DELRINA BUYS STAKE IN EX MACHINA; TEAMING WIRELESS MESSAGING AND PAGING SOFTWARE WITH FAX, ELECTRONIC FORMS AND PC COMMUNICATIONS.TORONTO and NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1995--Delrina Corporation (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 :DENAF, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :DC) today announced that it has purchased a significant minority interest in Ex Machina, Inc. The investment will partner Delrina, the world's leading supplier of PC communications and electronic forms software, with Ex Machina, the leading developer of wireless messaging and paging software, ultimately leading to the integration of wireless fax, data, voice and paging for mobile business people. Financial terms were not disclosed. "This investment, the first step in a multi-faceted partnership with Ex Machina, provides Delrina a solid opportunity to participate in the rapidly growing wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. market," said Dennis Bennie Dennis Bennie is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of XDL Capital Corporation, a venture capital firm focusing on Internet software. In the late 1980s, Bennie was the CEO at Carolian Systems International, which was a firm that made business software for , Delrina Chairman & 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. . "Our goal is to extend our leadership in PC communications and electronic forms with Ex Machina's know-how and technology in wireless messaging to deliver integrated communications applications." The Personal Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC, estimates the market size for paging to more than double, reaching over 50 million subscriptions by the year 2000. Survey results show that over 50% of the subscribers are expected to be from business segments. Other analysis indicates there are more than 40 million employees who work outside their offices. "Messages and information are increasingly being communicated electronically over multiple transport mechanisms," said Mark Skapinker, Delrina President. "Software applications that enable PC users to easily deliver time-sensitive information and notification to pagers and other mobile devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs, will play a critical role in this evolution. The next exciting developments will result from the marriage of fax, data, voice, and paging." The growth in virtual offices, mobile work forces and telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. has created a compelling economic need for powerful yet easy-to-use communications solutions for people who need to communicate from any location. Delrina's communications and electronic forms software integrated with Ex Machina's wireless messaging technology can provide a truly wide range of capabilities to deliver the promise of anytime, anywhere communications. Delrina's flagship products include WinFax and WinFax PRO, with more than 10 million units shipped; WinComm PRO on-line communications; Communications Suite with Internet Messenger; CommSuite for Networks; and PerForm and FormFlow, with more than 800,000 units shipped. With each WinFax and WinFax PRO, Delrina also markets Fax MailBox, an enhanced fax messaging service which supports fax, voice and paging notification. Last year Delrina introduced FormFlow 1.1 with Forms Data Interchange, providing the capability to send an electronic form and its associated data from a corporate 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. across a wide area by using the binary file transfer Sending a file from one location to another in which all eight bits of the byte are transmitted either intact or via some encoding scheme. See binary file. See also BFT. capability of fax. "Since 1988, we have pursued a strategy of partnering with major software developers, network providers and hardware manufacturers," said David S. Rose For other persons named David Rose, see David Rose (disambiguation). David S. Rose (1856 – 1932) was an American politician and was twice elected mayor of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin serving from 1898 to 1906 and from 1908 to 1910. , Chairman and CEO at Ex Machina. "Our partnership with Delrina takes our strategy to the next level to ensure that our products become the core of today's rapidly expanding mobile office." Ex Machina's wireless messaging software connects mobile workers with their office, home, e-mail, customers and PC-based applications. The Notify! product line allows users to send text messages and data files from PCs through local and nationwide paging and wireless data systems. Notify! can send messages to pocket alphanumeric pagers as well as PC card (PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. ) pagers in notebook computers. Notify! Mobile allows notebook users with PC card pagers to receive messages. Products in the Notify! line are available for Windows, DOS, Macintosh, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). as well as popular e-mail systems. In addition, the company markets the Reach Me! Wireless Business Card and a series of software development kits which allow developers to embed paging functions in their applications. "The union of fax, voice, data, and paging will have broad appeal because it leverages systems that users are familiar with," said Peter Davidson, an industry analyst with IDC/Davidson Consulting, Burbank, CA. "Delrina and Ex Machina have an unique opportunity to transform these messaging types into a rich communications experience." The deal with Ex Machina follows two previous acquisitions in the communications arena made by Delrina this year. These include Boston-based AudioFile, a leader in voice/telephony technology and CRS CRS Course CRS Certified Residential Specialist (real estate certification) CRS Central Reservation System CRS Can't Remember Stuff (polite form) CRS Cost Reduction Strategy CRS Consumer Relations Specialist Online, one of the largest bulletin board services in Canada. About Ex Machina Founded in 1988, Ex Machina, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , develops and markets wireless communications software products that allow mobile workers to efficiently send, receive and access information at or away from their offices. The company offers a complete line of communications A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects an operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and military forces move. Also called LOC. See also base of operations; route. software, ranging from simple paging applications to sophisticated wireless messaging solutions. Ex Machina's products are sold through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationships with companies including Motorola, Apple, Hewlett Packard and AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , as well as leading paging carriers, computer mail order catalogs and retail stores. Ex Machina's technology also provides wireless messaging capabilities for hundreds of software applications from publishers including these companies as well as Adobe and Claris. Ex Machina can be contacted for sales information at 1-800-238-4738. About Delrina Delrina Corporation designs, develops, markets and supports innovative PC software products and services in the fax, data and voice communications, electronic forms, and consumer software markets. Founded in 1988, the Company is ranked in sales among the top 15 software publishers in North America and is recognized as the world leader in PC fax and electronic forms software. Delrina is organized into five business units collectively employing more than 700 people in San Jose, CA; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC; Boston, MA; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada; the United Kingdom; France; Germany; and Japan. Delrina can be contacted for sales information at 1-800-268-6082. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: WinFax, WinFax PRO, Communications Suite, PerForm, FormFlow, and Delrina are trademarks of Delrina Corporation. Reach Me! and Wireless Business Card are trademarks and Notify! is a registered trademark of Ex Machina, Inc. All other trademarks, tradenames, or service marks are the property of their respective owners. For Product Information Contact - Delrina Corporation 6320 San Ignatio Avenue San Jose, CA 95119 1-800-268-6082 CONTACT: Delrina Corporation Josef Zankowicz, 416/441-4658 (MEDIA) Internet: josefz@delrina.com Jo-Anne Chang, 416/446-8328 (INVESTOR) or Ex Machina, Inc. Joshua Weinberg, 212/696-2000 x229 (MEDIA) Internet: joshuaw@taipr.com |
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