp. and Tivoli Systems to further deploy DAZEL into production client/server environments.

DAZEL(R) is a client/server software application in two parts. DAZEL Delivery loads on a UNIX server, where it becomes the universal output service for all the fax modems, printers and paging systems in an enterprise, converting formats, logging and accounting for usage and guaranteeing delivery of information anywhere in an enterprise.

DAZEL Delivery also includes an inventory of all resources and users in an enterprise, allowing users to browse for an output destination or resource.

"DAZEL transforms output into a strategic corporate tool," said Doug Miller, vice president of marketing for DAZEL Corp. "With DAZEL, client/server output becomes like a relational database in concept; users and applications can remove themselves from the details of how output is managed and accessed. They simply use the resources."

DAZEL Express loads on the client, running OSF Motif or Microsoft Windows, allowing users to quickly send information and documents, regardless of format, to printers, fax machines and pagers throughout their enterprises or to Internet-connected printers or e-mail destinations elsewhere. The only requirement is TCP/IP network connectivity.

The addition of the Windows client means that now more users can benefit from DAZEL, which brings all the output resources of the enterprise to their desktops. With a DAZEL system, users throughout an enterprise can access and send documents to any printer or fax modem installed on the network.

The browse capability lets users locate any output resource on the network by type, location or individual. In this way, a document can be sent from New York to the San Francisco sales department in minutes simply by selecting the destination printer from the database.

The Electronic Package

Through the powerful metaphor of an "electronic package," users can combine several documents of different formats and several output destinations into a single icon and deliver all the items to all the destinations in their original format with a single mouse stroke. The DAZEL system can be requested to send the user a message when the job is complete, to a pager, for example. By leveraging a company's existing network and output infrastructure, the electronic package can give businesses today the competitive edge that overnight delivery gave them 15 years ago.

The new features in DAZEL Delivery 2.3, announced today, include support for Windows clients, an integrated accounting facility, user-defined data transform modules, inbound EBCDIC document format, DCE Intercell support and notification support for PCL/PJL printers.

This release allows customers to get a great deal of additional flexibility in configuring their DAZEL Delivery servers and transforming various forms of output. The integrated accounting facility allows MIS to centrally manage and account for all the output resources in an enterprise and to monitor usage.

This feature gives an enterprise a method for managing and allocating expenses for the many output devices which are often installed independent of MIS.

DAZEL Express is priced at $99 per client, for both Windows and Motif. Prices for DAZEL Delivery vary depending upon the number of clients. DAZEL products are sold directly through DAZEL sales offices. For more information, call DAZEL at 512/418-8338.

DAZEL Corp. is the premiere client/server output management company. Founded in 1991, DAZEL is headquartered in Austin. The DAZEL product family is installed in many Fortune 1000 companies around the world.

DAZEL Delivery(TM), the UNIX-based server product, and DAZEL Express(TM), the UNIX-based client product, were announced in April 1993.

DAZEL Corp. is privately held with venture capital investments from the prominent firms of Sevin-Rosen Ventures, Austin Ventures and SSM Partners.

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Trademarks: DAZEL is a registered trademark of DAZEL Corp. DAZEL Delivery and DAZEL Express are trademarks of DAZEL Corp. Other product names in this document are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

CONTACT: DAZEL Corp.

              Doug Miller, 512/418-8338
                or
              GTT Communications
              Deborah Wood, 512/219-7327