HELIOS New Versions Optimized for Apple's Jaguar Release Mac OS X 10.2.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GARBSEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2002 HELIOS Software GmbH announced that its upcoming product versions, shipping in September, will support Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . HELIOS products have run on Mac OS X 10.1 since January, and the new versions will be fully optimized for Mac OS X 10.2. This promises even better reliability and performance for OS X systems, whether used as HELIOS servers or clients. The new HELIOS versions will take advantage of the many significant enhancements introduced in OS X 10.2. Key sites are already testing the HELIOS beta release See beta version. in production. "HELIOS server software running on Mac OS X adds mission critical cross-platform networking features, as well as high-end printing and prepress server capabilities," noted Helmut Tschemernjak, president of HELIOS.
The HELIOS Suite includes
EtherShare 3.1 Highest-Performance server for Mac clients
PCShare 3.1 Highest-Performance server for Windows clients
EtherShare OPI 2.5 Server-based OPI, including Image Replacement
with Color Separation And Proof Printing support
PDF Handshake 2.1 PDF Printing - PDF OPI and Imposition -
Create PDF Server - PDF Internet Printing
Print Preview 1.2 Convenient & reliable last minute proofing
The new versions bring to Mac OS X 10.2:
-- Additional fail-safes for mission-critical reliability and
increased scalability
-- Advanced Print Spools and print job management
-- Enhanced printing support over TCP/IP in addition to AppleTalk PAP
-- Cross-platform Mac/Windows file locking
-- All supported client Applications are Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 native
-- HELIOS server-based ColorSync/ICC color management
-- PDF Handshake PDF workflow solution
See http://www.helios.de/news/news02/new_prods.html for more details. Qualified users wishing to participate in the beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the should contact HELIOS at marketing@helios.de. Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers from Apple Computer, Compaq, 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) , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , and Sun, providing reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS software products are also available as part of 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 solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. For U.S. Sales European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. MikroGraf Corp.: 916-923-3520; sales@ugraf.com; http://www.ugraf.com For Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. Sales PreSource Corp.: 613-821-0832; sales@presource.net; http://www.presource.net For further editor information please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; Fax +49 5131-709325; E-mail: marketing@helios.de; or Web access at http://www.helios.com. |
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